Why the USSR Stopped Drilling at 12,262 Meters Came Down to an Unexpected Limit
12,262 meters down, the Soviet SG-3 Kola Superdeep Borehole set the world record for the deepest hole ever drilled after a project that began in 1970 aiming for 15 kilometers. The effort ultimately ended in 1992 when extreme heat and pressure made the rock behave plastically, warping and squeezing the borehole shut despite specialized rigs […] Powered by...
This Week in Crypto Law (October 11, 2026)
Law and Ledger is a news segment focusing on crypto legal news, brought to you by Kelman Law – A law firm focused on digital asset commerce. The opinion editorial below was written by Michael Handelsman for Kelman.Law. This week brought meaningful developments on both sides of the Atlantic. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission began […] Powered by...
Recruiters Flag a Worrying Interview Trend as Gallup Puts Engagement at 23%
Only 23% of employees worldwide are engaged at work, and the disengagement bill totals $8.9 trillion, according to Gallup’s State of the Global Workplace 2024. Recruiters say that same apathy is showing up in interviews, pushing candidates to prove they have done their homework, with LinkedIn’s Andrew McCaskill and GrowthAssistant CEO Adriane Schwager urging more […] Powered by...
Chinese Communist Party Calls for a National Blockchain Network
The Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has called for the creation of a national blockchain network to foster a deeper integration of the country’s real and digital economies. The proposal follows earlier programs to develop blockchain applications for various purposes. China Pushes for Creation of National Blockchain Network as Part of New […] Powered by...
Argentina’s Central Bank Rejects Near-Term Crypto Banking Integration
The institution rejected crypto integration into payment service providers and the banking sector for the next two years, leaving the door open to these measures in a hypothetical second Milei term, hinting at lifting the current ban on banks managing crypto. Argentina Rejects Near Future Changes In Crypto Banking Integration While Argentina has reached one […] Powered by...
Stephen Hawking’s Warning That AI Amplifies the Illusion of Knowledge
“The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it’s the illusion of knowledge,” Stephen Hawking warned, echoing a line often attributed to historian Daniel Boorstin. Psychologists Leonid Rozenblit and Frank Keil showed in a 2002 Yale study that people routinely overrate how well they understand everyday mechanisms, and Keil later found in 2015 that internet […] Powered by...
