Advertisement Side view of the whole system, worn as a backpack. Credit: Karen Morales The new spacesuit urine filtration system by Cornell researchers recycles astronauts’ urine into drinkable water, aiming to improve comfort and efficiency…
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Advertisement Dr. Wanja Wiese from Ruhr University Bochum explores the conditions necessary for consciousness, noting that at least one cannot be found in computers. In a new paper, he argues that differences in causal structure…
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