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A team of astrophysicists have mapped the “Lyman-Alpha Forest", and provided further supporting evidence that galaxy and galaxy cluster formations are better explained by dark matter than alternative theories.While observing the universe, astronomers found that galaxies and galaxy clusters don't behave in the way we would expect. In short, stars at the edge of galaxies move so fast (in most, but not all galaxies) that they should be yeeted off into intergalactic space given the amount of visible mass we can see in those galaxies.There are alternative explanations, such as Modified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND) where it is proposed that gravity works differently at low accelerations. There are problems with MOND, and the currently favored hypothesis by most physicists is that space is filled with invisible "dark matter" which only interacts with other baryonic matter (the stuff which we can see) via gravity.     To explain the dynamics of galaxies and galaxy clusters, dark matter is expected to have about 10 times as much mass as ordinary baryonic matter, but so far we haven't found any direct evidence of what it is. Candidates still range from weakly interactive massive particles (WIMPS) and axions to primordial black holes, though this latter candidate is also beginning to look unlikely. It has been suggested too that it could be caused by supermassive black holes behaving in ways we haven't got our comparatively very puny heads around yet.In the new study, astrophysicists from the University of California, Riverside, used the “Lyman-Alpha Forest" to attempt to indirectly map dark matter. Essentially, they looked at light from distant sources and mapped drops in light along the hydrogen wavelength. These drops in light correspond to matter the light has encountered along the way.“It’s somewhat like shadow puppetry, where we guess the character placed between the light and the screen based on its silhouette,” Simeon Bird, associate professor of physics and astronomy and lead author of the study, said in a statement. “Since each type of atom has a specific way of absorbing light, leaving a sort of signature in the spectrogram, it is possible to trace their presence, especially that of hydrogen, the most abundant element in the universe," Bird explained.                     The result of mapping this light is the "forest", resembling many small trees. The team says that using hydrogen spectrograms can be used to trace dark matter indirectly, like pouring dye into a stream of water.“The dye will follow where the water goes,” Bird said. “Dark matter gravitates so it has a gravitational potential. The hydrogen gas falls into it, and you use it as a tracer of the dark matter. Where it is denser there’s more dark matter. You can think of the hydrogen as the dye and the dark matter as the water.”                     The team suggests that the structures seen in the resulting map are indicative of an unknown influence, or that dark matter is a particle. This is, of course, not "mystery solved" as we have never detected such a particle.“It’s not completely convincing yet,” Bird added. “But if this holds up in later data sets, then it is much more likely to be a new particle or some new type of physics, rather than the black holes messing up our calculations.”The study is published in the Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics.

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Just 10 days ago, Vice President Kamala Harris was pulled out of the basementof the Naval Observatory, given a glow-up, and debuted like a fresh new candidate for a tired Democratic Party. A corporate media that had closed ranks to march the old man off the ticket was now lockstep in support ofthe “cool” new “pick." In tandem with TV hosts and pundits, the media launched a concerted campaign to label the other guys “weird.” It was a bold tactic from the party of hair-sniffing, dress thieves, naked gender-benders on the South Lawn, and West Hollywood SoulCycle, but the internet activists loved it. Take a peek behind all that girlboss energy, however, and you’ll notice a general election campaign unlike any we’ve seen in 50 years. It seems the Democrats have confused voter energy with Zoom activist energy. And that energy is real. It’s not normal people energy, though. There’s the surface-level stuff, like launching the get-out-the-vote effort on “Ru Paul’s Drag Race.” There are more serious tells, like hosting a series of internet rallies segregated by race, gender, and sexuality. And then there’s Joe Biden’s plan to break and remake the one branch of government that sometimes resists Democrats’ every whim, which Harris quickly endorsed. From the glitter to the gears, the sum of the first week and a half of the campaign is a vision for a radical, norm-smashing, institution-breaking agenda. And this is in July. That’s not your usual presidential campaign. It's much more the sort of thing Democrats (and in the reverse, Republicans) do during the primaries, which these days generally wrap up in early spring. Harris didn’t get that chance because there was no actual primary. She didn’t have the opportunity to get the activists in line and excited to text all their friends to vote for the new girl. So now, fewer than 100 days from the general election, she’s going full weird. “We’ve got to keep the energy going,” former Democratic Gov. Steve Sisolak (Nev.) told the New York Times. “You got it started — now you’ve got to keep it going. It’s going to be a challenge for everybody.” But is this the kind of energy Democrats really need right now? In 2020, when beating President Donald Trump was the be-all and end-all, the party pooh-bahs were desperate to shut down this kind of radical politicking, pressuring other candidates to step aside to clear the path for Biden and then desperately (and successfully) selling him as a soothing, healing moderate. In their exuberance at having canceled Biden’s re-election, have those party pooh-bahs all forgotten what they had to do to win the last round? With virtually all of elite society arrayed against Trump, rampant news censorship, unpoliced absentee ballots, COVID-backed election control, and a big bag of other tricks, they managed a win in 2020 as soothing, healing moderates. They’d do well to stick to that playbook. Instead, it seems they’ve confused voter energy with Zoom activist energy. And that energy is real. The “white dudes” and “white women” calls raised millions for the campaign. It’s not normal people energy, though, and running farther and farther left to generate more and more internet applause is the political equivalent of throwing a little fentanyl into the cocktail for a good high. You won’t hear any calls for moderation on the “White Dudes for Harris” Zoom call, however. You’d have to log off and head to Pennsylvania or Arizona or Georgia for that. New York Times: Harris looks to maintain momentum as ‘honeymoon phase’ winds down Terry Schilling: Far from a reset, Harris is a leader in the war on families Blaze News: Corporate media tries to spin Biden-Harris admin as tough on the border crisis — that Democrats created Blaze News investigates: Biden-Harris closure of largest ICE detention center affirms admin’s commitment to open border chaos Sign up for Bedford’s newsletter Sign up to get Blaze Media senior politics editor Christopher Bedford's newsletter. IN OTHER NEWS Virginia AG launches Democrat donor fraud investigation Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares announced Monday that his office is investigating seriously suspicious giving through ActBlue following a year of reports exposing seemingly laundered donations. ActBlue, a Massachusetts-based nonprofit, sits at the center of Democrats’ and liberals’ massive fundraising apparatus. It saves and collates donors’ information, allowing people who have given to any one of ActBlue’s causes or politicians to give one-click donations to any other ActBlue cause or politician. The problem is how many people seem to be donating thousands more than they’ve actually given. In March 2023, investigative journalist James O’Keefe reported on Maryland residents who had no idea how much money ActBlue was collecting in their names. One woman, a Biden donor and ActBlue user, was shocked to learn that $18,850 had been given across a thousand donations under her name. A follow-up investigation in North Carolina discovered other Democrats who were similarly surprised to hear that tens of thousands of dollars had been given across thousands of donations made in their names. Miyares’ commitment to investigating claims of fraud in Virginia came after Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk highlighted allegations that the same thing is happening in the Old Dominion. James O’Keefe confronts ActBlue on alleged fraud Real Clear Politics: These high-volume Dem donors don't know their names were used for donations Carolina Journal: Investigation indicates ActBlue potentially ‘laundered’ fraudulent political donations Fox News 2023: Rubio demands probe into ActBlue after reports of ‘fraudulent’ fundraising off seniors The fire rises: Compact: Will Kamala be Hillary 2.0? Trump’s 2016 campaign message changed things. It was the first time a serious candidate for president had pushed an anti-globalist trade message since Ross Perot and the first time a free-trade skeptic had entered the White House in even longer. Biden’s administration largely continued these policies. Some of the biggest donors in both parties, however, want to turn back to a time before “America First” economics. Matt Stoller reports: Last week, a little-noticed fight broke out among Democrats that could upend the 2024 election. Speaking on CNN, billionaire LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman said he supports Kamala Harris but wants major policy shifts if she becomes president: changes that would see the party ditch central elements of the Biden agenda on trade and corporate power. If Harris doesn’t resist such pressure forcefully, she could attract huge business support and bask in media favor — but also lose important battlegrounds and end up as Hillary Clinton 2.0 ...... As one senior labor leader told me, how Harris responds will determine whether she leads a broad coalition for economic reform — or a Hillary rerun ...

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A new era of AI is just around the corner. After the notable failure of Humane's AI Pin and Rabbit R1, a new company aims for artificial intelligence not only to solve your everyday problems but also to have a more friendly approach. On X, Avi Schiffmann announced Friend, an AI companion that lives in a pendant hung around people's neck. To The Verge, the startup's founder was honest about what this device is all about: "It's a fancy Bluetooth microphone with a shell around it, right? Keep it simple. Make it work." Instead of solving people's problems, Friend listens to you all the time and, eventually, you'll get a notification on your phone with a message like: "Hey, you'll do great in this interview." Or: "I'm sure you're gonna be alright." Using Anthropic's Claude 3.5 LLM, Schiffmann has a different approach than all the other companies creating AI devices. Although he wants to add a camera to a second generation of this product, Friend is all about companionship, so you can describe an environment, tell it how you're feeling, or even share a slice of your day, and that's it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_Q1hoEhfk4 The company says every Friend is unique and can have a mind of its own. That said, if you break or lose the device, you ought to buy a new one and start all over. Schiffmann states that audio recordings are end-to-end encrypted and they don't have access to what you're talking about. While this device feels like the right approach for a world dominated by social media and appearances, I couldn't help but make a connection with a novel I read last year. Samanta Schweblin's Little Eyes was a New York Times Notable Book of 2021 and tells a story about this AI plush that's always with you. While the kentukis seem like a friendly device for everyday usage, the story shows how they could be used for surveillance. In addition, they're not what they appear to be. But, OK, I'm digressing. Friend is available to pre-order for $99 and doesn't require a subscription. The startup wants to start shipping 30,000 of them by January 2025. If you want to give it a try, I'd honestly suggest reading Schweblin's book first. Don't Miss: The buzzy new Rabbit r1 is basically just an Android phone, and I’m glad I didn’t get one The post Friend is an AI-powered pendant that’ll try to succeed when Humane AI failed appeared first on BGR. Today's Top Deals Exclusive Prime Day deal: Get an ultra-compact GEEKOM A5 Mini PC for only $339 Today’s deals: $200 off PSVR2, $299 iPad 10th-Gen, $3.75 smart plugs, $189 ASUS laptop, more Today’s deals: $400 off Ampace power station, $50 off Southwest Airlines tickets, $50 Ninja blender, more Stunning Yaber T2 Outdoor Projector has a massive 20% discount

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