The human nervous system runs on about 20 watts. According to this article, training GPT-3 required as much energy as powering 120 houses for a year (before adding the required energy for the chatbot to reply to users’ prompts), and GPT-5 must be far, far higher. In fact, all across the country is a quiet…
When I was a boy I believed space was completely empty. There were 9 planets (#alwaysPluto!), the sun, and some asteroids. On rare occasions, some random comet might be hurtling by. Beyond our solar system, other solar systems existed but these followed the same basic rules as ours. And way out there other galaxies contained…
What is the secret to a long life? This is a mystery that has haunted us back to our origin. What we do know is that as modern technology progresses our odds of living longer increase as well. But how far will this actually take us? According to this article, you’ll have a better chance…
Living on Mars was once a science fiction story. Today, we are planning an actual mission and resolving the barriers one by one to ensure success. There are several critical elements of survival we all take for granted here on Earth. The first one is oxygen, without which we would die within minutes. In order…
Are you feeling risky today? It may be because you’ve taken some acetaminophen, according to this article. Research suggests that while you are fighting pain and fever with something that has been around for many years, you might also lose caution or fear when considering taking an action you’d otherwise deem too risky. Other possible…
The wheel of human progression never stops. Perhaps it has slowed during some of the more difficult time periods, but here we are today moving forward stronger – and more technically savvy – than ever before. When you look back at how far we’ve come, it can only fill you with excitement at what lies…
Wait, WHAT? The sun is…green? According to this interesting article, the light waves emitted by our sun should appear green to our eyes. The mix-up occurs between the sun’s peak intensity and how our brains interpret the full mix of light wavelengths that enter our eyes. The sun doesn’t only emit green light, but green…
400 miles down we have rocks that hold onto water like sponges. I found this article fascinating! Take a look for yourself and learn more about this. So much of our attention focuses on what is beyond our planet, but we still have not mastered understanding what lies below our very feet. As technology advances…
History is written by the winners. That is a statement no one can refute, but it isn’t always the winners who adjust written records. Sometimes it is just whoever is in charge of the books. Take your basic fairy tale like “The Three Little Pigs”. Many years ago, they cooked the wolf in a cauldron…
NASA’s Artemis programs will lead to a lunar space station, with intense development and planning required first. As a writer of science fiction, I try to incorporate actual science into the stories to make them believable and credible. Sci-fi is meant to extrapolate upon ideas and technology toward something futuristic or revealed by an advanced…
