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		Canadian startup Nirvanic hopes to prove quantum consciousness theories by creating sentient AIs and robots. And yes, this is a company to be taken seriously.   Nirvanic Consciousness Technologies – View 6 Images – By Loz Blain 2025 Jan 22 – As science wrestles with …	
	        
        				
						
			            																									
							
							
									
				
					
	
					
	
		“Behind the scenes” on a 99% AI-generated production.   László Gaál – By Loz Blain 2025 Jan 20 – If you want to understand the cataclysmic impact generative AI is about to have on the film industry, this one short video should make it very …	
	        
        				
						
			            			
																												
							
							
									
				
					
	
					
	
		The caldera of Zavaritskii volcano.  Oleg Dirksen/University of St. Andrews – By David Szondy 2025 Jan 19 – A climactic mystery about a year that gave Summer a deadly pass may have been solved. Using new ice core techniques, scientists have concluded that the …	
	        
        				
						
			            																									
							
							
									
				
					
	
					
	
		Rare footage captures meteorite descending to Earth on doorbell camera – video Sound was also recorded in footage of space rock hitting house entranceway, producing cloud of smoke and a crackle Associated Press The Guardian 2025 Jan 17 – A doorbell camera on …	
	        
        				
						
			            									
																						
							
							
									
				
					
	
					
	
		With satellite direct-to-cell technology, no spot is a dead spot.  Deposit Photo – By Joe Salas 2025 Jan 16 – Most people with cell phones might not ever experience what it feels like to suddenly find yourself in a dead zone. If you have, …	
	        
        				
						
			            																									
							
							
									
				
					
	
					
	
		A plane owned by Donald Trump arrives in Nuuk, Greenland, on 2025 Jan 07. Emil STACH / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP) / Denmark OUT (Photo by EMIL STACH/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images – By Scott L. Montgomery, Lecturer, Jackson School of International Studies, University …	
	        
        				
						
			            															
																
							
							
									
				
					
	
					
	
		Depositphotos – By Bronwyn Thompson 2025 Jan 12 – Two months shy of the fifth anniversary of COVID-19 being declared a global pandemic, the US has recorded its first human death as a result of avian influenza H5N1 infection. The unidentified Louisiana man contracted …	
	        
        				
						
			            																									
							
							
									
				
					
	
					
	
		Rendering of one of Lilium’s prototype air taxis.  Lilium – By David Szondy 2025 Jan 05 – When we last looked at air taxi startup Lilium, it was in administration and laid off most of its employees on December 20. Now it seems there …	
	        
        				
						
			            																					
										
							
							
									
				
					
	
					
	
		The Glomar Explorer showing its derrick.  CIA – View 12 Images – By David Szondy 2025 Jan 04 – In June 1974, the offices of the Summa Corporation in LA were broken into, sparking the revelation of one of the oddest and boldest stories …	
	        
        				
						
			            																									
							
							
									
				
					
	
					
	
		New Atlas revisits some of the weirdest science stories of 2024.  Depositphotos  View 11 Images – By Michael Irving 2025 Jan 02 – Among the important scientific discoveries made every year are some that reveal that the world is way weirder than we give …