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#OnThisDay Venus_de_Milo, the famous #Greek #Sculpture, was discovered (1820) by a peasant.
Grace Hopper led development of #COBOL (1959).
Birth Anniversary of American #Biochemist Melvin Calvin (1911) - most famed for discovering the Calvin cycle along with Andrew Benson and James Bassham, for which he was awarded the 1961 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
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#QuizOfTheDay: The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations - responsible for international public health.
Do you know where is the headquarter of WHO located?
A. New York, USA
B. Paris, France
C. Washington D.C., USA
D. Geneva, Switzerland
#Energy #Independence refers to a nation's ability to meet all of its energy needs through domestic production without relying on foreign imports.
It is achieved by developing internal resources such as fossil fuels, nuclear power, and renewable sources like solar, wind, and hydroelectricity.
Energy independence is a nation's ability to meet its own energy needs within its borders without relying on imports from foreign countries.
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What Would Real #Energy #Independence Look Like? : Medium
#Artemis II Has Launched. Here's Everything You Need to Know About This #Mission to the #Moon : Time
Turning on an #Immune pathway in #Tumors could lead to their #Destruction : Tech Review
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#OnThisDay Today is International Day of #Sport for Development and Peace.
First modern summer #Olympics opened (1896).
Robert Peary and Matthew Henson reached North Pole (1909).
Birth Anniversary of Raphael (1483) - Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance.
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#QuizOfTheDay: "Mankind will not forever remain on Earth". This famous quote is attributed to a Russian scientist referred to as "Russian Father of Rocketry".
Who was this scientist?
A. Yuri Gagarin
B. Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
C. Sergei Korolev
D. Igor Kurchatov
#ITByte: Speech technologies have many uses. These include aid to the voice-disabled, the hearing-disabled, and the blind, along with communication with computers without a keyboard.
Here is a brief overview of different types of #Speech #Technologies - Speech Recognition and Speech Synthesis, Speech Coding and Speech Analytics.
A brief overview of the Speech Technologies - Speech Recognition and Speech Synthesis
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#Thymus is a primary lymphoid organ of the immune system that acts as a "training academy" for T-cells (T-lymphocytes).
It is essential for developing adaptive immunity, which allows your body to recognize and remember specific pathogens like viruses and bacteria.
Thymus is a small gland in the lymphatic system that makes and trains special white blood cells called T-cells.
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The End Of The #Antarctic #Illusion: The Great Un-Freezing : Medium
We’re putting more stuff into #Space than ever. Here’s what’s up there. : Tech Review
This overlooked #Organ may be more vital for #Longevity than #Scientists realized : Sci Am
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#OnThisDay First portable #CellPhone call was made (1973) by Martin Cooper of #Motorola.
Birth Anniversary of English #Primatologist and #Anthropologist Jane Goodall (1934).
Happy Birthday Eddie Murphy (1961).
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#PhotoOfTheDay: Restless Kīlauea Launches Lava and Ash
Kīlauea has entered its second year of episodic activity after reawakening in December 2024.
Since then, the Hawaiian volcano has gone through dozens of bouts of lava fountaining, each lasting several hours to several days.
https://science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory/restless-kilauea-launches-lava-and-ash/
#Pavlovian (classical) #Conditioning is a fundamental associative #Learning process where a neutral stimulus (e.g., a bell) becomes associated with a biologically potent stimulus (e.g., food), eventually triggering a conditioned response (e.g., salivation).
#OnThisDay Birth Anniversary of Hans Christian Andersen (1805) - Danish author best known for writing children's stories. His birthday is celebrated as International #ChildrensBook Day.
India won 2011 Cricket World Cup - becoming the first country to win the Cricket World Cup final on home soil.
Today is World #Autism Awareness Day.
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#PhotoOfTheDay: Icy Hudson River
During a stretch of frigid weather in late January 2026, ice choked the Hudson River along Manhattan’s western shore.
The OLI (Operational Land Imager) on Landsat 8 captured this image of the wintry landscape. This image uses representational color to distinguish ice (light blue) from open water and snow. Vegetation appears red.
#AI #Accelerator chips are specialized hardware—including GPUs, TPUs, and NPUs—designed specifically to speed up artificial intelligence, machine learning, and deep learning neural network workloads.
What Happens in the #Arctic Won’t Stay in the Arctic : Medium
#Future #AI #Chips could be built on #Glass : Tech Review
Why #Cosmology seems to be caught in a #Vibe shift : New Sci
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#OnThisDay Birth Anniversary of Wilhelm Röntgen (1845) - inventor of X-Rays that earned him the first Nobel Prize in Physics.
Happy Birthday #Filmmaker Quentin Tarantino (1963). He has received many industry awards, including two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, two BAFTA Awards and the Palme d'Or.
Today is World #Theatre Day.
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A #Brain #Chip, formally known as a Brain-Computer Interface (BCI), is an implantable device designed to bridge the biological nervous system with digital computers.
These chips typically use an array of micro-electrodes to detect the electrical firing of neurons, translating those signals into commands that can control external software or prosthetic limbs.
#Civilizations That Existed Before #Humans Were Supposed To : Medium
#China approves #BrainChip to #Treat #Paralysis — a world first : Nature
5m tonnes of #CO2 emitted in just 14 days of US #War on #Iran, analysis finds : Guardian
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