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Jan 25, 2021

SpaceX: World record number of satellites launched

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, satellites

A new world record has been set for the number of satellites sent to space on a single rocket. The 143 payloads, of all shapes and sizes, rode to orbit on a SpaceX Falcon rocket that launched out of Florida.


Entrepreneur Elon Musk’s SpaceX company delivers 143 satellites to orbit on a single rocket flight.

Jan 25, 2021

Social Networks Are the Next Big Decentralization Opportunity

Posted by in category: futurism

We have the core tech to enable radically more ethical and beneficial social media networks. Here’s what we’ll need.

Jan 25, 2021

H.266 Codec Promises to Reduce Video File Sizes

Posted by in category: futurism

The H.266/VVC codec will deliver the same visual quality from SD right up to 8K, but with only 50 percent of the data requirements, making it an instant hit with video streaming services.

Jan 25, 2021

Wormholes may be lurking in the universe — and new studies are proposing ways of finding them

Posted by in categories: cosmology, information science, physics

Very interesting.


Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity profoundly changed our thinking about fundamental concepts in physics, such as space and time. But it also left us with some deep mysteries. One was black holes, which were only unequivocally detected over the past few years. Another was “wormholes” – bridges connecting different points in spacetime, in theory providing shortcuts for space travellers.

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Jan 25, 2021

Us in 4 billion years…

Posted by in category: space

Galaxies need cold gas to form new stars, and this one is bleeding 10000 suns worth of the stuff each year. Astronomers blame a cosmic crash.

Jan 25, 2021

Makers of Sophia the robot plan mass rollout amid pandemic

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, robotics/AI

“Social robots like me can take care of the sick or elderly,” Sophia says as she conducts a tour of her lab in Hong Kong. “I can help communicate, give therapy and provide social stimulation, even in difficult situations.”

Jan 24, 2021

Sabrent Rocket Q Review

Posted by in category: computing

If you need the maximum single-drive capacity for a PCI Express NVMe M.2 drive, Sabrent’s Rocket Q 8TB is a solid option, but we’d keep an eye on Samsung’s coming SATA-drive QLC moves, too.

Jan 24, 2021

China’s factories must be ‘armed with automation’ as virus gives robots a boost

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, food, government, robotics/AI

Government-backed incentives and funding are still the main engines driving Chinese manufacturers to replace humans with robots in industries including pharmaceuticals, medical devices, new infrastructure projects and food processing.


Trade war with US saw many companies relocate outside China, but orders came back last year as Chinese production rapidly rebounded from the coronavirus, and a robotics boom is expected in 2021.

Jan 24, 2021

The Empowering Neurologist — David Perlmutter M.D., and Dr. David Sinclair

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, chemistry, genetics, law, life extension, security

Fair to say that we all assume that aging is inevitable. In reality however, there is no biological law that says we must age. Over the years we’ve seen a variety of theories proposed to explain why we age including the accumulation of damage to our DNA, the damaging effects of chemicals called “free radicals, changes in the function of our mitochondria, and so many others.

Our guest today, Dr. David Sinclair, believes that aging is related to a breakdown of information. Specifically, he describes how, with time, our epigenome accumulates changes that have powerful downstream effects on the way our DNA functions. Reducing these changes to the epigenome is achievable and in fact, even taking it further, his research now reveals that the epigenome can be reprogrammed back to a youthful state.

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Jan 24, 2021

‘Spooky action at a distance’ could create a nearly perfect clock

Posted by in categories: cosmology, physics

Physicists imagine a day when they will be able to design a clock that’s so precise, it can detect dark matter.