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  1. Ai Learned How the Universe Worksโ€”and That Created an Unexpected Problem for Physicists By Gayoung Lee 11 June 2026 3:05 pm When it comes to physics, Ai seems to be as bound by prior biases as human scientists. When cosmology makes headlines, we often see fancy images of cosmic maps and supernovas. But in reality, scientists have to sift through hundreds or thousands of calculations and simulations for months or years. In an effort to reduce this burden, some scientists have turned to Ai โ€” but, as a new study finds, the pros and cons are quite nuanced... In a study published earlier this month in the Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, cosmologists trained an AI neural network on simulations of ฮ›CDMโ€”the standard model of cosmology (hereafter the standard model). Then, the team tested whether this pre-training would help or hurt the AIโ€™s subsequent investigations into other outstanding problems in cosmology and astrophysics. Although the AI did show some promise, it developed biases that ended up being detrimental to finding new physics. [ED: Another reminder of how little we know. These 'best calculated guesses' still have no answers...] Article link: https://gizmodo.com/ai-learned-how-the-universe-works-and-that-created-an-unexpected-problem-for-physicists-2000770643
  2. ED: I am constantly reminded how little humans know. Yet, there are some humans who are convinced that complex processes - so sophisticated our best scientists are unable to resolve what they see - are convinced this all happened by chance and accident. Yet how would a plant survive for millenniums, waiting till this system eventually worked??? Enjoy the science. Ignore the false claims How do Venus flytraps work? New study sheds light on cellular mechanisms By Ellen Phiddian Thu 11 Jun. ABC (Australia) Science "This raises the intriguing possibility that complex systems that have evolved to maintain cellular functions may have been further deployed in the evolution of complex systems to trap prey," she said. Article link: https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2026-06-12/cellular-mechanism-behind-a-venus-flytrap-s-super-fast-snap/106785362
  3. I partnered with a brother doing door-to-door last weekend. He is 98. I worked hard to keep up... It was 29C (84f) here in Honolulu. I still struggle with the humidity! RC this weekend. 1135 in attendance today. I counted 6 getting baptised.
  4. NASA Webb Finds Strongest Evidence Yet for โ€˜Black Hole Starsโ€™ Release date: 10 June 2026 10am; ID: 2026-119 Many of the scattered pieces of the little red dot puzzle are coming together. Since their initial discovery by NASAโ€™s James Webb Space Telescope in 2022, astronomers have been making steady progress in solving the mystery of these small, red objects that populate the early universe. By combining the power of Webb with a natural โ€œtelescope,โ€ a team of scientists recently obtained the deepest spectrum to date of a little red dot. Referred to as GLIMPSE-17775, this compact red sourceโ€™s abundant spectral lines provide multiple lines of evidence that converge to support the black hole star scenario: Little red dots are black holes enshrouded by cocoons of hot dense gas. Article link: https://science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/nasa-webb-finds-strongest-evidence-yet-for-black-hole-stars/ More science: https://esawebb.org/news/weic2610/ Pic Description: While the primary purpose of NASAโ€™s James Webb Space Telescopeโ€™s observations of galaxy cluster Abell S1063 was to look for a certain population of stars, scientists obtained a detailed spectrum of GLIMPSE-17775 from the dataset. This little red dot is located behind Abell S1063. Credits: Image: NASA, ESA, CSA, Vasily Kokorev (UT Austin); Image Processing: Al yssa Pagan (STScI)
  5. Is it working, Richard? Any problems that I should be aware of? Did you run it from the Windows version? It is time that I sync and backup again...
  6. I was the same, but I went ahead and gave it up. I now realize it was unnecessary to have 2 copies of the KJV w Strong's. I console myself by getting access to our (Wescott & Hort) Greek Interlinear via the web on WOL. However, I now have the Hebrew interlinear on my Lin app as well. Bit of a bonus. This makes up for me losing my hardcopy of JP Greens interlinear.
  7. STScI Scientists Surprised to Find Brightness โ€˜Gapโ€™ in Ancient Star Cluster 03 June 2026 10:00am Release ID: 2026-405 Summary In a serendipitous discovery, STScI scientists using the Euclid space telescope have for the first time found a red-dwarf brightness โ€œgapโ€ feature in the population of a globular clusterโ€”an ancient, crowded collection of stars. A similar gap was first identified in data from the Gaia observatory of nearby stellar populations. However, it has never before been detected in a globular cluster. The gap provides clues to processes happening deep within the starsโ€™ interiors. This finding would not have been possible without the software and techniques originally developed at STScI for NASAโ€™s Hubble Space Telescope over more than two decades. These tools allowed the team to push the limits of Euclid, and in the future, the Roman Space Telescope. Article link: https://www.stsci.edu/contents/news-releases/2026/news-2026-405 Pic Description: This Euclid image of globular cluster NGC 6397 is speckled with hundreds of thousands of stars, which vary in size and color. Most stars are located at the clusterโ€™s center, where they are bound together by gravity. Scientists studying NGC 6397 found that when they grouped the clusterโ€™s stars by brightness and color they observed a thin brightness โ€œgapโ€ of expected but missing low-mass stars called red dwarfs. This gap is thought to be linked to changes occurring within some starsโ€™ interiors. This is the first time the gap feature was discovered in a globular cluster. Brightness gap explained: This graph shows the brightness gap that scientists found using Euclid when they grouped the globular cluster NGC 6397โ€™s stars by brightness and color. What they observed was a thin โ€œgapโ€ of expected but missing low-mass stars called red dwarfs. The observations fit well with their model prediction. This gap is thought to be linked to changes occurring within some starsโ€™ interiors, giving astronomers a glimpse at processes happening inside stars even from thousands of light-years away. This is the first time the gap feature was discovered in a globular cluster. Credits: Massimo Griggio (STScI), Leah Hustak (STScI)
  8. Hubble Captures M88 on Journey to Center of Virgo Cluster By Goddard Space Flight Center 29 May 2026 The focus of this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is an active spiral galaxy on a journey lasting hundreds of millions of years. The galaxy Messier 88 (M88), also known as NGC 4501, is located about 63 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices (Bereniceโ€™s Hair). M88 is an active galaxy, which means that its center harbors a supermassive black hole that is snacking on gas and dust. Astronomers estimate the black hole is around 100 million times as massive as the Sun, and it appears to be powering outflows of gas from the galaxyโ€™s center. Article link: https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/hubble-captures-m88-on-journey-to-center-of-virgo-cluster/ Pic Description: This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the spiral galaxy Messier 88 (M88). Credit: ESA/Hubble & NAS A, D Thilker
  9. I have resisted doing the 'update all' feature on my PC - to protect my KJV ancillary translation. {So far - so good. It's still working!}
  10. The theories posted on here as 'facts' only show the arrogance of some humans. It highlights how little humans actually know. It will be so interesting discovering the truth, and looking back all these posts. Lol
  11. Webb reveals black hole that formed before its galaxy The first direct mass measurement from the early Universe weighs in on the debate over the origins of supermassive black holes. 27 May 2026 11am Release ID: 2026-110 Which comes first, the galaxy or the black hole? Scientists have long thought it could be the galaxy: large stars within an existing galaxy consume their fuel and collapse to form black holes, which can gobble up surrounding material and merge over time to form more massive entities. But itโ€™s hard to figure out how black holes millions to billions of times the mass of the Sun, thousands of which have now been detected in the early Universe, could have grown so quickly from such small seeds. Now, researchers using Webb have detected clear evidence that some supermassive black holes were enormous from the beginning, forming without a stellar collapse phase, and without a significantly more Article link: https://www.stsci.edu/contents/news-releases/2026/news-2026-110.html [ED Nice video explanation in article] Pic Description: Little Red Dot Abell2744-QSO1 (NIRCam Image) Using the unprecedented imaging and spectroscopic power of the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, researchers have mapped the motion and composition of gas orbiting a black hole in the centre of Abell2744-QSO1, a tiny galaxy more than 13 billion light-years away. The results suggest that the 50-million-solar-mass black hole predates its host galaxy, possibly forming within the first second of the Big Bang, and must have been immense from the start.
  12. While we are on numbers... With a 'head-count' of 9 million, we slot in to the top 50% of the 193 nations that make up the UN. If we use 20 million as a comparison, we are larger than the population of 127 (66%) of the UN member nations. An evidence of Divine backing, support and protection, imo. {Figures and calculations provided by Ai} PS Paramours I haven't read that word in years. I had to go and look it up.... Lol I see we are 'slightly old-fashioned.' Ai says: Key Characteristics: Literary Tone: It is a formal, slightly old-fashioned word rather than a casual synonym for boyfriend or girlfriend. Illicit or Extramarital: The term most frequently describes someone involved in a relationship with a person who is already married or in a committed relationship. Broader Usage: While it can simply mean "lover," it generally highlights a relationship that lacks legal or societal sanction.
  13. This list puts us in 8th, behind the Mormons (World-wide figures). They take 4th spot in the US. Interesting! ๐Ÿง
  14. Episode 15 just dropped [14 mins] Tell-Tale Signs of Bogus Science about the Origin of Life (Long Story Short, Ep. 15) Scientific claims about the origin of life are often complexโ€”so how can you tell if they're right or wrong? Even if you're not an expert, there are tell-tale signs to identify scientific claims that are dubious. Are the scientists unbiased? Do they exclude possible explanations before the investigation even begins? Do the scientists make assumptions? Are the claims being made reasonable or exaggerated? It turns out origin of life research regularly makes all these mistakes. This is the ninth of several episodes about the origin of life presented as part of the Long Story Short series. If you enjoyed this one, you will like all the others. Clever, humorous, substantive, brief, โ€œLong Story Short," is an occasional video series that compresses key points in the debate between Darwinism and intelligent design into a very welcome format: concise, accessible, and funny. nfrTaG

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