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Dec 21, 2022
FDA weighs new guidance about risks of LASIK eye surgery
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: biotech/medical
Laser technician Denise Sediq prepares the right eye of Lt. Colonel Thomas Hite, Jr. for corrective eye surgery at Walter Reed Army Medical Center June 11, 2002 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Stefan Zaklin/Getty Images)
The federal agency has issued a 25-page draft report outlining how doctors should better inform patients about the potential for double vision, dry eyes, poor night vision, eye pain and other side effects after LASIK surgery.
2022 Annual International Conference on Brain-Inspired Cognitive Architectures for Artificial Intelligence.
The 13th Annual Meeting of the BICA Society (BICA*AI 2022), Guadalajara, Mexico, hold on September 22–24.
Date: September 22
Dec 21, 2022
A breakthrough in mRNA therapies could lead to biological heart pacemakers
Posted by Gemechu Taye in categories: biotech/medical, evolution
“This concept that cells ‘fight back’ against modified RNA is of practical importance, as it suggests how one might improve the effectiveness of RNA therapy.”
Researchers from the Smidt Heart Institute have unveiled a novel concept — they harnessed modified messenger RNA (mRNA) technology used in creating the Pfizer and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines, which can be a significant step in the evolution and creation of biological pacemakers.
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Dec 21, 2022
New Study Says That World Population Will Be a Lot Lower Than Predicted by 2100
Posted by Gemechu Taye in category: policy
India will reach its population peak in 2065.
India is the second most populous country in the world. With 1,414 billion, it comes right after China. However, contrary to China’s population-reducing policy, India’s population is increasing and seems to surpass China in a few decades.
As BBC reported, China reduced its population growth rate by about half, from two percent in 1973 to 1.1 percent in 1983. According to demographers, much of this was accomplished by trampling on human rights.
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Dec 21, 2022
Messi lifting the World Cup is the most-liked Instagram post of all time
Posted by Gemechu Taye in category: futurism
With over 68 million likes (and growing), a post by football sensation and World Cup champion Lionel Messi has overtaken all other posts on Instagram, according to the Guinness Book of World Records.
Messi was Argentina’s talisman as they won the men’s World Cup for the third time on Sunday after defeating France in a penalty shootout. Messi plays club football outside of international games for Paris Saint-Germain in France.
Dec 21, 2022
Netflix unveils a terrifying AI in the first teaser for Jung_E
Posted by Gemechu Taye in categories: robotics/AI, transportation
The sci-fi thriller starts streaming in January and is helmed by Train to Busan director Yeon Sang-ho.
Things aren’t looking good in this future.
Dec 21, 2022
Circulating Tumor Cells Effectively Inform Treatment Decisions in Patients with Metastatic Breast Cancer
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in category: biotech/medical
Circulating tumor cells are tumor cells found circulating in the blood that come from a primary tumor. Circulating tumor cells have utility in clinical applications, including genomic analysis of cancer cells and monitoring the progression or recurrence of cancer. Since circulating tumor cells are usually collected through a blood sample, this method is relatively noninvasive compared with traditional tissue biopsies.
Research presented at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (held December 6–10, 2022) suggests that a count of circulating tumor cells could help clinicians decide between chemotherapy and endocrine therapy as first-line treatment for certain types of breast cancer.
Dec 21, 2022
NASA Retires InSight Mars Lander Mission After Years of Science
Posted by Heather Blevins in categories: energy, science, space, sustainability
The mission has concluded that the solar-powered lander has run out of energy after more than four years on the Red Planet.
Dec 21, 2022
Cybernetic Theory: The Code of Reality & Our Future as Cybergods
Posted by Alex Vikoulov in categories: cosmology, existential risks, physics, robotics/AI, singularity, transhumanism, virtual reality
In this talk titled CYBERNETIC THEORY: THE CODE OF REALITY & OUR FUTURE AS CYBERGODS at the Rotary Club, The Grand Autograph Hotel, Novosibirsk, Russia, on July 19, 2022, I go over many topics such as evolutionary cybernetics, Digital Physics, consciousness, philosophy of mind, cybernetic theory, Omega Point cosmology, physics of time, simulation theory, the Global Mind, AGI, VR, Metaverse, Cybernetic Singularity, transhumanism, posthumanism, cybernetic immortality, synthetic telepathy, mind-uploading, neurotechnologies, Fermi Paradox, the Dark Universe (Dark Matter and Dark Energy), the Argument for Cybertheism. The main 45-minute slide presentation is followed by a 15-minute Q&A session… More.
Russian-American futurist Alex M. Vikoulov presents his published works in a talk titled CYBERNETIC THEORY: THE CODE OF REALITY & OUR FUTURE AS CYBERGODS at the Rotary Club, The Grand Autograph Hotel, Novosibirsk, Russia, on July 19, 2022. The main 45-min.
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