What's Her Secret?

A.I. just keeps on advancing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gS1m_TIxEW0&feature=youtu.be

Fusion Breakthrough Once Thought Impossible Brings Energy Device Closer to Realization

https://scitechdaily.com/fusion-breakthrough-once-thought-impossible-brings-energy-device-closer-to-realization/

Techno-optimism and the rule-of-threes: why the world will soon enter an era of mass flourishing

Encouraging, although I think the rule of threes sounds a bit forced:

https://bigthink.com/the-future/mass-flourishing-mark-mills/

Startup Will Drill 12 Miles Into Earth’s Crust to Tap the Boundless Energy Below

https://singularityhub.com/2022/02/14/startup-aims-to-drill-12-miles-into-earths-crust-to-tap-the-boundless-energy-below/

Electric Machines on a Molecular Scale: Researchers Create Molecule That Can Pave Way for Mini-Transistors

https://scitechdaily.com/electric-machines-on-a-molecular-scale-researchers-create-molecule-that-can-pave-way-for-mini-transistors/

Turning Trash Into Treasure: Chemists’ Radical Way To Make It Easier, More Profitable To Recycle Plastic

https://scitechdaily.com/turning-trash-into-treasure-chemists-radical-way-to-make-it-easier-more-profitable-to-recycle-plastic/

Department of Energy’s “Fairly Simple” Breakthrough Makes Accessing Stored Hydrogen More Efficient

https://scitechdaily.com/doe-fairly-simple-breakthrough-makes-accessing-stored-hydrogen-more-efficient/

A Simple Eye Test May Identify Risk of Alzheimer’s in Middle Age

https://scitechdaily.com/a-simple-eye-test-may-identify-risk-of-alzheimers-in-middle-age/

Breakthrough in Cathode Chemistry Clears Path for More-Sustainable Lithium-Sulfur Batteries

https://scitechdaily.com/breakthrough-in-cathode-chemistry-clears-path-for-more-sustainable-lithium-sulfur-batteries/

OpenAI Chief Scientist Says Advanced AI May Already Be Conscious

https://futurism.com/the-byte/openai-already-sentient

and

https://futurism.com/mit-researcher-conscious-ai

Major breakthrough on nuclear fusion energy

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-60312633

Nanodiamonds Are Key to Efficient Hydrogen Purification – And a Zero-Carbon Future

https://scitechdaily.com/nanodiamonds-are-key-to-efficient-hydrogen-purification-and-a-zero-carbon-future/

Game-Changing Carbon Capture Technology To Remove 99% of CO2 From Air

https://scitechdaily.com/game-changing-carbon-capture-technology-to-remove-99-of-co2-from-air/

Company That Put Rifle on Robodog Deploying Anti-Immigrant Bots to Mexico Border

Uh-oh:

https://futurism.com/sniper-rifle-robot-dog

And then:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/rifle-robodog-mexico-border

MIT Engineers Create the “Impossible” – New Material That Is Stronger Than Steel and As Light as Plastic

https://scitechdaily.com/mit-engineers-create-the-impossible-new-material-that-is-stronger-than-steel-and-as-light-as-plastic/

Surprising New Material Invented That Can Absorb and Release Massive Amounts of Energy

https://scitechdaily.com/surprising-new-material-invented-that-can-absorb-and-release-massive-amounts-of-energy/

U.S. Project Reaches Major Milestone toward Practical Fusion Power

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/u-s-project-reaches-major-milestone-toward-practical-fusion-power/

Ultrathin Materials Lead to Big Advance in Quantum Computing

https://scitechdaily.com/ultrathin-materials-lead-to-big-advance-in-quantum-computing/

Most “Pathogenic” Genetic Variants Have a Low Risk of Actually Causing Disease

This is encouraging:

https://scitechdaily.com/most-pathogenic-genetic-variants-have-a-low-risk-of-actually-causing-disease/

“Living Walls” Can Reduce Heat Lost From Buildings by Over 30%

https://scitechdaily.com/living-walls-can-reduce-heat-lost-from-buildings-by-over-30/

Researchers achieve milestone on path toward nuclear fusion energy

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/researchers-achieve-milestone-path-toward-nuclear-fusion-energy-2022-01-26/

Impossible Material Made Possible Inside a Graphene Sandwich – “These Are Truly Exciting Times!”

https://scitechdaily.com/impossible-material-made-possible-inside-a-graphene-sandwich-these-are-truly-exciting-times/

Slowing the Aging Process: Two Blood Proteins Could Be Key to a Long and Healthy Life

https://scitechdaily.com/slowing-the-aging-process-two-blood-proteins-could-be-key-to-a-long-and-healthy-life/

Cultivated Meat Trumps the Real Thing, With A Caveat

https://time.com/6140206/cultivated-meat-passes-the-taste-test/