December 14: Putin, Vaccine

HUMAN BRAINS CAN SOLVE HARD PROBLEMS MOMENTS BEFORE FALLING ASLEEP, STUDY FINDS HERE'S HOW YOU CAN TRY TO CREATE YOUR OWN "EUREKA" MOMENTS. ......... humans experience a “creative sweet spot” in the moments right before we fall asleep ........ More specifically, it occurs during a sleep phase called N1, or non-rapid-eye movement sleep stage 1. ....... This phase puts the mind in a liminal space between sleep and wakefulness called hypnagogia — and it could hold the key to helping us come up with good ideas. ........

“I was quite surprised that almost no scientists have studied this period in the last two decades.”

........ The authors of the study based their experiment on a technique famously used by inventor Thomas Edison who reportedly napped while holding a ball in each hand. As soon as he fell asleep, the balls fell to the floor and woke him up. It’s said that he was able to recall new, bright ideas using this method. ........ those who reached N1 sleep were three times as likely to solve the problems than those who had simply stayed awake. The N1 sleepers were also six times as likely to solve the problem as the participants who slipped into deeper N2 sleep. ......... Alexander the Great and [Albert] Einstein potentially used Edison’s technique

December 14: Sher Bahadur Deuba

HARVARD WARNS THAT CHINESE TECH IS RAPIDLY OVERTAKING AMERICAN CAPABILITIES THEY'RE WARNING THAT "IT WILL OVERTAKE THE US WITHIN THE NEXT DECADE." .........

China is rapidly gaining steam in the realms of artificial intelligence, quantum computing, 5G, semiconductors, biotechnology, and green energy.

........... “In some races, [China] has already become No 1,” reads the report. “In others, on current trajectories, it will overtake the US within the next decade.” ......... China has already “overtaken America” when it comes to quantum computing. ........ the field of AI, where it assessed China as a “full-spectrum peer competitor” to the US. The country is also well on track to dominate 5G technology as well, with China boasting 150 million 5G users to the US’s six million. ....... new innovations in technology from China could further cement the Asian nation as the world’s largest economic superpower. Such an act could draw businesses away from the US and toward China instead. ..........

it may well only be a matter of time before Beijing completely dominates the tech world

देउवालाई समर्थन गर्ने प्रकाशमानको निर्णय पहिलो चरणको चुनावमा देउवाले २२५८ र कोइरालाले १७०२ मत पाएका थिए । ........ ३७१ मत पाएर तेस्रो स्थानमा रहेका प्रकाशमान सिंह, २५० मत पाएर चौथो स्थानमा विमलेन्द्र निधि र पाँचौ स्थानमा रहेका कल्याण गुरुङ