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Nov 2, 2018

A Gurgling Mud Pool Is Creeping Across Southern California Like a Geologic Poltergeist

Posted by in category: futurism

A roving spring of bubbling mud is moving around like a geologic poltergeist in southern California.

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Nov 2, 2018

Solar Power Is About to Boom in the Sunshine State

Posted by in categories: solar power, sustainability

Florida has lagged in renewable energy use, but declining solar costs are set to change that.

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Nov 2, 2018

‘Jumping gene’ regulator protein curbs cancer growth

Posted by 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.

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Nov 2, 2018

There’s something unusual about these lily pads

Posted by 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.

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Nov 2, 2018

Moon Direct

Posted by in categories: policy, space

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.

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Nov 2, 2018

First 8K Video from Space

Posted by in category: space

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: 🚀🔬🌟🎥.

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Nov 2, 2018

How Can Black Holes Change the Future?

Posted by 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?

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Nov 2, 2018

The last 15 hours of the NAD+ Mouse fundraiser and we are only $2431 away from the final goal

Posted by 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?


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Nov 2, 2018

Choosing Health Early On

Posted by 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

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Nov 2, 2018

Civilian tourniquet use associated with six-fold reduction in mortality

Posted by 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.

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