New Old Trafford included in 2035 World Cup bid www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

A Banks orbital as imagined by Andrew Baker. #space #art www.artstation.com/artwork/AlnJZm

This does feel like a major crossing of the Rubicon – the world's best-funded and in many ways most powerful public health agency is now actively pushing disinformation. I know there's a *lot* going on to care about at the moment, but this one really is significant, and matters well beyond the US.

Indonesia starts construction of 92 megawatt floating solar plant renewables.az/en/news/indo...

Antimatter production just took a significant leap forward. CERN can now make 15,000 anti-atoms in under 7 hours by cooling positrons with laser-chilled ions. We're still centuries away from Star Trek engines... but this is how it starts. 😎 www.futuretimeline.net/blog/2025/11...

A mathematical ceiling limits generative AI to amateur-level creativity www.psypost.org/a-mathematic...

Adolescence lasts into 30s - new study shows four pivotal ages for your brain www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #aging #ageing #longevity #neuroscience #brain

Star Trek: First Contact was released 29 years ago today. We'll be soon halfway between the film's release and First Contact Day (2063). 😄

In Ukraine's 'kill-zone', robots are a lifeline to troops trapped on perilous eastern front www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #robots #ukraine

A climate deal without explicit language calling for a fossil fuel phaseout is like a ceasefire without explicit language calling for a suspension of hostilities. #COP30

If the AI bubble bursts, what will it mean for research? The rise in artificial-intelligence technologies is unprecedented, but some predict a stock-market crash that could have knock-on effects for funding and jobs. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

A newly found exoplanet is just 18 light-years away and orbits within the habitable zone of a red dwarf star, making it one of the most exciting prospects in the search for life beyond Earth. www.futuretimeline.net/blog/2025/11... #exoplanet #spacenews #GJ251c

Billionaires in the world’s leading economies made US$2.2 trillion (S$2.9 trillion) in 2024, which would have been enough to lift all the world’s poor out of poverty, global campaign group Oxfam said on Nov 20.

Hundreds of thousands have already died since Trump closed USAID: "600,000 people already died as a result of the cuts, two-thirds of them children." "...cuts to USAID could result in 14 million more deaths by 2030." www.democracynow.org/2025/11/13/u...

Scientists report early clinical evidence that Urolithin A, a molecule produced in the gut after eating foods like pomegranates and walnuts, can revitalise key parts of the human immune system. www.futuretimeline.net/blog/2025/11... #aging #ageing #longevity #healthnews

"Swift observations with ESO’s VLT have revealed the explosive death of a star. [...] For the first time, astronomers unveiled the shape of the explosion at its earliest, fleeting stage. This brief initial phase wouldn’t have been observable a day later." www.eso.org/public/news/... #astronomy

"Researchers have demonstrated single-shot tensor computing at the speed of light – a remarkable step towards next-generation Artificial General Intelligence hardware powered by optical computation rather than electronics." www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

"As humans age, we become more vulnerable to cancer and other diseases. Bowhead whales, however, can live for up to 200 years while staying remarkably disease resistant. Could their biology hold clues to help humans live longer too?" www.rochester.edu/newscenter/c... #cancer #aging #longevity

Now that the Sept and Oct data are (belatedly) in, it looks like 2025 will be the second warmest year in the record (~80% probability). The last three years are in a class of their own.

SIMA 2: An Agent that Plays, Reasons, and Learns With You in Virtual 3D Worlds deepmind.google/blog/sima-2-...

Gene-editing therapy reduces cholesterol by 50% 🧬 In a Phase 1, first-in-human trial, a CRISPR gene therapy is found to be safe and able to reduce LDL ("bad") cholesterol by nearly 50%, while triglycerides are reduced by 55%. www.futuretimeline.net/blog/2025/11... #CRISPR #cholesterol

Russia's AI robot falls seconds after being unveiled www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

Teradar's sensor uses the terahertz part of the electromagnetic spectrum, and combines the best traits of radar and lidar sensors without some of the drawbacks.

Learning another language may slow brain aging, huge new study finds www.scientificamerican.com/article/lear... #aging #ageing #longevity #language #languages #DuoLingo #brain #neuroscience

Toyota reveals "Walk Me" walking chair www.futuretimeline.net/blog/2025/11... #robot #robots #WalkMe

China’s new scientist visa is a ‘serious bid’ for the world’s top talent – The country is easing migration for young researchers to boost its competitiveness in artificial intelligence, robotics and new materials. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Would it mean the threshold of mind uploading is met if the machine portion is greater than the biological side? What will it look like when the machine side gradually overtakes and completely replaces the biological side? I suspect the person will continue to maintain continuity of consciousness.

Good morning with good news: "China's CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months!" Transport CO2 fell 5% & electricity CO2 is flat, despite strong demand growth, in Q3 2025, compared to 2024. Solar surged 46% & wind 11% in Q3 2025! www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi... #energysky

“Imagine making a chip with 100,000 electrodes that, when this grows into the brain, you could get a billion synapses. [...] "Imagine if you could get imagery or audio or imagination or memories out of the brain.” time.com/7330887/brai... #neuroscience #brain #transhumanist

Glacier retreat is fastest ever seen "Hektoria Glacier is relatively small by Antarctic standards – but a collapse of similar speed on larger Antarctic glaciers could have catastrophic implications for global sea level rise." www.futuretimeline.net/blog/2025/11... #Antarctic #glacier

[...] Prof Grunwald said: "It felt as if we were witnessing the first glimpse of the future. "Where previously this was thought to be science fiction, we demonstrated that every step of the procedure can already be done." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Enceladus’s ocean may be even better for life than we realised www.newscientist.com/article/2503...

DNA pioneer James Watson dies at 97 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

China to double battery storage by next year as renewables boom: "The breakthroughs in battery efficiency and manufacturing capacity needed to reach the goal could lead to a surge in global exports: Batteries are a key component in the energy transition..." www.semafor.com/article/11/0... #China

Grand Theft Auto 6 delayed again until November 2026 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Elon Musk's $1tn pay deal approved by Tesla shareholders www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Astronomers Are Agog over This All-Day Gamma-Ray Burst A cosmic explosion known as GRB 250702B is by far the longest gamma-ray burst astronomers have ever seen—if it’s even one at all www.scientificamerican.com/article/long... #astronomy #space

Gates' subtle anti-renewables messaging, possibly related to his investments in small modular nuclear reactors, was well known, but this is next level: financially supporting a guy whose core business it is to argue for less climate action.

They Actually Brought Back the Mammoth?! | AI Extinct Zoo Tour 🦣🦕 www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0UX...

Norway’s mega wealth fund to reject Elon Musk’s $1 trillion Tesla pay package www.cnbc.com/2025/11/04/n...

a century of glaciers melting 🧪🌐

China added as much solar PV capacity (256 GW) in just the first half of this year as the US installed in all of its solar history. China's speed of adding new capacity was already 14 times higher than that in the US, and China is speeding up while the US is slowing down.

NVIDIA now worth $5 trillion. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Five-mile asteroid impact crater below Atlantic captured in ‘exquisite’ detail by seismic data www.hw.ac.uk/news/2024/fi...

Good morning with good news: Why did global EV sales skyrocket 26% in 2025 for Jan-Sept, reaching 2.1 million sales in September? LEAF 2011 versus Leaf 2026 shows why: HUGE EV improvement with a 33% price drop. EV innovation also is just starting! cleantechnica.com/2025/10/25/t... #energysky

Russia says it has tested nuclear-powered Burevestnik missile www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

'No spacecraft would survive': Europe simulates catastrophic solar storm to warn of real risks www.space.com/astronomy/no...

China’s is on track to beat the US to extract lunar water payloadspace.com/chinas-is-on...

A big shift in technology. The purple bars show the sales of cars powered by combustion engines in China. In green, you see the rise of electric cars in recent years.