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Mar 13, 2018
Space Is Full Of Planets, And Most Of Them Don’t Even Have Stars
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: space
For every planet that orbits a star like our own, there are likely thousands of ‘orphan planets’ wandering the galaxy alone.
Mar 13, 2018
NASA building ‘HAMMER’ spacecraft to save Earth from cataclysmic asteroid impact
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: asteroid/comet impacts, existential risks, space travel
NASA has a plan to deal with potential asteroid impacts that sounds like it’s been taken straight from a science fiction film.
The space agency is building a spacecraft named HAMMER — which stands for Hypervelocity Asteroid Mitigation Mission for Emergency Response.
The plan is to blow any harmful looking asteroids out of the sky before they have a chance to hit out planet.
Mar 13, 2018
A startup is pitching a mind-uploading service that is “100 percent fatal”
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: neuroscience
Mar 13, 2018
Bioquark Inc. — Outcomes Rocket Podcast — Ira Pastor
Posted by Ira S. Pastor in categories: aging, bioengineering, biotech/medical, business, cryonics, disruptive technology, DNA, genetics, health, life extension
Tags: anti-aging, bioquark, biotech, Economics, health, healthspan, lifespan, wellness
Mar 13, 2018
The world’s first blockchain-powered elections just happened in Sierra Leone
Posted by Jeremy Lichtman in categories: biotech/medical, bitcoin, military
On Mar. 7, elections in Sierra Leone marked a global landmark: the world’s first ever blockchain-powered presidential elections.
As president Ernest Bai Koroma leaves office after serving two five-year terms, the maximum allowed constitutionally, Sierra Leoneans have had to pick from a pool of 16 candidates including the ruling party’s Samura Kamara, the erstwhile foreign minister, and Julius Maada Bio, former military head of state and candidate of the main opposition party.
Results released by Sierra Leone’s election commission (NEC) suggest a run-off between Bio and Kamara is likely with neither candidate securing the required 55% of votes so far. Sierra Leone’s new president will be tasked with a continued rebuilding given the country’s recent major disasters. In 2014, an Ebola outbreak led to nearly 4,000 deaths and GDP losses estimated at $1.4 billion—a major loss for one of the world’s poorest countries. Last year Sierra Leone’s capital also suffered devastating flooding and mudslides believed to have claimed more than 1,000 lives.
Mar 13, 2018
Bioquark Inc. — Left At The Valley Podcast — Ira Pastor
Posted by Ira S. Pastor in categories: aging, bioengineering, biotech/medical, DNA, futurism, genetics, health, life extension, philosophy, science
Mar 13, 2018
View on Nuclear Fusion: a Moment of Truth
Posted by Derick Lee in categories: nuclear energy, physics
Fusion technology promises an inexhaustible supply of clean, safe power. If it all sounds too good to be true, that’s because it is. For decades scientists struggled to recreate a working sun in their laboratories – little surprise perhaps as they were attempting to fuse atomic nuclei in a superheated soup. Commercial fusion remains a dream. Yet in recent years the impossible became merely improbable and then, it felt almost overnight, technically feasible. For the last decade there has been a flurry of interest –and not a little incredulity –about claims, often made by companies backed by billionaires and run by bold physicists, that market-ready fusion reactors were just around the corner.
Until recently the attractions and drawbacks of nuclear fusion reactors were largely theoretical. Within a decade this will not be the case.
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Mar 13, 2018
Larry Page’s self-flying air taxis to take off in 3 years
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: mobile phones, transportation
Kitty Hawk, an aeronautics firm funded by Alphabet CEO and Google co-founder Larry Page, is inching closer to its plans of creating Uber for flights: it’s unveiled Cora, a fully electric self-flying air taxi that can cover 100 km (62 miles) on a single charge – and you’ll soon be able to hail one with your phone.
Cora has been in the works for a while now, and it’s just been cleared to begin tests in New Zealand. The goal is for Kitty Hawk to launch a fleet of its flying taxis within the next three years. You can Click on photo to start video.
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Mar 12, 2018
Human Skeletal Muscle Aging and Mutagenesis
Posted by Nicholi Avery in categories: biotech/medical, genetics, life extension
An article I wrote:
Study based upon human skeletal muscle aging, mutagenesis, and the role of #satellite cells
“A more comprehensive understanding of the interplay of stem cell–intrinsic and extrinsic factors will set the stage for improving cell therapies capable of restoring tissue homeostasis and enhancing muscle repair in the aged.”
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