There is lots of great stuff today to start the week off.
To begin, NASA made an official announcement regarding Antarctica's glaciers. The glaciers are melting, and they're melting fast. Not only that, but we've reached the point of no return, no matter what we do, they will continue to melt. By 2100 the particular shelf they are studying will be gone, which will increase sea levels up to 4 ft. Other articles related to the subject that other glaciers and ice caps will also be melting at a similar rate and the sea could rise up to 13 feet. Obviously this means big trouble for many coastal cities. The incredible thing to remember is that this is FACT, not speculation or theories, but data. This will occur.
It reminds me of another video I saw today from "This Week Tonight" where the host calls out how ridiculous it is to question climate change. It is real and it is science.
An interesting question was posed in several articles today. As we get closer and closer to truly automated and self-driving cars there is an ethical problem that arises. Should my robot car kill me to save 2, 3 or more people? The example scenario is that your tire blows out while your automated car is driving. It can't swerve left because that will take you into on-coming traffic, the road is too slick to effectively brake so it swerves right, sending you off a cliff. I don't know what the answer is, but robots, or rather, their programmers deciding our fates is an interesting future.
Scientist have been able to make some headway in the dream world. Using small electrical pulses at a certain frequency (don't quote my science please) during REM sleep they are able to induce lucid dreaming. This allows the dreamer to become aware of their dream and take control of it. There is obviously some recreational possibilities that come to mind but scientist are looking for the therapeutic side of such applications such as helping victims of PTSD who suffer nightmares overcome their dreams and sleep well.
We still don't know why we age. We may never know. Some say it's our blood, others say it's genetics. I read a whole article outlining some of the possibilities. It's quite interesting and scientists are working harder than ever to solve it.
Stonehenge is very old. It was once thought that it was built by a migrating people but recent evidence shows that "civilization" has been in the area for many years and they were stable, not migratory.
Tear hold many surprises and many shapes when put under a microscope.
Enjoy your Monday.
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