If things weren’t bad enough, part of the universe is eroding

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The mysterious ‘dark’ energy that permeates the universe is slowly eroding

“Physicists have deduced subtle hints that the mysterious ‘dark’ energy that drives the universe to expand faster and faster may be slightly weakening with time. It’s a finding that has the potential to shake the foundations of physics. ‘If true, it would be the first real clue we have gotten about the nature of dark energy in 25 years,’ said Adam Riess, an astrophysicist at Johns Hopkins University who won the Nobel Prize for co-discovering dark energy in 1998.”

// Wired »

Your current car is killing the planet

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Makers of the world’s largest 3D printer just beat their own record

“At a reveal event earlier this week, UMaine designers at the Advanced Structures & Composite Center (ASCC) showed off their ‘Factory of the Future 1.0,’ aka the FoF 1.0. At four times the size of their previous Guinness World Record holder from 2019, MasterPrint, FoF 1.0 is capable of printing 96-by-32-by-18-foot tall structures and objects. Such sizable creations also require an impressive amount of building materials, however. According to its creators, FoF 1.0 can churn through upwards of 500-pounds of eco-friendly thermoplastic polymers per hour.”

// Popular Science »

Video of super-fast, super-smooth humanoid robot will drop your jaw

“While it seems that another humanoid robot is being released every week, we've yet to see one move as quickly or with as much precision as the model just released by Chinese company, Astribot. We dare you to not be impressed. … It's fast. It's precise. And it's unlike anything we've seen so far.”

// New Atlas »

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‘Fallout but in Excel’ lets you visit the Wasteland while your boss thinks you're working

“If you thought that Excel spreadsheets were just for mind-numbing office work, think again. A gaming hobbyist has created an Excel-based RPG game that he based on the popular post-apocalyptic game Fallout. It’s the end of the world, all over again.”

// Gizmodo »