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ChatGPT and Martin Luther King Day

January 16, 2023 / Leave a Comment
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by Carl Kruse Every Martin Luther King Day I read King’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” for a jolt of moral fortitude and to connect — even if in a distant way — with a great man. I have written before about the impact King’s Letter has on me (see links below) and I thought … [Read more…]

Posted in: Enabling The Future, Holidays, Science Tagged: Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT

Goodbye Frank Drake, Father of SETI

September 8, 2022 / 4 Comments
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by Fraser Hibbitt for the Carl Kruse Blog Less than a week ago, astronomer and astrophysicist Frank Drake passed away in his home in California. He was one of those rare examples in which a childhood fascination directly informs their career, their pursuit, and entanglement with the world. Drake’s equation, perhaps only second in fame … [Read more…]

Posted in: California, Carl Kruse, Dreamers, Science, SETI, Space Exploration, Voyager Tagged: Frank Drake, Obituary

Interpretation of Illness Around the World

July 5, 2022 / 2 Comments
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by Asia Leonardi for the Carl Kruse Blog When talking about progress and development we inevitably recall the scientific advances of Western medicine. And there is no doubt medical technology has made huge steps over the years: in 1900 global life expectancy was about 30 years; in 2000 about 63. Every day, antibiotics save the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Myths, Science, Trauma Tagged: Illness, Social tension, Traditional medicine

SETI Chat: Mysterious Radio Signals in the Milky Way

March 22, 2022 / 2 Comments
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by Hazel Anna Rogers for the Carl Kruse Blog It was as if it was meant to be. At the end of 2021, when most of us were just wishing we might be glimpsing the rear end of the Covid-19 pandemic, astronomers in Western Australia looking earnestly at the night sky were greeted by inexplicable … [Read more…]

Posted in: Science, SETI Tagged: Astronomy, Australia, Carl Kruse Nonprofits Blog, Milky Way, Radio Telescopes

SETI TALKS SUMMARY – AI

February 23, 2022 / Leave a Comment
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by Hazel Anna Rogers for the Carl Kruse Blog Artificial intelligence, more commonly known as AI, is a branch of computer science that focuses on the creation of intelligent task-oriented machines — tasks that might usually require some degree of human intelligence. This is a general definition, and one which perhaps lessens the fear-riddled narrative … [Read more…]

Posted in: Carl Kruse, Enabling The Future, Science, SETI Tagged: Machine Learning, SETI Talks

SETI CHAT: AI For Good

January 12, 2022 / Leave a Comment
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by Fraser Hibbitt for the Carl Kruse BlogOne of the most innovative technological conceptions to come to fruition in the late twentieth century was, and is, Artificial Intelligence (AI). If humanity has always looked to create and extend their collective consciousness beyond the bounds of within, then AI is the latest and greatest manifestation of … [Read more…]

Posted in: Carl Kruse, Enabling The Future, Science, SETI Tagged: AI, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science

SETI Talks Summary – UAPs

November 29, 2021 / 8 Comments
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by Carl Kruse The Carl Kruse Blog sponsored a 17 November 2021 discussion organized by the SETI Institute on whether UAPs, commonly called UFOs, deserved more attention from the scientific community. Hazel Anna Rogers, a regular contributor to our blog, took in the chat and then summarized her impressions of what transpired. Here is Hazel’s … [Read more…]

Posted in: Carl Kruse, Nonprofits, Science, SETI Tagged: Roswell, SETI Talks, UAPs, UFOs

SETI CHAT: UAPs – Are They Worth Scientific Attention?

November 11, 2021 / 2 Comments
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by Carl Kruse The following post is an excerpt from an announcement by the SETI Institute for their upcoming online chat “UAPs: Are They Worth Scientific Attention” This SETI chat is sponsored by Carl Kruse, the curator of the Carl Kruse Blog, and is slated for Wednesday, November 21, 2021 at 7:00PM PST. “UAP” – unidentified aerial … [Read more…]

Posted in: Carl Kruse, Events, Nonprofits, Science, SETI Tagged: ET, Scientific Chats, Unexplained phenomena, Visitations to Earth by Aliens

Anti-Vaxxers, Spirituality and the Fringe

October 24, 2021 / 3 Comments
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by Hazel Anna Rogers for the Carl Kruse Blog There is a woman on Instagram, whom I will call Clarice, who’s online presence has grown exponentially over the last six or seven years. I first discovered Clarice on YouTube, as she was a relatively popular member of the High Carb Low Fat vegan community who … [Read more…]

Posted in: Politics, Science Tagged: Anti-Vax Movememnt, Pseudo Science, Vaccines

Van der Kolk and the Story of Trauma

September 29, 2021 / 3 Comments
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by Fraser Hibbitt for the Carl Kruse blog It is strange that some of the most harrowing passages in Mr. Bessel Van der Kolk’s The Body Keeps the Score are excited from dry facts. When he writes of the revenge stories told to him by his Vietnam veterans, the savage and brutal events pierce the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Psychiatry, Science, Trauma Tagged: Dr. Bessel Van der Kolk, Psychiatric disorders, Psychiatric treatment

SETI Chat: A Sixth Mass Extinction Likely?

September 11, 2021 / 5 Comments
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by Carl Kruse This post is taken from information provided by the SETI Institute on their upcoming online chat “Is a 6th Mass Extinction the Future for Earth?” The chat will stream Wednesday, September 22, 2021 at 7:00 PM Pacific time. The Carl Kruse Nonprofits Blog encourages all to join for what promises to be … [Read more…]

Posted in: Environment, Nonprofits, Science, SETI, Space Exploration Tagged: Biodiversity, California Academy of Sciences, Frank Marchis, Mass Extinctions, Peter Roopnarine, Scott Sampson, SETI Institute, SETI Talks

Jocelyn Bell Burnell’s Discovery of the Pulsar

August 27, 2021 / 8 Comments
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By Hazel Anna Rogers for the Carl Kruse Blog Space is on our minds. With the recent controversy surrounding billionaire escapades into space – Jeff Bezos paid $5.5 billion for a mere four minutes in space – people have begun questioning whether space travel and research are bygone dreams that should be left alone in … [Read more…]

Posted in: Dreamers, Great Britain, Science, Space Exploration Tagged: Astronomy, Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Pulsars, Radio Telescopes

SETI Chat: Can We Define Life?

August 14, 2021 / 4 Comments
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By Carl Kruse The following blog post is an excerpt from information provided by the SETI Institute on their upcoming online chat “Can We Define Life? Should We?” hosted by Wendi Zhang and scheduled for Wednesday, August 21, 2021 at 7PM PDT. The Carl Kruse Nonprofits Blog encourages all to tune in for what promises … [Read more…]

Posted in: Nonprofits, Science, SETI, Space Exploration Tagged: Origins of life, Scientific Chats, What is life

Von Braun and Dreams of Mars

May 30, 2021 / 4 Comments
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by Vittorio Compagno A bright red sphere millions of kilometers from here is what Mars meant for most people throughout human history. At first, it was just dance on the stage where the Sun and other stars revolved around the Earth, a luminous celestial body with its reddish reflections, until finally we recognized it as a planet. Before recent space missions, little was known about the red planet, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Dreamers, Enabling The Future, Science, Space Exploration Tagged: Astronomy, Mars, Mars exploration, Rocket Science, Saturn V, Werner Von Braun

It’s DNA Day Again!

April 24, 2021 / 4 Comments
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by Hazel Anna Rogers Intro by Carl Kruse Intro Every year we take some time to celebrate that moment on 25 April 1953 when Crick and Watson issued their findings on the structure of DNA, and of the benefits to humanity that such knowledge has wrought. Our previous celebrations of DNA Day on the blog … [Read more…]

Posted in: Celebrations, DNA, Science Tagged: DNA DAY, DNA History, Rosalind Franklin, Watson and Crick

Kepler Update and SETI

December 8, 2020 / 7 Comments
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by Fraser Hibbitt It is not difficult to imagine that somewhere in our galaxy there is a planet like ours. A planet suited for life. The unimaginably vast, mind-boggling space outside our solar system always makes one wonder about other life out there. And extra-terrestrial life likely begins on a planet. This is what Dr. … [Read more…]

Posted in: Science, SETI, Space Exploration Tagged: Exploration, Frazer Hibbitt, Kepler Telescope, Search For Extraterrestial Intelligence, TESS

Rocky Mountain Institute Update

August 31, 2020 / 2 Comments
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As many of you know, the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) is one of my favorite nonprofit groups. For decades, RMI has been tirelessly working on rearranging our relationship with energy. Few organizations have such big impact with so few resources. One of the beautiful tenets of RMI is that small changes can lead to dramatic … [Read more…]

Posted in: Environment, Nonprofits, RMI, Science Tagged: Improving our world, Rocky Mountain Institute

The Voyager Golden Records

June 1, 2020 / 10 Comments

by Carl Kruse Peering at the stars many of us wonder if anyone else is out there. At least I wonder and assume everyone does as well. And in the vastness of space someone else is likely looking back, wondering the same. And if not what a waste of space. Even if the probability of … [Read more…]

Posted in: Rosetta@Home, Science, SETI, Space Exploration, Voyager Tagged: Discovery, Science, Voyager Golden Records, Voyager probes

Rosetta Uses Idle Computers To Fight COVID-19

May 16, 2020 / 8 Comments

by Carl Kruse Much like the favorite extraterrestrial hunting software program SETI@home, the Rosetta@home initiative leverages idle computing time across the globe to crunch data. It takes its name from the “Rosetta Stone” tablet, which enabled deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphs. Rosetta@home seeks to decipher protein structures to help find cures for devastating diseases, including COVID-19. The … [Read more…]

Posted in: BOINC, Rosetta@Home, Science Tagged: Biology, COVID, Distributed Computing, Rosetta at Home

Amateur Alien Hunters Seek New Challenges As SETI Pauses

May 11, 2020 / 16 Comments

By Carl Kruse Most of us wonder when looking at the sky – into the infinite vastness of space — if there could be intelligent life out there, other beings we could communicate with, learn from, or even meet one day. In spite of decades of Hollywood films depicting E.T.s we have yet to find … [Read more…]

Posted in: Science, SETI, Space Exploration Tagged: Distributed Computing, SETI@HOME, Space
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