The Futurist is your daily tech, cosmic, and science (both weird or otherwise) newsletter with articles and content curated just for you. Who invented the telescope? Hint: It’s complicated! (Scroll to the bottom for the answer!) | | “Modern humans left Africa some 60,000 years ago in the event known as ‘Out-of-Africa.’ In Asia, they coincided with the Denisovans, and that encounter may have led to confrontations and collaborations, but also various crossbreeding. In fact, modern humans retain genetic variants of Denisovan origin in our genome, which are testimony to those initial interactions.” | A good night's rest is hard to come by...unless you're using Beam's Dream Powder, a delicious hot cocoa that's clinically shown to improve your shut-eye. Made with just the right balance of 5 sleep-boosting ingredients (nano CBD, melatonin, magnesium, reishi and L-theanine), it's a healthy before-bed treat that helps you fall asleep, stay asleep, and wake up feeling refreshed. But don't just take our word for it: A recent clinical study revealed Dream helped 93% of users get a more restful night's sleep and wake up feeling more refreshed. [Ad] | “To paraphrase many of the M3 MacBook Pro reviews coming out [from] Monday, Apple’s new lineup is like new car models that look like the old ones but have much better engines under the hood.” Don't wanna drop thousands on a brand-new model for yourself? Opt for a new-to-you MacBook Pro for way less. | “Nature magazine has retracted a paper that claimed the discovery of a superconductor capable of operating at room temperature and relatively low pressure, after it was asked to do so by eight of the 11 co-authors. … ‘They have expressed the view as researchers who contributed to the work that the published paper does not accurately reflect the provenance of the investigated materials, the experimental measurements undertaken and the data-processing protocols applied,’ said the retraction notice.” | Worried AI will take over your job? There’s a pretty solid chance it will, but you can play a part in how it does. These days, knowing how to code isn’t just limited to engineering professionals. It’s a skill anyone can pick up (yes, that means you, too) at any time. And with a course as affordable as this one, you can be on your way to building bots in no time. Learn how to create an AI chatbot (like ChatGPT) and — boom — now you’ve got your own personal assistant. Finally, someone (er, something) to take care of all those tedious tasks at work. Kick back, relax, and let your new robot do the hard work for you. [Ad] | “The British navy sank the 62-gun San José in a battle in 1708. Now, the San Jose galleon has been declared a national mission, 315 years after a ship off the Colombian port of Cartagena tragically sank after its powder magazines detonated during a conflict with the British. On board, not only were there treasures valued at approximately $20 billion in today's currency, there were also 600 sailors, with only 11 survivors among them, reports The Daily Mail.” | Interested in having one of your social posts featured in The Futurist? | | The answer: The credit usually goes to Hans Lippershey, a Dutch lensmaker, in 1608 | According to the Space.com website: “The first person to apply for a patent for a telescope was Dutch eyeglass maker Hans Lippershey (or Lipperhey). In 1608, Lippershey laid claim to a device that could magnify objects three times. His telescope had a concave eyepiece aligned with a convex objective lens. One story goes that he got the idea for his design after observing two children in his shop holding up two lenses that made a distant weather vane appear close. Others claimed at the time that he stole the design from another eyeglass maker, Zacharias Jansen.” | | | | |
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