Huge satellite could outshine all the stars in the night sky through strange quantum battery technology (Planet Earth Report Weekend)

This weekend’s stories include A newly discovered exoplanet orbiting a cool star is remarkably similar to Earth, the true story of when Congress nearly released wild hippos into the Louisiana bayou, and more.

A newly discovered exoplanet orbiting a cool star is remarkably similar to Earth. “The more we look into the universe, the more it seems that our home planet is not as unique as we thought. Recently, an international team of scientists announced the discovery of two new exoplanets, each about 40 percent larger than Earth — and they say these distant worlds would be prime targets for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), in part because of one of them may have a climate similar to Earth, reports Salon.com.

A giant satellite could outshine all the stars and planets in the night sky-Astronomers are concerned that the BlueWalker 3 satellite, which will use an antenna the size of a squash court to beam internet to cellphones, could outshine everything in the night sky but the moon, reports New Scientist.

Predatory Bacteria are fierce, ballistic, and packed with potential– Bacterial predators fight like wolves, torpedoes and vampires, and they could provide the next antibiotics, reports Scientific American.

1.8-million-year-old early human tooth found in Georgia dig -Student find provides new evidence Region may be one of first places early humans settled outside of Africa. “The tooth was discovered near the village of Orozmani, which is about 60 miles southwest of the Georgian capital Tbilisi, and near Dmanisi, where human skulls were found in the late 1990s and early 2000s, estimated at 1.8 million are years old. ‘ reports The Guardian.

Huge blobs in Earth’s mantle may power a “diamond factory” near our planet’s core, reports Stephanie Pappas for Space.com. Extreme chemical reactions could explain why the Earth’s middle layer contains so much carbon.

The slowing of the movement of the tectonic plates controlled the timing of Earth’s major volcanic eventsreports Phys.org – “Scientists have shed new light on the timing and probable cause of major volcanic events that occurred millions of years ago and caused such climatic and biological upheaval that they caused some of the most devastating species extinctions.”

This artificial intelligence learns like a baby-Engineers at DeepMind built a machine learning system based on research into how babies’ brains work, and it performed better than its traditional counterparts on certain tasks, reports Christopher Intagliata for Scientific American.

How will we recognize life elsewhere in the cosmos? asks Conor Feehly for Astronomy.com–With scientists finding new and bizarre exoplanets every year, the search for life as we know it might be too narrow a parameter.

Quantum Batteries: Weird Technology That Could Provide Instant Energy-By exploiting a bizarre property of quantum mechanics called entanglement, quantum batteries could theoretically be recharged at lightning speed. Advances are now being made to make them a reality, reports New Scientist.

If Jupiter’s orbit changes, Earth could be more hospitable than it is today, reports Forbes. “If Jupiter’s position stayed the same but the shape of its orbit changed, it could actually increase the habitability of this planet,” said Pam Vervoort, Earth and planetary scientist and lead author of the study.”

Why NASA’s moon-bound Artemis 1 mission matters reports Jack Burns for Salon.com. NASA’s Artemis 1 mission to the moon is preparing the ground for routine space exploration beyond Earth.

What the disintegration of Antarctica is asking of us, writes Elizabeth Rush, author of “Rising: Dispatches from the American Shore,” Pulitzer Prize finalist for The New York Times. “Will Miami still exist in 100 years? Thwaites will decide,” she notes.

The true story of when Congress nearly released wild hippos into the Louisiana Bayou, Salon.com reports — Congress was a vote away from passing the Hippo Act. Experts weigh up what could have been.

$35 billion worth of real estate could be under water by 2050– Local governments in coastal states will lose billions of dollars in local tax revenues as rising sea levels claim developed land, reports Thomas Frank, Scientific American.

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