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Dec 23, 2019

Force is still with ‘Star Wars,’ which has a big North America opening

Posted by in category: entertainment

Still with the galactic good guys, as “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” opened with a massive estimated take of $175.5 million in North America, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations reported Sunday.

The Disney film scored the third biggest December debut ever, behind only the two earlier chapters in the “Star Wars” sequel trilogy, “The Force Awakens” and “The Last Jedi,” according to Variety.

“Rise of Skywalker,” directed by J.J. Abrams and starring Adam Driver, Mark Hamill, Daisy Ridley and Oscar Isaac, blew away the weekend’s competition.

Dec 23, 2019

Andrew Romanoff’s Chilling Climate Ad Depicts Apocalyptic U.S.

Posted by in category: climatology

This terrifying climate ad depicts an apocalyptic U.S.

Via NowThis Politics

Dec 23, 2019

Daniel Amen M.D. Talks Brain Health at Brendon Burchard’s High Performance Academy

Posted by in categories: health, neuroscience, Peter Diamandis, Ray Kurzweil

Hey, this guy is amazing. He’s the Kurzweil/Diamandis of psychiatry.


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Dec 23, 2019

Zinaida Good | Reversing Epigenetic Aging and Immunosenescent Trends in Humans | VISION WEEKEND 2019

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

You heard about reversing the epigenetic clock 2.5 years? Living drugs? CAR T cells? Fight cancer? Here ya go.


Vision Weekend is the annual member gathering of Foresight Institute, a non-profit for advancing beneficial technologies for the long-term flourishing of life.

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Dec 23, 2019

Scientists Find the Universe’s First Molecule

Posted by in category: futurism

#29 in our top science stories of 2019.

Dec 23, 2019

Lizard-Like Fossil May Represent 306-Million-Year-Old Evidence of Animal Parenting

Posted by in category: futurism

Shortly after transitioning from sea to land, our egg-laying ancestors may have started parenting their young.

Dec 23, 2019

Scientists mapped Titan’s awe-inspiring terrain for the first time

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, space

Navigating Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, is a challenge. Just getting close is hard enough — it’s hundreds of millions of miles away, after all. But let’s suppose either a robot or a human lands on the surface of the only other body in the Solar System known to have liquid on its surface. They’d need a map — and fortunately, NASA has one ready to go should the occasion ever arise.

In November 2019, scientists made the first ever map detailing the moon’s complicated — and terrifying — terrain. It reveals a moon filled with weird and wonderful geography, including dunes, liquid methane lakes, plains, labyrinthine canyons, and craters.

This is #10 on Inverse’s 20 wildest space discoveries of 2019.

Dec 23, 2019

Scientists Gene-Edited Tomatoes to Make Them Grow Like Grapes

Posted by in categories: genetics, space

It’s 2050, and you’ve just arrived on Mars. Your first meal awaits: a plate of spaghetti marinara made from fresh vine-ripened tomatoes. Tough to imagine, right?

The idea that astronauts might enjoy the fresh, cherry-red fruits has seemed borderline absurd. Tomato plants, with their sprawling vines and bulbous fruits, take up space—valuable space. And they’re extremely finicky.

But now, scientists have developed a way to genetically modify cherry tomatoes so they grow in tighter bunches and take up less space. This could be a game changer as the push to grow vertical, rooftop gardens increases and as humanity stretches out past low-Earth orbit toward the moon, and eventually, Mars.

Dec 23, 2019

Massive star Betelgeuse is dimming and could soon go supernova

Posted by in category: cosmology

Dozens of astronomers from around the world including experts from the USA and Australia have taken to Twitter to discuss the phenomenon and whether it means an explosion is imminent.

Dec 23, 2019

Not a review of “The Artificial Intelligence Contagion”

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

“The Artificial Intelligence Contagion” is book and blog which compares A.I. and Robotics researchers to “the worst criminals the world has ever known”. This is my rebuttal to the author’s promotional material he circulated to 86 law professors and A.I. scientists.


A week ago I received an email from David Barnhizer, the author of a new book entitled “The Artificial intelligence contagion” addressed to 86 law professors, attorneys, and A.I. Researchers. I’ve began reading and found the book’s blog and a book review which says that “Those responsible for [artificial intelligence and robotics] are the worst criminals the world has ever known”. This sentiment is repeated throughout the writings, claiming to reflect growing animosity towards the artificial intelligence community.

For this reason, this piece is NOT a review of the book, which I did not read for reasons made obvious further below, for I do not wish to draw any attention to it. But I take exception to comparing me and my fellow scientists and researchers in artificial intelligence to genocidal dictators and war criminals. And Luddite Activism is a real danger.

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