7th NoRCEL Conference
The 7th NoRCEL Conference will be held October 30–November 1 at the
University of Kent, Canterbury, UK.
The theme of this conference is “Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS)”
pertaining to the emergence of life on Earth.
Our Sohan Jheeta is Founder of NoRCEL.
Learn more at https://norcel.net/7th-norcel-conference
16th International Symposium on Neurobiology and Neuroendocrinology of Aging
The 16th International Symposium on Neurobiology and Neuroendocrinology
of Aging will be held July 12–17 in Bregenz, Austria.
This event is being organized by our Holly M. Brown-Borg.
Our Julie K. Andersen will be speaking.
Learn more at
http://www.neurobiology-and-neuroendocr...ing.org/
2024 Systems Aging Conference
The 2024 Systems Aging Conference will be held June 2–7 in Barcelona,
Spain.
Our Tamir Chandra, João Pedro de Magalhães, M. Carolina Florian, Vadim
N. Gladyshev, Vera Gorbunova, Myriam (Elfersi) Grunewald, Steve Horvath,
Gordan Lauc, Andrea B. Maier, Khyobeni (Beni) Mozhui Peter J. Mullen,
Morten Scheibye-Knudsen, Björn Schumacher, and Jiaqian Wu will be
speaking.
Learn more at https://www.grc.org/systems-aging-conference/2024
COSPAR 2024 Scientific Assembly
The COSPAR 2024 Scientific Assembly will be held July 13–21 in Busan,
Korea.
The Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) was established on October 3,
1958 by the International Council for Scientific Unions (ICSU). Among
COSPAR’s objectives are the promotion of scientific research in space on
an international level, with emphasis on the free exchange of results,
information, and opinions, and providing a forum, open to all
scientists, for the discussion of problems that may affect space
research.
Learn more at https://www.cospar-assembly.org/assembly.php
International Space Development Conference 2024 Update
The International Space Development Conference 2024 will be held May
23–26 in Los Angeles, California. Our Gary Barnhard, Sherry E. Bell,
Aidyl Gonzalez-Serricchio, Michelle Hanlon, Janet Ivey, Rod Pyle, Alan
Stern, and Peter A. Swan will be speaking.
Learn more at https://isdc.nss.org
Longevity Summit Dublin 2024
The Longevity Summit Dublin 2024 will be held June 13–16 in Dublin,
Ireland.
Our Rozalyn Anderson, María Blasco, Holly M. Brown-Borg, Sebastian A.
Brunemeier, Didier Coeurnelle, José Luis Cordeiro, Patrizia d’Alessio,
Aubrey de Grey, Ben Goertzel, Jan Gruber, Steve Horvath, Brian K. Kennedy, Andy D. Lee, Andrea B. Maier, Matthew “Oki” O’Connor, Martin
O’Dea, Kennedy (Matsagas) Schaal, Morten Scheibye-Knudsen, Björn
Schumacher, Evan Y. Snyder, and Alex Zhavoronkov will be speaking.
Learn more at https://longevitysummitdublin.com
Rejuvenation Startup Summit 2024 Update
Rejuvenation Startup Summit 2024 will be held May 10–11 in Berlin.
Our Bobby Brooke, Stephanie Dainow, Greg M. Fahy, Peter Fedichev,
Michael Greve, Lorna Harries, Jean M. Hébert, Brian K. Kennedy, Dobri
Kiprov, Mike Kope, Robin Mansukhani, Phil Newman, Matthew O’Connor,
Marco Quarta, Frank Schueler, Vlad Senatorov, Sam Sharifi, Petr Sramek,
and Mourad (Toporsian) Topors will be speaking.
Learn more at https://forever-healthy.org/summit
Space Tourism Conference
The Space Tourism Conference will be held May 22 in Los Angeles,
California.
Space Tourism Conference (STC) presents the cross-section of industries
comprising space tourism: aerospace, media, entertainment, architecture,
design, advertising, marketing, finance, high tech, science,
manufacturing, futurism, and the arts.
Our John Spencer will be speaking.
Learn more at https://www.spacetourismconf.com
Books
Read “The Ancient Ones”, a space comedy by our David Brin at
https://amzn.to/3Ub7cvn
“This book is worth reading if you are taking yourself too seriously. If
you don’t take yourself too seriously it is an even better read.”
Read “Exploring Cities Bedtime Rhymes (Hindi Edition): From the Cities
of the Past to the Smart Cities of Tomorrow (STEAM-Powered Kids)”,
coauthored by our Brett Hoffstadt at https://amzn.to/3vPL2FN
Audio
Listen to “MacroVoices #406 Matt Barrie: AI-pocalypse Now” by our Matt Barrie at https://www.macrovoices.com/1267-macrov...ypse-now
Papers
Read “Characteristics and prevalence of fake social media profiles with
AI-generated faces”, coauthored by our Fil Menczer at
https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.02627
Read “Just War Theory as an inspiration for ‘Just AI Theory’?” by our
Anthony Judge at https://www.laetusinpraesens.org/docs20...stai.php
Read “Safety without alignment”, coauthored by our András Kornai and
Michael Bukatin at https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.00752
Blog
Recent interesting blog posts include:
“AI Could Explain Why We’re Not Meeting Any Aliens, Wild Study Proposes”
by Zola Balazs Bekasi at
https://spanish.lifeboat.com/blog/2024/04/ai-co...proposes
“AI for control rooms” by Dan Kummer at
https://spanish.lifeboat.com/blog/2024/05/ai-fo...ol-rooms
“Astronomers finally detect a rocky planet with an atmosphere” by
Genevieve Klien at
https://spanish.lifeboat.com/blog/2024/05/astro...mosphere
“Bigger isn’t always better: How hybrid AI pattern enables smaller
language models” by Rx Sobolewski at
https://spanish.lifeboat.com/blog/2024/04/bigge...e-models
“Bostrom’s Deep Utopia” by Michael LaTorra at
https://spanish.lifeboat.com/blog/2024/04/bostr...p-utopia
“California Now Has So Much Solar Power That Electricity Prices Are
Going Negative During the Day” by Montie Adkins at
https://spanish.lifeboat.com/blog/2024/04/calif...-the-day
“Cancer vaccine for dogs appears to nearly double survival rate” by
Quinn Sena at
https://spanish.lifeboat.com/blog/2024/03/cance...val-rate
“Chinese researchers turn diamonds into good conductors of electricity”
by Gemechu Taye at
https://spanish.lifeboat.com/blog/2024/03/chine...ctricity
“Cracking Epigenetic Inheritance: Biologists discovered the Secrets of
How Gene Traits are passed on” by Natalie Chan at
https://spanish.lifeboat.com/blog/2024/03/crack...assed-on
“Dark matter doesn’t exist and the universe is 27 billion years old” by
Paul Battista at
https://spanish.lifeboat.com/blog/2024/03/dark-...ld-earth
“Deep learning algorithm predicts structures of biomolecular assemblies”
by Dan Breeden at
https://spanish.lifeboat.com/blog/2024/03/deep-...semblies
“Dr. Phyllis Ferrell, DrPH, MBA — Chief Impact Officer, Alzheimer’s
Moonshot, StartUp Health” by Ira S. Pastor at
https://spanish.lifeboat.com/blog/2024/04/dr-ph...p-health
“Elon Musk’s Artificial Intelligence Startup xAI Reportedly Nears $18
Billion Valuation With Fresh Funding As AI Race Heats Up” by Rx
Sobolewski at
https://spanish.lifeboat.com/blog/2024/05/elon-...heats-up
“ETH Zurich’s wheeled-legged robot masters urban terrain” by Gemechu
Taye at
https://spanish.lifeboat.com/blog/2024/04/eth-z...-terrain
“Expect a Wave of Waferscale Computers” by Cecile G. Tamura at
https://spanish.lifeboat.com/blog/2024/04/expec...omputers
“Finding New Physics in Debris from Colliding Neutron Stars” by Natalie
Chan at
https://spanish.lifeboat.com/blog/2024/03/findi...on-stars
“Good vibrations: New tech may lead to smaller, more powerful wireless
devices” by Dan Kummer at
https://spanish.lifeboat.com/blog/2024/05/good-...-devices
“Grimshaw and UEL develop sugarcane-waste construction blocks” by
Raphael Ramos at
https://spanish.lifeboat.com/blog/2024/04/grims...n-blocks
“Harvard and MIT Scientists Discover Cholesterol-Busting Microbes in the
Gut” by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz at
https://spanish.lifeboat.com/blog/2024/04/harva...-the-gut
“The highest observatory on Earth sits atop Chile’s Andes Mountains —
and it’s finally open” by Robert Bosnjak at
https://spanish.lifeboat.com/blog/2024/05/the-h...lly-open
“How AI and high-performance computing are speeding up scientific
discovery” by Omuterema Akhahenda at
https://spanish.lifeboat.com/blog/2024/03/how-a...iscovery
“How scientists are using sound waves to hack the brain” by Jose Ruben
Rodriguez Fuentes at
https://spanish.lifeboat.com/blog/2024/03/how-s...he-brain
“The Impact of Soil Saturation on Woodland Creation: Insights from UK
Uplands” by Laurence Tognetti at
https://spanish.lifeboat.com/blog/2024/05/the-i...-uplands
“Introducing the next generation of Claude” by Cecile G. Tamura at
https://spanish.lifeboat.com/blog/2024/03/intro...f-claude
“Largest 3D map of our universe could ‘turn cosmology upside down’” by
Quinn Sena at
https://spanish.lifeboat.com/blog/2024/04/large...ide-down
“Man Who Was Paralyzed From The Neck Down Can Walk Again Thanks To
Miracle Treatment” by Paul Battista at
https://spanish.lifeboat.com/blog/2024/04/man-w...reatment
“Neuralink rival Synchron is recruiting patients for a big brain chip
clinical trial” by Rx Sobolewski at
https://spanish.lifeboat.com/blog/2024/04/neura...al-trial
“One Step Closer to Unparalleled Computational Power: Spintronics
Technology Meets Brain-Inspired Computing” by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz at
https://spanish.lifeboat.com/blog/2024/03/one-s...omputing
“OpenAI Sora given to filmmakers for first time — here’s 7 of the best
videos they created” by Shailesh Prasad at
https://spanish.lifeboat.com/blog/2024/03/opena...-created
“Physicists Suggest Universe Is Full of Material Moving Faster Than
Light” by Kelvin Dafiaghor at
https://spanish.lifeboat.com/blog/2024/04/physi...an-light
“Quantum Teleportation Nears Perfection In New Experiment” by Paul
Battista at
https://spanish.lifeboat.com/blog/2024/05/quant...periment
“Researchers demonstrate a new mechanism of neural plasticity underlying
learning and memory processes” by Dan Breeden at
https://spanish.lifeboat.com/blog/2024/05/resea...rocesses
“SaulLM-7B: A pioneering Large Language Model for Law” by Cecile G. Tamura at
https://spanish.lifeboat.com/blog/2024/03/saull...-for-law
“Scientists can now remove nanoplastics from our water with 94%
efficiency” by Josh Seeherman at
https://spanish.lifeboat.com/blog/2024/03/scien...ficiency
“Second largest employer Amazon opts for robots, replacing 100,000 jobs”
by Raphael Ramos at
https://spanish.lifeboat.com/blog/2024/04/secon...000-jobs
“Seeding the Stars” by Dan Breeden at
https://spanish.lifeboat.com/blog/2024/04/seedi...he-stars
“Sylvester Researchers Develop Nanoparticles to Tackle Brain Metastases”
by The Neuro-Network at
https://spanish.lifeboat.com/blog/2024/05/sylve...tastases
“Team is first ever to measure qubits with ultrasensitive thermal
detectors, evading Heisenberg uncertainty principle” by Shailesh Prasad
at
https://spanish.lifeboat.com/blog/2024/04/team-...rinciple
“Tony Seba: Billions of Robots & The Era of Superabundance” by Chris
Smedley at
https://spanish.lifeboat.com/blog/2024/05/tony-...bundance
“US tech sleepwalking as China steals secrets, experts say” by Gemechu
Taye at
https://spanish.lifeboat.com/blog/2024/04/us-te...erts-say
“We finally know why Stephen Hawking’s black hole equation works” by
Shubham Ghosh Roy at
https://spanish.lifeboat.com/blog/2024/04/we-fi...on-works
“What Is a GPU? The Chips Powering the AI Boom, and Why They’re Worth
Trillions” by Shailesh Prasad at
https://spanish.lifeboat.com/blog/2024/03/what-...rillions
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