IPCC Special Report on the Impacts of Global Warming of 1.5 °C above Pre-industrial Levels

The web page for the 'IPCC special report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways, in the context of strengthening the global response to the threat of climate change, sustainable development, and efforts to eradicate poverty' is here.

On this page, you will find many links such as:

• Press release
• FAQs
• Summary for policy makers, etc.

Short version is this:

 

Basically, even if we make drastic changes, we'll still be over 1.5 degrees in the near future. We need to stop questioning these findings and start working harder.

(Subglacial liquid) water on Mars!

It has been long suspected that there is water on Mars. Now, there is evidence of a well-defined, 20-kilometer-wide zone under southern polar ice cap.

There are a lot of news articles about this, but here is the original manuscript from 'Science':

Radar evidence of subglacial liquid water on Mars, by R. Orosei et al.

Interactive Periodic Table of Elements

Found this

 

 on Science Alert.

Original at http://elements.wlonk.com/ElementsTable.htm. Seriously, you have to spent at least a few minutes on this page, you won't be disappointed: Yes, your smoke detector contains Americium, a radioactive metal.

Robotic manipulation demo(s)

Very nerdy, fun to watch... Makes you appreciate the speed of robotic manipulators.

 

 From Laughing Squid. 

They can go much faster by the way... For example:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-Kpv-ZOcKY

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9oeOYMRvuQ

Also:

• from Tesla: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_lfxPI5ObM

And, robot playing table tennis:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIIJME8-au8

42! [Just a map of the universe]

Not coming to your car GPS anytime soon, but still a nice map. The 'map' of our universe is getting a little bit more detailed.

The dot on the picture is our galaxy, potentially marked as 'mostly harmless.'

https://futurism.com/videos/detailed-map-date-place-universe/

Related:

• Laniakea Supercluster
• Video by Daniel Pomarede
• Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy

What is Code?

This (long) article from Bloomberg Business week is a bit old, but still pretty good introduction for newbies, non-technical persons, and many others.

Make sure you hit the 'E-Mail Address Validation Meeting' section.

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2015-paul-ford-what-is-code/

Trust No One! Unless...

An interactive animation (?) from Nicky Case:

Related:

• Game theory