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Aug 26, 2018
Katherine Johnson, who hand-crunched the numbers for America’s first manned space flight, is 100 today
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: mathematics, space travel
Black women, especially, played a crucial role in the pool, providing mathematical data for NASA’s first successful space missions, including Alan Shepherd’s 1961 mission and John Glenn’s pioneering orbital spaceflight.
Aug 26, 2018
I Am Cyborg, Hear Me Roar: The Feeling of Pain is SO Last Century!
Posted by B.J. Murphy in categories: biological, cyborgs, transhumanism
As we begin to question our biological roles during a non-biological (transhuman) era, will the role of pain remain as our sole method of detecting physical trauma or will it be replaced by a more efficient technological alternative?
Aug 26, 2018
BBC Documentary — Mars A Traveller’s Guide | BBC Documentary 2017
Posted by Pat Maechler in categories: education, space
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pF_dtDDE-lw
Provides some hints what hurdles would be to tackle to do excursions on Mars; also provides a lot of illustrative info about the planet.
Aug 26, 2018
A “Flesh-Eating” STD Emerges in England For the First Time
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: biotech/medical
Aug 26, 2018
Photo: Fluorescent planetary nebula 4,900 light-years away
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: space
The Hubble Space Telescope captured an image of planetary nebula NGC 3918, which is a part of the Centaurus constellation about 4,900 light-years from Earth, according to NASA.
Between the lines: A planetary nebula is a cloud of colorful gasses which surrounds a dying star — known as a red giant, according to NASA. The remnants of the star give off the light, which reflects in the gasses and creates the beautiful, dramatic colors seen in the photo.
Space.
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Aug 26, 2018
Dinosaur DNA clues unpicked by researchers at University of Kent
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: biotech/medical
How 5G Will Change The World! https://www.facebook.com/singularityprosperity/videos/438504459964467/
In this video, we’ll be discussing 5G – more specifically, what it is and its ability to change our world!
5G is a core technology in establishing the digital infrastructure of the future and will be essential in how all of the over 50 billion mobile and connected devices by 2020 will communicate together!
There are countless nanoscopic architectures in nature, creating iridescence, sticky feet, magnetic navigation – and more.
Aug 26, 2018
The Regulation of Nanotechnology
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: engineering, food, nanotechnology
Engineering nanoparticles can be extremely beneficial for many applications. However, this article discusses in what ways nanotechnology needs to be regulated due to the environmental impacts it can have in areas such as agriculture.