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NGC7129 (Kosmické poupě)
SkyWatcher 254/1000, Baader MPCC III, QHY163M, EQ6-R Pro Synscan, ASI 120 MINI MONO Guiding, 180x60s L, 60x60s R, G, B
https://astrofotky.cz/gallery.php?show=Howking/1791489458.jpg
velké rozlišení: https://howking.cz/astro/NGC7129_20261007_max.jpg
Zase otřesný seeing a dokonce i vysoká.
#astronomy #astrophotography #science

AI systems are subject to phys­ical limi­ta­tions, as researchers demon­strate in a recent study. Within a frame­work describing the ther­mo­dy­namic limits of infor­ma­tion process­ing, they provide math­e­mat­ical proof that, in some cases, agents who interact with their envi­ron­ment can only operate as energy-effi­ciently as possible if they forget infor­ma­tion—even infor­ma­tion that would improve their predic­tions.
-> https://www.uibk.ac.at/en/newsroom/2026/ai-the-price-of-remembering/
#ai #physics #science #ArtificialIntelligence

https://www.europesays.com/ch-fr/343370/ Après l’iPhone pliable, Apple prépare un lancement pour la maison #Apple #IntelligenceArtificielle #Science #ScienceAndTechnology #Sciences #SciencesEtTechnologies #Suisse #technologie #Technologies #Technology

#ESA:
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Keeping the sky dark and quiet
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".. ESA and the International Astronomical Union’s Centre for the Protection of the Dark and Quiet Sky (IAU CPS) have signed an agreement at the International Astronautical Congress to strengthen cooperation and develop technical solutions to keep the sky dark and quiet."

https://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Clean_Space/Keeping_the_sky_dark_and_quiet

8.10.2026

#Astronomie #Astronomy #CPS #Darkness #IAU #Lichtverschmutzung #Nachthimmel #NightSky #RadioEmission #Raumfahrt #Science #Sky #SpaceFlight

Mars passes in front of a beautiful star cluster this weekend. Here’s how to see it

Mars and Jupiter are currently the planets of the moment, shining like two beautiful bright ‘stars’ in the…
#NewsBeep #News #Space #Science #UK #UnitedKingdom
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‘Camera’ captures shockwaves as quantum bit forms inside a crystal

Scientists have recorded what happens inside a crystal in the split second before a quantum bit forms. A…
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Animals crossing: the simple solution to stop roadkill in the Amazon | Conservation

By about 7am, with dense fog blanketing the landscape, Gabriel Falquetto had already come across several road-killed animals…
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🧠 VOUS N'AVEZ PAS CHOISI VOTRE TALENT. POURQUOI MÉRITERIEZ-VOUS D'ÊTRE RÉCOMPENSÉ POUR LUI ?

Imaginez deux personnes.

La première possède une facilité extraordinaire pour les mathématiques. Elle apprend vite, comprend intuitivement des problèmes complexes et finit par gagner beaucoup d'argent grâce à ses compétences.

La seconde gagne exactement la même somme à une loterie.

Laquelle mérite davantage cet argent ?

Vous avez probablement déjà une réponse.

La première a développé ses capacités, étudié, travaillé. La seconde a simplement eu de la chance.

La distinction paraît évidente.

Mais remontons un peu dans l'histoire de notre mathématicienne.

Elle n'a pas choisi ses prédispositions. Elle n'a pas décidé de naître avec cette facilité particulière. Elle n'a pas davantage choisi l'époque dans laquelle ses capacités seraient valorisées.

Bien sûr, elle a travaillé.

Et personne ne lui retire ses efforts.

Seulement, une question commence à devenir gênante : pourquoi considérons-nous certaines caractéristiques reçues à la naissance comme du mérite, et d'autres comme de la chance ?

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🔬 LE PARADOXE DU TALENT

En mai 2026, une étude publiée dans l'European Economic Review s'intéresse précisément à cette contradiction.

Les chercheurs examinent la manière dont nous jugeons les inégalités produites par le talent et celles produites par le hasard.

Le résultat est particulièrement intéressant.

Les participants acceptent davantage les inégalités attribuées au talent que celles attribuées à la chance.

Jusque-là, rien de très surprenant.

Mais cette préférence persiste même lorsqu'on tient compte de leur perception du contrôle que les individus exercent sur ces facteurs.

Autrement dit, reconnaître qu'une capacité n'a pas été choisie ne suffit pas à la placer, dans nos jugements, au même niveau qu'un tirage au sort.

Les chercheurs appellent cela le « paradoxe du talent ».

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💥 NOUS NE RÉCOMPENSONS PAS SEULEMENT CE QUE LES GENS ONT CHOISI DE FAIRE.

Nous pouvons aussi juger légitime qu'ils bénéficient de caractéristiques qu'ils n'ont jamais choisies.

Pourquoi ?

L'étude suggère une piste : lorsqu'une personne utilise effectivement son talent pour produire quelque chose, nous avons tendance à considérer qu'elle possède un droit particulier sur le résultat.

La différence ne tient donc pas uniquement à l'origine de l'avantage.

Elle tient aussi à ce que la personne en fait.

Et c'est là que la question devient beaucoup plus intéressante que le simple affrontement entre mérite et chance.

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🧩 ALORS, LE MÉRITE EXISTE-T-IL ?

Cette expérience ne permet pas de répondre à cette question.

Elle étudie nos jugements de justice, pas l'existence philosophique d'un mérite objectif.

On peut parfaitement défendre l'idée qu'un individu mérite une récompense pour avoir cultivé ses capacités, même si ces capacités dépendent en partie de circonstances qu'il n'a pas choisies.

On peut aussi considérer qu'aucune réussite individuelle ne peut être complètement séparée des conditions qui l'ont rendue possible.

La science peut examiner comment nous formulons ces jugements et ce qui les influence.

Elle ne décide pas, à notre place, de ce qu'une société devrait considérer comme juste.

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🔎 Une discussion récente avec @gomli m'a donné envie de revenir sur cette question.

Il demandait notamment si le mérite était réellement une notion universelle, ou simplement une manière particulière d'interpréter nos actions et leurs conséquences.

Je trouve que cette étude apporte un éclairage passionnant à sa réflexion.

Car nous savons distinguer le talent de la chance.

Mais lorsque nous devons expliquer pourquoi l'un mérite une récompense et l'autre non, notre réponse devient soudain beaucoup moins évidente.

Peut-être que la question la plus difficile n'est pas de savoir qui mérite sa réussite.

C'est de comprendre ce que nous avons décidé d'appeler « mériter ».

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📚 SOURCES :

• « The talent paradox: Why is it fair to reward talent but not luck? » (2026).
European Economic Review, vol. 185, article 105268.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2026.105268

• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — « Moral Luck » (révision 2025).
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/moral-luck/

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This mysterious hole on the Moon may open into a giant cave

NASA has chosen a proposal led by the Planetary Science Institute to determine whether a potentially large cave…
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Scientists find African elephants can distinguish visual clues linked to food quantity up to 5 metres away; beyond that, smell may guide their foraging choices |

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📍 97 km E of Levuka, Fiji
🕐 Fri 09 Oct 2026 08:27 UTC
🌍 M4.8 Earthquake 🟢 Light
📊 Magnitude: 4.8
📏 Depth: 639.9 km — Deep focus
🗺️ -17.9914, -179.7622

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📍 249 km E of Levuka, Fiji
🕐 Fri 09 Oct 2026 08:11 UTC
🌍 M4.5 Earthquake 🟢 Light
📊 Magnitude: 4.5
📏 Depth: 559.7 km — Deep focus
🗺️ -17.72, -178.3548

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October 9, 2026
A color enhanced close-up image of Stickney Crater on Phobos.

Stickney Crater
* Credit: HiRISE, MRO, LPL (U. Arizona), NASA
https://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/
https://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/mro/
https://www.lpl.arizona.edu/
https://www.nasa.gov/
* Text: Jerry Bonnell

Explanation:
Stickney Crater, the largest crater on the martian moon Phobos, is named for Chloe Angeline Stickney Hall, mathematician and wife of astronomer Asaph Hall. Asaph Hall discovered both the Red Planet's moons in 1877. Over 9 kilometers across, Stickney is nearly half the diameter of Phobos itself, so large that the impact that blasted out the crater likely came close to shattering the tiny moon. This enhanced-color image of Stickney and surroundings was recorded by the HiRISE camera onboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter as it passed within some six thousand kilometers of Phobos in March of 2008. Even though the surface gravity of asteroid-like Phobos is less than 1/1000th Earth's gravity, streaks suggest loose material slid down inside the crater walls over time. Light bluish regions near the crater's rim could indicate a relatively freshly exposed surface. The origin of the curious grooves along the surface is mysterious but may be related to tidal stresses experienced by close-orbiting Phobos or the crater-forming impact itself.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angeline_Stickney
https://archive.org/details/anastronomerswi03hallgoog
https://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/releases/phobos/
https://science.nasa.gov/mars/moons/phobos/
https://science.nasa.gov/image-article/apod-2017-july-21-phobos-moon-over-mars/
https://science.nasa.gov/image-article/apod-2022-july-3-phobos-doomed-moon-of-mars/
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016GeoRL..4310595B

https://science.nasa.gov/image-article/apod-2026-october-9-stickney-crater/

#space #mars #astrophotography #photography #science #astronomy #nature #NASA #physics #apod

You have a higher chance of getting cancer at a younger age than your parents. So what went wrong? | Devi Sridhar
By Devi Sridhar

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📍 south of the Fiji Islands
🕐 Fri 09 Oct 2026 05:17 UTC
🌍 M4.9 Earthquake 🟢 Light
📊 Magnitude: 4.9
📏 Depth: 130.4 km — Intermediate depth
🗺️ -24.309, -177.334

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Luckily I call it ‘statistical pattern recognition’.

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Tips from scientists about conscious use of AI - NCAS

https://ncas.ac.uk/conscious-use-of-ai-practical-tips-and-thoughts-from-environmental-researchers/ (2025)

– includes some useful information, include a few links out to other pages.

@seachanger

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