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Britain vows to build new gas power stations
Britain’s Conservative government believes that additional gas power plants to avert a threat of energy blackouts. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s government pledged Tuesday to build new gas-fired power stations…
Happiness Takes Practice – Neuroscience News
Summary: Happiness can indeed be learned through courses like their ‘Science of Happiness’, which educates students on evidence-informed habits for well-being. However, a follow-up study indicates that the initial boost…
Recent progress and a flying car perspective
EMS system of HEPS under three-dimensional transportation network. Credit: Zhexi Lu, Science and Technology on Vehicle Transmission Laboratory, School of Mechanical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology A paper aiming to…
A new method to understand the walkability of cities
The global-local path choice model explains the extent to which different attributes influence pedestrians’ global and local path choices. In this example, the pedestrians are more likely to choose Street…
Proliferating ‘news’ sites spew AI-generated fake stories
Hundreds of AI-powered sites are mimicking news outlets. A sensational story about the Israeli prime minister’s “psychiatrist” exploded online, but it was AI-generated, originating on one of hundreds of websites…
In bitcoin’s shadow, another cryptocurrency, Ether, stages its own rally
The price of Ethereum has risen faster than bitcoin in recent weeks. Bitcoin has captured the limelight in recent weeks as it surged to a new record high, yet another…
US embrace of remote working empties offices, weighs on banks
US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said recently that downtown office districts in many cities are ‘very underpopulated’ The popularity of remote work in the United States has emptied office…
Intelligence and Focus: How the Brain Tunes Out Distractions
Summary: Researchers made a breakthrough in understanding how the brain manages to focus in noisy environments, distinguishing between enhancing relevant information and tuning out distractions. Their study explores the intricate…
