Compass, Meet Supercomputer

September 19, 2019

Technology is changing the way modern geologists locate precious resources and harness energy. With supercomputers capable of processing geophysical data from all over the world, geologists are reconstructing models of the subsoil to identify hydrocarbon deposits. The efficiency of these powerful data processors can scan massive rock formations to help laboratories analyze geological systems. While today's modern geologists still have a compass and hammer to collect samples, petaflops of computing power are changing energy research at lightning speed.

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What the Grok is going on?

Grok logo displayed on a laptop screen and Elon Musk account on X displayed on a phone screen are seen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on December 8, 2023.

(Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto)

If you’ve been on X this past week, you might have seen some strange and disturbing images: a MAGA hat-wearing Mickey Mouse smoking a cigarette and drinking a beer on the beach, former President Barack Obama threatening President Joe Biden with a knife, or maybe Microsoft founder Bill Gates sniffing copious amounts of cocaine.

Russia wants to erase Ukraine's identity

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Will Russia negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine in good faith, or is total destruction President Vladimir Putin’s ultimate goal? Yaroslav Trofimov, chief foreign affairs correspondent at The Wall Street Journal, tells Ian Bremmer on GZERO World that the fear among Ukrainians that Russia wants to erase Ukraine’s national identity isn’t just a belief; it’s a fact. Russian officials, including Putin, have been saying as much since the invasion began.

Venezuela’s neighbors brace for a fresh exodus

A demonstrator is holding a banner during an antigovernment protest in Lisbon, Portugal, on August 4, 2024. Venezuelans in Lisbon are gathering in Praca do Comercio to protest and express their disagreement with the election results in Venezuela and to support opposition leader Maria Corina Machado and opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez.

Photo by Luis Boza/NurPhoto via Reuters

A new poll shows more than 40% of Venezuela’s population — roughly 7 million people — might flee the country in the wake of strongman President Nicolás Maduro’s apparently successful bid to steal the July 28 election.

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