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A device the size of a matchstick, implanted next to the brain’s motor cortex, could one day help paralysed people move their limbs.

The Search For Immortality … https://www.facebook.com/jasonlsilva/videos/1627219640875648/

What do we do when we know everything — including our love for one another — will pass?

A drone that can fly AND go underwater https://www.facebook.com//videos/572388199607050/

A drone that can fly AND go underwater?

Yes, please.

The race is on to develop the first senescent cell clearance therapies (a.k.a., “senolytics”) to reverse the aging process and treat age-related diseases.

MIT scientists invented a coating that makes sure all the ketchup comes out of the bottle.

An interesting procedure for the treatment of deep vein thrombosis.

Mol Biol Cell. 2015 May 1;26:1752–63. doi: 10.1091/mbc. E14-07–1239. Epub 2015 Mar 4. Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov’t.

When someone mentions “different dimensions,” we tend to think of things like parallel universes — alternate realities that exist parallel to our own, but where things work or happened differently. However, the reality of dimensions and how they play a role in the ordering of our Universe is really quite different from this popular characterization.

To break it down, dimensions are simply the different facets of what we perceive to be reality. We are immediately aware of the three dimensions that surround us on a daily basis – those that define the length, width, and depth of all objects in our universes (the x, y, and z axes, respectively).

Beyond these three visible dimensions, scientists believe that there may be many more. In fact, the theoretical framework of Superstring Theory posits that the universe exists in ten different dimensions. These different aspects are what govern the universe, the fundamental forces of nature, and all the elementary particles contained within.

Ubiquitous, mobile supercomputing. Artificially-intelligent robots. Self-driving cars. Neuro-technological brain enhancements. Genetic editing. The evidence of dramatic change is all around us and it’s happening at exponential speed.

Previous industrial revolutions liberated humankind from animal power, made mass production possible and brought digital capabilities to billions of people. This Fourth Industrial Revolution is, however, fundamentally different. It is characterized by a range of new technologies that are fusing the physical, digital and biological worlds, impacting all disciplines, economies and industries, and even challenging ideas about what it means to be human.

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