We are proud to announce that Google Earth’s data layer coverage has expanded globally 🌍 Learn more 👉 goo.gle/3NJouiW
Every high-stakes project happens somewhere. But getting context about that "somewhere" shouldn't require a scavenger hunt. 🌍
Today, we're bringing massive data improvements to Google Earth so you can stop wrangling data and start making decisions:
1️⃣ Global data layer expansion
2️⃣ Google Earth Engine raster data layers
3️⃣ Ask Google Earth data layer integration
(Note: Ask Google Earth is currently in Experimental for US web users)
Day 032, orbit 0498 – Here is the very first picture I took from the Cupola… just like when you’re flying on a plane, clouds ⚪ are at times the only thing as far as the eye can see – the biggest difference being that we’re about 390 km higher than a commercial jetliner!
The blue 🔵 tone of the image comes from the atmosphere, which scatters the shorter wavelengths of light, such as blue and violet. You see the same effect from a plane, though more faintly. Near the top of the picture, along the curve of the Earth, you can clearly see how thin the atmosphere is, fading from a pale to a deeper blue before disappearing into the black of space ⚫…
Second pic is my very first picture from Dragon, with heart-shaped clouds, which I took as a message to spread good vibes. More pictures soon! 🌍
📷 Credit: NASA/ESA – S. Adenot (1), NASA/ESA/SpaceX (2) #εpsilon
@CR1337 I can rebuild civilization up to the Industrial Revolution from scratch without any machines; what I admit I can't do is create lithographed semiconductors. Otherwise, there's no problem. 😘👍
"I calculated that civilization needs just 50 machines to build everything from scratch.
And what people can't believe, is that I posted the full plans, designs, instructions and how anyone can build these machines for themselves."
🚨 Could Humans Really Breathe… Through Their Butts? You Won’t Believe This!
It sounds like a joke, but scientists are exploring something so strange, it could change medicine forever. Imagine a world where, if your lungs fail, your body could still get oxygen… through your intestines. Yes, through your rectum.
Researchers have started testing a special oxygen-rich liquid that can be safely placed inside the body. Early trials with healthy volunteers show it can carry oxygen into the bloodstream. This isn’t normal breathing, no one will be inhaling and exhaling through their rear end but it could save lives when traditional methods fail.
Could this weird method become a real-life lifesaver? Or is it just science gone wild? The experiments are just beginning, but the idea that our bodies might have a secret backup system for oxygen is both fascinating and a little unsettling.
Every proton is a hologram of the entire universe. Not poetically. Quantitatively.
Haramein’s generalized holographic solution: each proton is a micro–black hole with ~10⁶⁰ Planck units of information and ~10⁴⁰ wormhole connections. One step: 10⁸⁰ protons — the observable universe.
Mass = emergent bandwidth limit.
spacefed.com/astronomy/an-e…
We don't have a compute problem… We have an architecture problem.
Paramecium Caudatum are single-celled organisms roughly the width of a human hair.
They have no brain, no neurons, no synapses, and no central nervous system of any kind.
But what they do have is ~100,000 microtubules…
With that substrate alone, they can:
→ Swim in controlled helical trajectories
→ Modulate speed continuously
→ Execute graded avoidance reactions (reverse, pivot, resume)
→ Escape predators with emergency burst reversals
→ Fire localized volleys of 8,000 trichocyst harpoons
→ Navigate toward food via chemotaxis
→ Orient in electric fields (galvanotaxis)
→ Orient to gravity (gravitaxis)
→ Sense and navigate thermal gradients
→ Sense and navigate toward light
→ Detect and follow surfaces (thigmotaxis)
→ Forage biofilms
→ Generate feeding currents and sort particles at the cytostome
→ Engage in reciprocal sex with mating-type recognition, nuclear exchange, and complete genomic reconstruction
→ Self-fertilize when no partner is available (autogamy)
→ Habituate to repeated stimuli (primitive learning)
→ Inherit cortical MT architecture epigenetically independent of the genome
17 distinct behaviors. One lattice. Zero neurons.
The coordination layer is the infraciliary lattice — a microtubule-based grid connecting all 5,000 ciliary basal bodies into a single cell-wide network.
Every cilium is a terminal node on a microtubule mesh that coordinates metachronal waves across the entire cell surface — thousands of appendages
phase-locked into coherent motion by a substrate that predates the nervous system by a billion years.
The neuron didn't invent computation. It inherited microtubules.
@Arcfunmi I hate to say it, but wind turbines only work if they are huge; it's a simple equation between mass and energy. A small one doesn't produce anything; air is a very light gas.
@embajadorjpnesp Si, este año la primavera va a ser muy bonita, yo si tengo algún cerezo (no se la clase) y están con las primeras flores, se acaban de despertar. 👍💎
Como no hay muchos árboles de sakura 🌸 en Madrid, disfruté de la llegada de la primavera ✨, con las flores de los Almendros 💮, que se ven mucho por la ciudad.
#sakura#almendras
@cosmosarcive I know that information cannot be transmitted faster than light, but could this be used to perform mathematical calculations remotely or run a program on the moon and see the results on Earth without time delay?
What if quantum entanglement and wormholes are actually two sides of the same coin?
The top graphic in this video shows two entangled quantum systems, connected by what physicists call "spooky action at a distance." This means what happens to one instantly affects the other, regardless of the distance between them.
The bottom graphic depicts a wormhole; a theoretical bridge through spacetime that allows matter to travel between two distant points. Physicists are now exploring the idea that these aren't just similar concepts, but the same physical process described in two different scientific languages.
I’m genuinely curious.
If AI and robotics eliminate most human labor and scarcity… what does daily life actually look like?
What do people do with their time?
What gives life meaning?
How do you imagine a post-labor world?
@NASA@Space_Station That was done with Blender in three hours.😅
A lidar with thrusters and digitizing the station's exterior.
Besides, I don't understand why a human has to be involved; something with telemetry and two arms can be controlled from the station like a surgical robot. 💎💎👍
xAI just launched its Text-to-Speech API - and this is the most advanced human-like sounding AI voice yet
Comes with 5 distinct voices: Eve, Ara, Leo, Rex, and Sal
- Inline expression tags: [laugh], [sigh], , - control how it sounds, not just what it says
- 20 supported languages with auto-detection
- Output formats: MP3, WAV, PCM - built for telephony and web
Plus full voice agent support:
- Multilingual, real-time over WebSocket
- Native tool calling & MCP support
- Live web search built in
You can try out all 5 voices for free before you integrate - no credit card needed
The line between AI and human conversation is getting really blurry now
🔗 #text-to-speech" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">x.ai/api/voice#text…
Tu plan es puro intervencionismo que arruina economías. Bajar alquileres por decreto crea escasez, prohibir los cortes de suministros fomenta la morosidad, nacionalizar Repsol es robar la propiedad privada, controlar los precios de alimentos genera un desabastecimiento, y un supermercado público es la receta para la ineficiencia y la corrupción.
El gobierno no debe meterse en todo; el mercado libre resuelve.
Una semana más planteamos un plan Anti Trump que tiene que ser aplicado inmediatamente por el Gobierno.
Bajar el precio del alquiler, prohibir el corte de suministros, nacionalizar Repsol, control del precio de los alimentos o crear un supermercado público.
🎥 @_PabloFdez_
@Soph_astro@esa@esaspaceflight@ESA_fr@Space_Station Beautiful! The fire and the liquid bubbles are also very interesting. And in the vacuum of space, pure metals weld themselves together; that also seems very interesting to me. 👍😘💎
@juliet_turner6 I have a beehive, I don't take the honey or do anything to them, I just like having them. They have a hard time with Asian hornets. I bought an electric racket and when I have some time I help them. ⚡👍