Lifeboat News #262

#262

Lifeboat News

This issue published on 05/01/24. Copyright 2024 Lifeboat Foundation. All Rights Reserved.

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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