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Dec 11, 2022

Researchers Turn Cancer Cells Into Less Harmful Cell Types

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

Cancer cells are incredibly adaptable, much like stem cells. Researchers from the University of Basel have discovered substances that artificially mature breast cancer cells of the very aggressive triple-negative subtype and transform them into a state that is similar to normal cells.

Cancer occurs when cells grow uncontrollably and spread to other organs. Cancer cells are quite different from normal ones. Cancer cells are known for their remarkable adaptability to varied settings in the body as well as drug treatments. They resemble stem cells or cells at an early stage of development in this regard.

The prospect of artificially maturing (or, more accurately, differentiating) breast cancer cells as a strategy to transform them into a more normal kind of cell has been explored by researchers at the University of Basel and the University Hospital Basel.

Dec 11, 2022

The Boltzmann Brain Paradox: An Animated Thought Experiment About the Hallucination of Reality

Posted by in category: neuroscience

A pleasingly disorienting foray into the fundamental perplexity of life.

Dec 11, 2022

Atlantis: How Plato’s Story Corresponds to Real History

Posted by in category: futurism

Has the Atlantis mystery finally been solved? After years of extensive research, in conjunction with new archeological evidence, and with the aid of satellite technology, Christos A. Djonis credibly reveals that Plato based his story of Atlantis on a real prehistoric setting, now beneath 400 feet of water.

By Christos A. Djonis

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Dec 11, 2022

Is ChatGPT the Start of the AI Revolution?

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

A sophisticated new chatbot is indistinguishable from magic. Well, almost.

Dec 11, 2022

Lab experiment may confirm how the ingredients of life formed in outer space

Posted by in category: space

Scientists now believe that a burst of life known as a gamma ray may have helped play a vital role in the origins of life on Earth. Further, the finding may actually provide some clues as to how the ingredients of life formed in space. According to a new study published this month, scientists may have actually proven how those ingredients formed, too.

Dec 11, 2022

How To Terraform Mars — WITH LASERS

Posted by in categories: engineering, environmental, space

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Dec 11, 2022

Artemis 1 / Orion Splashdown! LIVE

Posted by in category: futurism

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZn5IxyFKbo

Splashdown off the Baja Coast near Guadalupe Island targeted for 11:39 a.m. CST (12:39 p.m. EST) on Sunday, Dec. 11Thanks for watching — why not support this…

Dec 11, 2022

Aging is driven by unbalanced genes, finds AI analysis of multiple species

Posted by in categories: genetics, life extension, robotics/AI

Northwestern University researchers have discovered a previously unknown mechanism that drives aging.

In a new study, researchers used artificial intelligence to analyze data from a wide variety of tissues, collected from humans, mice, rats and killifish. They discovered that the length of can explain most molecular-level changes that occur during aging.

All cells must balance the activity of long and short genes. The researchers found that longer genes are linked to longer lifespans, and shorter genes are linked to shorter lifespans. They also found that aging genes change their activity according to length. More specifically, aging is accompanied by a shift in activity toward short genes. This causes the gene activity in cells to become unbalanced.

Dec 11, 2022

Elon Musk founded — and has since criticized — the company behind the buzzy new AI chatbot ChatGPT. Here’s everything we know about OpenAI

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, robotics/AI

The company that created ChatGPT has a long history with some of Silicon Valley’s biggest names. It’s also had a series of eye-catching releases.

Dec 11, 2022

Plasma sail spacecraft could soar like an albatross to Alpha Centauri

Posted by in category: space travel

A spacecraft equipped with a “sail” made from plasma could build up speed by repeatedly crossing the boundary at the edge of the solar system, just as an albatross soars by taking advantage of regions of different wind speeds.