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Aug 26, 2017
Who are you? How the story of human origins is being rewritten
Posted by Derick Lee in categories: evolution, neuroscience
Think again, because over the past 15 years, almost every part of our story, every assumption about who our ancestors were and where we came from, has been called into question. The new insights have some unsettling implications for how long we have walked the earth, and even who we really are.
The past 15 years have called into question every assumption about who we are and where we came from. Turns out our evolution is more baffling than we thought.
By Colin Barras
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Aug 25, 2017
The first men to conquer death will create a new social order – a terrifying one
Posted by Carse Peel in categories: Elon Musk, life extension
Immensely wealthy and powerful men like Peter Thiel and Elon Musk want to live forever. But at what cost?
Aug 25, 2017
Never mind killer robots – even the good ones are unpredictable
Posted by Carse Peel in category: robotics/AI
A researchers at the University of Oxford explains how a group of robots may behave differently to just one individual robot on its own, and it may lead to unpredictable behaviors.
Aug 25, 2017
Elon Musk’s Neuralink Gets $27 Million to Build Brain Computers
Posted by Carse Peel in categories: computing, Elon Musk, neuroscience
Neuralink Corp., the startup co-founded by billionaire Elon Musk, has taken steps to sell as much as $100 million in stock to fund the development of technology that connects human brains with computers.