How to get leprosy

Plus: Crystals ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   [// Don’t forget to subscribe to our good friends at the AI Tool Report »]( [Advertise]( | [Talk to Us](mailto:letschat@getthefuturist.com) | [Shop]( | [Unsubscribe]( The Futurist is your daily tech, cosmic, and science (both weird or otherwise) newsletter with articles and content curated just for you. In today's edition: // Leprosy // Oppenheimer and black holes // Predicting earthquakes // OceanGate’s Venus colony [/interesting] [Predicting earthquakes is currently impossible. GPS data could help change that | Live Science]( [Predicting earthquakes is currently impossible. GPS data could help change that]( “GPS satellites may be able to help researchers identify a precursor for powerful earthquakes two hours before they occur by tracking small "slips" in the tectonic plates as they grind against each other, researchers wrote in a new study, published July 20 in the journal Geophysics.” [// Live Science »]( [/ai] [Automate your life now | AI Tool Report]( [Automate your life now]( The AI Tool Report is your guide to the best ways to utilize AI so that it will help you, not replace you. Subscribe today and enjoy what hundreds of thousands of subscribers can’t get enough of! [Ad] [// AI Tool Report »]( [/cosmos] [OceanGate cofounder now planning colony above Venus | The Byte]( [OceanGate cofounder now planning colony above Venus]( “Ever wanted to live in the atmosphere of our Solar System's hottest planet? In just a few short decades, you might — or at least, that's what the other co-founder of OceanGate, the builder of the doomed Titanic-seeking submersible, is saying.” [// The Byte »]( [/science] [How Oppenheimer proved Einstein wrong about black holes | Inverse]( [How Oppenheimer proved Einstein wrong about black holes]( “In a 1939 paper, Oppenheimer, then a particle physicist, declared that black holes were the inevitable result of the Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity, contrary to the hopes of that scientist. Oppenheimer declared, like a few others before him,that black holes weren’t just a quirk of the mathematics, but likely real astrophysical objects — that a star massive enough is destined to implode, creating a trap from which what goes in cannot come back out.” [// Inverse »]( [spacer image] [/health] [Central Florida is a hotspot for leprosy, report says | CNN]( [Central Florida is a hotspot for leprosy, report says]( “According a research letter published by Nathoo and his colleagues in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, Central Florida has reported among the highest rates of leprosy in the United States. In 2020, 159 cases were reported nationwide, compared with 200,000 new cases each year around the world, according to the World Health Organization. The new letter says Central Florida accounted for 81% of cases in Florida and nearly 1 out of 5 leprosy cases nationwide.” [// CNN »]( [/bites] [Get ready to empty your wallet]( [// Learn the basics of code and technology for 75% off — it’s a no-brainer, do it now »]( [// Automate as much as you can to get more done and live your life with the AI Tool Report »]( [// Take flight with the best deal Dollar Flight Club is ever going to give you »]( [/yikes] [@nowthisnews on Instagram]( [@nowthisnews]( Interested in having one of your social posts featured in The Futurist? [// Get in touch »](mailto:letschat@getthefuturist.com) [/quiz] [//Quiz: Amethyst and citrine are extra-pretty varieties of what common mineral that's great for Scrabble?]( Amethyst and citrine are extra-pretty varieties of what common mineral that's great for Scrabble? Alright, crystal and mineral lovers, this one’s for you. [// Submit your answer »]( Powered by StackCommerce 21 Market Street | Venice, CA 902919 Copyright © 2023 StackCommerce All rights reserved [Unsubscribe]( [View this email in your browser](