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Nov 2, 2018
Solar Power Is About to Boom in the Sunshine State
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: solar power, sustainability
Florida has lagged in renewable energy use, but declining solar costs are set to change that.
- By John Fialka, E&E News on November 2, 2018
Nov 2, 2018
‘Jumping gene’ regulator protein curbs cancer growth
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: biotech/medical
A key protein that keeps “jumping genes” in check could also prevent the formation of tumors and potentially lead to new cancer treatments.
Nov 2, 2018
There’s something unusual about these lily pads
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: robotics/AI
The aPad can explore marine environments while keeping in direct contact with a team above sea level or other manned robots underwater.
Robert Zubrin offers a purpose-driven plan to open the lunar frontier.
Rand Simberg on how space tycoons are bringing back the dream of truly settling the “high frontier” — and how policy can catch up.
Micah Meadowcroft on why space colonization will disappoint you.
Experience high-res #science in first #8K ultra high definition (UHD) video from the International Space Station. Get closer to the in-space experience and see how human spaceflight is improving lives on Earth, while enabling humanity to explore the universe. Watch and download: 🚀🔬🌟🎥.
Nov 2, 2018
How Can Black Holes Change the Future?
Posted by Michael Lance in categories: cosmology, futurism
There’s still a lot left to learn about black holes. One of the questions astronomers ask: How can black holes change our future?
Nov 2, 2018
The last 15 hours of the NAD+ Mouse fundraiser and we are only $2431 away from the final goal
Posted by Steve Hill in categories: biotech/medical, life extension
If we can reach our third and final stretch goal and expand the scope of the experiment massively. Could NMN be a true anti-aging drug?
Nov 2, 2018
Choosing Health Early On
Posted by Nicola Bagalà in categories: futurism, life extension
A thought experiment to see whether life extension might contribute to your happiness.
Today, we’re going to engage in a thought experiment. We’re going to imagine a world with some sort of antechamber to life in which you hang around as some sort of disembodied entity before you are born. (Some people actually believe in something like that, but we won’t go there; it’s just a thought experiment.)
The Choice to Be Born
Nov 2, 2018
Civilian tourniquet use associated with six-fold reduction in mortality
Posted by Nicholi Avery in category: biotech/medical
New research from Pedro Teixeira, MD and the Texas Tourniquet Study Group shows that for civilian patients with peripheral vascular injury, prehospital tourniquet use is associated with dramatically improved odd of survival.