Or Is Religion Uniquely Human? — Have you ever wondered if an intelligent alien civilization will be religious? On cursory observation, the question sounds hilarious — we haven't even found an alien amoeba to forget about signs of civilization. Nevertheless, would it be that amazing if we find a temple on an alien planet? …

How Urban Biking Can Improve City Congestion and Air! — We all have heard the spiel about how Electric Vehicles (EVs) solve the vehicular pollution problem. And I agree with that. But, EVs are costly. And lithium mining for batteries is fraught with polluting mines often imposed on local communities. The Cost of the New Oil The environmental impact of lithium mining goes hand in hand with EV adoption!medium.com

And it isn’t that bad! — Chat GPT, the AI chatbot built by Open AI is quite a revolutionary product that interacts with users conversationally and can provide answers that often feel very human. ChatGPT: Optimizing Language Models for Dialogue We've trained a model called ChatGPT which interacts in a conversational way. The dialogue format makes it possible for…openai.com Here is a good explainer on ChatGPT by Cassie Kozyrkov

Govt-backed crypto or an elaborate scam? — A few weeks ago I wrote about Governments launching their own digital currency backed by their Central Banks. So it was with some interest that I read the news about Dubai Coin — ostensibly launched this week as public crypto to be used for transactions in Dubai. Sounds good? there…

The rise of Government-backed digital currencies — There has been a mad dash for Bitcoin, the so-called future of money. The value of Bitcoin has soared and even institutional investors bought it in hordes. But, what is Bitcoin backed by? nothing really! And its success is quite flimsy — as a single tweet from Elon Musk drove…

Or so claim some scientists! — While browsing my usual what’s next in space feed recently, I came across an article which said some scientist are claiming there are mushrooms on Mars based on the pictures taken by the NASA rover. One may be inclined to disregard the whole thing as loony wishful thinking. After all…

Spoiler Alert — The spiders are a geological formation, not real bugs! — In May of 2018, there was an interesting news item. NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter clicked a photo of what looked like a bunch of spiders scurrying around near the south pole of Mars. Except there was no way these were spiders. The Orbiter was in space and the picture was…

And what happens if they can! — Do you recall that scene from the Matrix movie where they show how machines use humans as batteries? The scene shows a fetus growing in a sac powered by the remains of dead humans. This baby would then grow up to be a power source for the machines. …

The Skype calls of the future! — Do you recall the hologram tech in Star Wars films? The tech would project a 3D image of the person calling you so it’d seem like the person is sitting and chatting with you right in your room! Skype or other video call tech has come quite close to that…