J Craig Wheeler
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I have a new website hosted by the #AuthorsGuild and dedicated to my writing, past, present, and future:
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New research shows our brains may learn faster than we act—mental processes start before behavior changes. This could improve therapies for memory loss & inspire faster-learning AI. Read more: #Neuroscience #AI #Learning #BrainTech.
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A Houston patient just received the first fully robotic heart—no chest cracking required. Surgeons used a small slit above the navel and robotic tools to replace the heart. A glimpse of the future. Read more: #MedTech #AI #HealthTech #Innovation.
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AI doesn’t need to reason to take your job. As complexity rises, performance crashes—human or machine. New jobs may come, but many will be left scrambling to reskill. Want to know if AI will take your job? Invite it to try. Read more: #AI #FutureOfWork.
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🚀 UK startup Pulsar Fusion is landing in Austin! Backed by the UK Space Agency, they’re bringing nuclear fusion propulsion tech to TX, aiming for space by 2027. 🌌⚛️ #SpaceTech #FusionEnergy #Austin #Aerospace #NewSpace. Read more:
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Boeing consolidates its air taxi future: Wisk acquires SkyGrid, an Austin-based airspace automation firm. Key step for autonomous eVTOL flights. ✈️🚕.Read more: #eVTOL #AirMobility #Austin #AutonomousFlight #Wisk #Boeing.
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UN report challenges blame on women for low birthrates. Real issue? Insecurity around parenting—costs, leave, housing—not “lifestyle choices.” Role of immigration? AI may reshape work/family balance. Read more: #UNReport #AI #FamilyPolicy #Demographics.
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European Southern Observatory aims to use AI to streamline telescope ops in Chile—but how to avoid LLM "hallucinations" and protect proposal IP? Big questions for big science. Read more: #Astronomy #AI #LLM #ESO #SpaceTech #Telescope.
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Fusion power inches closer to reality! 🔥 Common Fusion Systems signs deal with Google for 200MW from a Tokamak-like reactor in VA. A breakthrough for clean energy?.Read more: #FusionEnergy #CleanTech #MIT #NuclearFusion #EnergyFuture.
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German scientists smashed a nuclear fusion record! ⚛️ The Wendelstein 7-X stellarator hit a new triple product benchmark—a major step toward clean, limitless energy. Read more: #FusionEnergy #CleanEnergy #Stellarator #Physics #EnergyFuture #TechAdvance.
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Big step in brain tech 🧠⚡ Austin’s Paradromics completes its first brain-computer implant surgery. Near-term goal: help paraplegics. Long-term? Mental telepathy. Handle with care. Read more: #Neurotech #BCI #AI #BrainComputerInterface #TechEthics.
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Robotic delivery hits Austin! 🚚🤖 Veho’s “dog-like” Rivr bot tackles the last 100 yards—climbing stairs & soon pushing buttons with a robotic arm. The future of delivery is rolling in. Read more: #Robotics #AustinTech #LastMileDelivery #AI #logisticstech.
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Deepfakes are finally facing regulation—but federal rollbacks raise alarms. Innovation vs. safety is the new battleground. #AI #Deepfakes #TechPolicy #FreeSpeech #DigitalSafety.Read more:
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AI is wiping out entry-level jobs—the launchpad for young workers. What happens when there's no one left to climb the ladder? A leadership gap is looming. #AI #FutureOfWork #GenZ #JobsCrisis #Automation.Read more:
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Spruce trees “talk” before a solar eclipse—sharing signals like a forest-wide brain. Ancient trees may hold memories, warning younger ones of what’s to come. Is this plant consciousness?.Read more: #PlantConsciousness #WoodWideWeb #Eclipse #consciousness.
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NASA is advancing nuclear fission tech to power the Moon base and propel humans to Mars. Space exploration needs reliable, long-duration energy—and fission may be the key. Read more: #SpaceTech #NuclearFission #NASA #MarsMission #SpaceExploration.
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Overwhelmed by Iran? Cool your nerves with this amazing new view of the Universe. Stills and movies. This is why government funds basic research. #astronomy #space #RubinObservatory #NSF #DOE.
www.nsf.gov
The NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory, a major new scientific facility jointly funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Energy…
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A shrinking population threatens prosperity; unchecked growth strains a finite planet. Stability is key—but politics gets in the way. What to do?. Read more: #PopulationCrisis #Demographics #FuturePerfect #Sustainability.
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Wild chimps may be closer to human language than we thought. 🐒🔊 New research shows they combine sounds to create meaning—an evolutionary link between animal calls and speech. Read more: #AnimalConsciousness #Chimpanzees #LanguageEvolution.
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An important statement in support of the critical university science establishment that is under assault.
thebulletin.org
We believe the best hope for saving science and, perhaps, saving our form of democracy, is convincing at least a couple dozen Republican members of Congress that it’s up to them—that the stakes...
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