I recently stumbled across a post about a very unique formula called Tupper’s self-referential formula. This formula allows you to plot anything that can fit into a 106 wide by 17 tall grid. It is called “self-referential” because this formula can plot itself on the grid. An easier to read version of the formula is: …
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One Step Closer to Colonizing the Moon
Scientists from the Chongqing University have successfully managed to grow a plant on the moon. The experiment involved sending up a biosphere containing an array of different seeds and eggs on China’s Chang’e-4 spacecraft that landed on the dark side of the moon early this year. Inside this biosphere was a collection of cotton, potato, …
Mayflower 2.0
IBM has recently announced an ambitious project to build an entirely autonomous research ship that will cross the Atlantic Ocean in 2020, called the “Mayflower”. The ship will set sail in September, on the 400-year anniversary of the original Mayflower’s voyage from Plymouth, England to Plymouth, USA, and will follow a similar course. The main …
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