Mar 13, 2018
Bioquark Inc. — Left At The Valley Podcast — Ira Pastor
Posted by Ira S. Pastor in categories: aging, bioengineering, biotech/medical, DNA, futurism, genetics, health, life extension, philosophy, science
Archive for the ‘science’ category: Page 108
Mar 6, 2018
Bioquark Inc. — Creative Futurism — Ira Pastor
Posted by Ira S. Pastor in categories: aging, bioengineering, biotech/medical, cosmology, cryonics, DNA, futurism, health, military, science
Mar 3, 2018
China’s great leap forward in science
Posted by Derick Lee in categories: biotech/medical, computing, science, space
However, the pattern seems clear, and is worth heeding by other nations: despite China’s reputation for authoritarian and hierarchical rule, in science the approach seems to be to ensure that top researchers are well supported with funding and resources, and then to leave them to get on with it.
Chinese investment is paying off with serious advances in biotech, computing and space. Are they edging ahead of the west?
By Philip Ball
Feb 23, 2018
Bioquark Inc. — Life After Death Technologies — Nation Swell
Posted by Ira S. Pastor in categories: aging, bioengineering, biotech/medical, cryonics, futurism, genetics, health, life extension, science, transhumanism
Feb 23, 2018
Bioquark Inc. — Good Men Project — Ira Pastor
Posted by Ira S. Pastor in categories: aging, bioengineering, biotech/medical, DNA, genetics, health, life extension, neuroscience, science, transhumanism
Feb 22, 2018
Bioquark Inc. — Faces of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Podcast — Ira Pastor
Posted by Ira S. Pastor in categories: aging, biotech/medical, DNA, genetics, health, life extension, military, neuroscience, science, transhumanism
Catch up on the top stories in #science this week. References to all studies are here: surg.ws/2oeEoCj
Video by The Surg.
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Feb 18, 2018
China’s great leap forward in science — By Philip Ball | The Guardian
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in categories: geopolitics, governance, government, science
“These days, Chinese scientists stand at least as good a chance of making a global impact on science from within China itself.”
Feb 14, 2018
Trump’s Science Advisor, Age 31, Has a Political Science Degree
Posted by Shane Hinshaw in categories: policy, science
The dumbing down of society starts.
Because Trump has not nominated someone to head the Office of Science and Technology Policy, Michael Kratsios is the de facto leader.
- By Scott Waldman, ClimateWire on February 14, 2018
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Feb 14, 2018
India’s commitment to science begins to pay off
Posted by Derick Lee in categories: government, science
To achieve this, the government is hoping to find more scientists like Koul, who sees his role as an “opportunity to address bigger social as well as scientific challenges”.
This is a tall order, and there’s an elephant in the room. Government funding for Indian research and development has stagnated at around 0.85% of gross domestic product for more than a decade, compared with at least 3% invested by technologically advanced nations such as Denmark, Japan and Sweden.
A push to reverse its brain drain is providing the expertise to tackle its domestic problems.
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