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Positive Curiosities
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Hello everyone! Over on my YT channel, we attempt to showcase science, technology, and critical thinking in a fun and, more importantly, positive light.

YT: www.youtube.com/@PositiveCuriosities
The initiative aims to make the grid more reliable, lower energy costs, and create jobs, while also supporting clean energy goals. Reminds me of the old joke: Why did the power line go back to school? To improve its current situation!

Source: www.cnn.com/2024/05/28/c...

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December 28, 2024 at 3:46 AM
Finally, the dream of drying your socks without taking them off seems one step closer to reality!

Source: news.mit.edu/2024/how-lig...

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December 28, 2024 at 3:32 AM
which could impact climate models, explaining discrepancies in cloud absorption measurements. The discovery may also lead to advancements in solar-powered desalination and other industrial drying processes.

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December 28, 2024 at 3:32 AM
Again, it's just one study so this may not be the exact way that it started but it's a great start and why we study science to begin with. Small incremental progress.

Source: eos.org/research-spo...
December 14, 2024 at 8:58 PM
retaining permanent housing. Just another positive story of AI helping humanity instead of ending us.

Source: www.cnbc.com/2024/04/19/l...
December 12, 2024 at 6:15 AM
to identify individuals at risk of homelessness. By analyzing these data points, the AI aims to predict future homelessness cases and help allocate resources more efficiently. The program has helped almost 800 people/families, with 86%...
December 12, 2024 at 6:15 AM
environmental factors, and advances in medical understanding. Basically, it’s time to stop worrying about the vaccine boogeyman and start focusing on actual facts.

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November 23, 2024 at 2:28 AM
If anything, autism has become more recognized, especially in younger generations who are more likely to be diagnosed early. So, while RFK Jr. tries to blame vaccines, science has shown there’s a much more plausible explanation: genetics,

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November 23, 2024 at 2:28 AM
The real reason we're seeing an increase in autism diagnoses is less conspiracy and more progress. Thanks to better diagnostic criteria, awareness, and more early childhood screenings, we’re simply catching more cases.

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November 23, 2024 at 2:28 AM
A 20-year-old study that concluded there’s no link between thimerosal (a preservative once used in vaccines) and autism. But don’t expect him to acknowledge that; he insists the study was "watered down" to protect the vaccine industry, which—spoiler alert—has never been proven.

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November 23, 2024 at 2:28 AM
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently went on a media tour, spreading some seriously outdated and scientifically unsupported claims about autism. He keeps recycling the discredited myth that vaccines cause autism, despite decades of research proving otherwise. His favorite evidence?

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November 23, 2024 at 2:28 AM
While they might not seem "positive" these are things that everyone should know and in that light it's a positive thing to make us better informed humans in our community. When we learn it helps everyone. And lying sucks soooo, here we go!

Vaccines and autism.

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November 23, 2024 at 2:28 AM
Source: www.cnn.com/2024/10/14/s...

Image credit: NASA

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November 20, 2024 at 6:31 AM
The mission aims to determine if conditions beneath Europa’s ice could harbor life, making it a major step in our search for extraterrestrial environments. We'll finally get to see if Jeff Goldblum was right and truly see if "Life, finds a way."

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November 20, 2024 at 6:31 AM
Farmers can integrate this technology to automate a tough and time-intensive task, making it more eco-friendly and cost-effective. This thing’s zapping garden invaders like it’s playing an arcade game!

Source: www.freethink.com/robots-ai/fa...

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November 20, 2024 at 6:29 AM