Weekly Science And Technology Reports - April 2 2023

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Can somebody remind me what yesterday was ? 🤔

Ah, yes. April fools Day. 😉
How many people did you fool yesterday, knowingly or unknowingly ?
Personally, i wouldn't say i fooled somebody, rather it was more of a prank but to someone potentially dear to me. It was quite fun. 😂

Alright guys, it's time to stop fooling around and proceed with the main issue of today. Well, except that I'm not really fooling around or.... am i ?

How Salt Can Taste Sweet

Ever tasted salt (common) before and it tasted sweet ? 😳
No need to worry, you're still normal.
But wait a minute, isn't salt supposed to be salty ?
Well, that's what most us would believe, after all, there's a taste receptor(s) for salty taste. However, it happens that salt could trigger other taste receptors depending on the concentration but this isn't enough to explain it. In this report, research has been able to show the mechanism of how a certain concentration of salt could trigger a sweet taste....keep reading. I must warn you, don't make the mistake of putting salt in your coffee. 😂

Surprise effect: Methane cools even as it heats

Climate change which happens to be potentially a treat to our existence is caused by global warming (rise in our planet's temperature) and global warming is caused by what is called the green house effect - from green house gases. These gases traps radiation (especially heat) that is supposed to be reflected into space by our planet. Methane gas is an example of a green house gas and as was stated earlier causes global warming. Well, that is what it was believed to only do to our planet until recently, it happens that it also cools our planet.
So, does it mean that we are still safe with it ?
Not so fast comrades but....keep reading to find out more.

Physicists Might Finally Be Able to Find Wormholes, Thanks to Their Light-Bending Ability

Einstein's theory of general relativity since it's inception has predicted a lot of mind-blowing stuffs about our universe, of which some have been confirmed experimentally. However, there are others awaiting experimental confirmation, one of them being "wormholes". Wormholes are like black holes but with extra properties. Fundamentally wormholes could be used to travel very long distances in a short time, like from our planet to a planet in another galaxy within seconds or minutes. Also, wormholes could be used to time travel. Physicists are yet to find evidences for their existence because they to some extent behave like black holes (theoretically) but in this report researchers have been able to discover a means that could distinguish the two physically....read more. But i must warn us, even if we did find one, we may still need to advance our space tech to be able to reach it, so don't get too excited. 😉

Musk and experts call for halt in 'giant AI experiments'

Recently, AIs have been making headlines but they aren't the only ones, they have a rival and it's.... can you guess ?
It's cryptos, these two are the main game in the current technology space. Just like cryptos can pose a threat in finance, AIs too can but in intellect. Now, business mogul Elon Musk and some experts are calling for a regulation of AIs just like it's being done to cryptos...read more

Stressed plants ‘cry’ — and some animals can probably hear them

When in stress or in pain we sometimes use sound to alert those around us, either through talking, crying or screaming. Well, it happens that plants too can do almost the same despite lacking such biological features (like vocal cords). 😳
So, how do they do it and how is that we don't hear them ?
It's very simple, just keep reading to find out. I wonder if they can hear us when we speak. 👀

Ants took over the world by following flowering plants out of prehistoric forests, says study

If you think we are the only ones to have taken over the world (our planet), then you must be joking. Ants too have and as a matter of fact they seem to be almost everywhere, with about 14,000 different species - oh, goodness me.
How in the bloody hell did they evolve to this extent ?

If you wish to know, then keep reading here. Such magnificent slaves. 😏
It is here we conclude today's report, have a thoughtful day and till i come your way again next week.

Thank you all once again for stopping by to read my jargons and also thank you stemng@stemng, lemouth@lemouth and the @Steemstem team for your valuable supports.

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