Future Timeline

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's Net Worth Swells from $3 Billion to $90 Billion in Five Years by Kif Leswing, May 24, 2024 Introduction: (NBC News via MSN) Five years ago, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang owned a stake in his chipmaker worth roughly $3 billion. After Thursday’s rally, which pushed the stock to a ...

Discovery in Timor May Rewrite How Humanity Arrived in Australia by Mike Morley et. al. May 23, 2024 Introduction: (Science Alert) Humans arrived in Australia at least 65,000 years ago, according to archaeological evidence. These pioneers were part of an early wave of people travelling eastwards fr...

A Vast, Untapped Source of Lithium Has Just Been Found in the U.S. by Carly Cassella May 18, 2024 Introduction: (Science Alert) Almost two centuries after California's gold rush, the United States is on the brink of a lithium rush. As demand for the material skyrockets, government geologists are ru...

Roots are a Key to Drought-tolerant Maize May 22 , 2024 Introduction: (Eurekalert) Maize can grow successfully in very different local conditions. An international study headed by the University of Bonn has now demonstrated the important role of the plant root system. The researchers analyzed more ...

Ancient People Hunted Extinct Elephants at Tagua Tagua Lake in Chile 12,000 Years Ago May 22, 2024 Introduction: (Eurekalert) Thousands of years ago, early hunter-gatherers returned regularly to Tagua Tagua Lake in Chile to hunt ancient elephants and take advantage of other local resources, accordi...

Below is the sort of news I suppose most of you expect (or hope) to read in this thread. It is more technologically oriented. Gene Could Unlock Big Wheat Yields for a Growing Population May 22, 2024 Introduction: (Eurekalert) A study from the University of Adelaide has discovered molecular pathways ...

This sort of news (see article cited below) has the potential of affecting food consumption patterns in the future, especially in the so-called developed countries. Eating More Ultra-processed Foods Tied to Cognitive Decline and Stroke May 22 , 2024 Introduction: (Eurekalert) MINNEAPOLIS – People wh...

Tornado Kills Multiple People in Iowa as Storms Shift South and East by Andrew Freedman and Rebecca Falconer Updated May 22, 2024 Introduction: (Axios) A damaging outbreak of severe thunderstorms, with several tornadoes, powerful straight-line winds and other deadly hazards struck the Midwest into ...

How Worried Should We be About Russia Putting a Nuke in Space? by Joshua Keating May 22, 2024 Introduction: (Vox) A number of statements from US officials over the past three months have been raising ominous warnings about a Russian plan to put an alarming new weapon into space. As a Department of ...

Trump’s Social Media Company Just Keeps Losing Money by Russ Choma May 21, 2024 Introduction: (Mother Jones) Donald Trump’s Truth Social stock might be doing better these days, but the company is still struggling to make money. In the first three months of 2024, it pulled in just $770,000 in advert...