Lifeboat News http://lifeboat.com/ The Lifeboat Foundation is a nonprofit nongovernmental organization dedicated to encouraging scientific advancements while helping humanity survive existential risks and possible misuse of increasingly powerful technologies, including genetic engineering, nanotechnology, and robotics/AI, as we move towards the Singularity. en-us 120 Copyright 2002-2026 Lifeboat Foundation Sun, 17 May 2026 23:54:07 CDT lifeboatnews@lifeboat.com (Lifeboat News) webmaster@lifeboat.com (Lifeboat Webmaster) Aimei Helen Yang, Senior Vice President at Spacetec Investment/Huamei PR Consulting, joins our Space Settlement Board. https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#05_17_26_Aimei_Helen_Yang_Senior_Vice_President_at_Spacetec_Investment_Huamei_PR_Consulting_joins_our_Space_Settlement_Board Aimei Helen Yang, Senior Vice President at Spacetec Investment/Huamei PR Consulting, joins our Space Settlement Board. Sun, 17 May 2026 23:54:07 CDT https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#05_17_26_Aimei_Helen_Yang_Senior_Vice_President_at_Spacetec_Investment_Huamei_PR_Consulting_joins_our_Space_Settlement_Board Caitlin Ahrens joins our Space Settlement Board. https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#05_17_26_Caitlin_Ahrens_joins_our_Space_Settlement_Board Caitlin Ahrens joins our Space Settlement Board. A planetary scientist focused on icy worlds, cryovolcanism, and the thermodynamics of planetary surfaces, Caitlin serves on the science team of NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) Diviner instrument and leads a NASA-funded lunar sustainability research initiative. Watch "NASA Expert Talk: Dr. Caitlin Ahrens, Planetary Scientist". Sun, 17 May 2026 23:40:28 CDT https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#05_17_26_Caitlin_Ahrens_joins_our_Space_Settlement_Board Lee Anderson, Chief of Staff at TerraSpace, joins our Space Settlement Board. https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#05_17_26_Lee_Anderson_Chief_of_Staff_at_TerraSpace_joins_our_Space_Settlement_Board Lee Anderson, Chief of Staff at TerraSpace, joins our Space Settlement Board. Sun, 17 May 2026 23:01:50 CDT https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#05_17_26_Lee_Anderson_Chief_of_Staff_at_TerraSpace_joins_our_Space_Settlement_Board Our Richard Stallman, founder of the Free Software Foundation and a pioneer of the modern free software movement, will be speaking at the School of Engineering of FAU in Erlangen, Germany on June 16. https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#05_17_26_Our_Richard_Stallman_founder_of_the_Free_Software_Foundation_and_a_pioneer_of_the_modern_free_software_movement_will_be_speaking_at_the_School_of_Engineering_of_FAU_in_Erlangen_Germany_on_June_16 Our Richard Stallman, founder of the Free Software Foundation and a pioneer of the modern free software movement, will be speaking at the School of Engineering of FAU in Erlangen, Germany on June 16.

Richard has spent decades advocating for software that respects users’ freedom to run, study, modify, and share the programs they use. His work has shaped major initiatives including the GNU Project and has had a lasting impact on computing, digital rights, and technology policy.

This special free lecture offers a rare opportunity to hear from one of the most influential and provocative figures in computing. Learn more! Sun, 17 May 2026 18:11:30 CDT https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#05_17_26_Our_Richard_Stallman_founder_of_the_Free_Software_Foundation_and_a_pioneer_of_the_modern_free_software_movement_will_be_speaking_at_the_School_of_Engineering_of_FAU_in_Erlangen_Germany_on_June_16 James Anthony Wolff, Partner in the Corporate and Innovation & Technology practice groups at Greenspoon Marder LLP, joins our Legal Board. https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#05_17_26_James_Anthony_Wolff_Partner_in_the_Corporate_and_Innovation_and_Technology_practice_groups_at_Greenspoon_Marder_LLP_joins_our_Legal_Board James Anthony Wolff, Partner in the Corporate and Innovation and Technology practice groups at Greenspoon Marder LLP, joins our Legal Board. Sun, 17 May 2026 17:42:44 CDT https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#05_17_26_James_Anthony_Wolff_Partner_in_the_Corporate_and_Innovation_and_Technology_practice_groups_at_Greenspoon_Marder_LLP_joins_our_Legal_Board Joannes Paulus T. Hernandez, Chief Executive Officer of Stellar Life Support Technologies, joins our Biotech/Medical Board. https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#05_17_26_Joannes_Paulus_T_Hernandez_Chief_Executive_Officer_of_Stellar_Life_Support_Technologies_joins_our_Biotech_Medical_Board Joannes Paulus T. Hernandez, Chief Executive Officer of Stellar Life Support Technologies, joins our Biotech/Medical Board. Sun, 17 May 2026 07:41:02 CDT https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#05_17_26_Joannes_Paulus_T_Hernandez_Chief_Executive_Officer_of_Stellar_Life_Support_Technologies_joins_our_Biotech_Medical_Board Larry Bartoszek, Vice President of the International Space Elevator Consortium (ISEC), joins our Space Settlement Board. https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#05_17_26_Larry_Bartoszek_Vice_President_of_the_International_Space_Elevator_Consortium_ISEC_joins_our_Space_Settlement_Board Larry Bartoszek, Vice President of the International Space Elevator Consortium (ISEC), joins our Space Settlement Board. Sun, 17 May 2026 06:24:51 CDT https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#05_17_26_Larry_Bartoszek_Vice_President_of_the_International_Space_Elevator_Consortium_ISEC_joins_our_Space_Settlement_Board Chris Cochran, Vice President of AI Security at the SANS Institute, joins our Robotics/AI Board. https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#05_17_26_Chris_Cochran_Vice_President_of_AI_Security_at_the_SANS_Institute_joins_our_Robotics_AI_Board Chris Cochran, Vice President of AI Security at the SANS Institute, joins our Robotics/AI Board. Sun, 17 May 2026 04:15:04 CDT https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#05_17_26_Chris_Cochran_Vice_President_of_AI_Security_at_the_SANS_Institute_joins_our_Robotics_AI_Board Ajay Kothari, CEO of the Astrox Corporation, joins our Space Settlement Board. https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#05_17_26_Ajay_Kothari_CEO_of_the_Astrox_Corporation_joins_our_Space_Settlement_Board Ajay Kothari, CEO of the Astrox Corporation, joins our Space Settlement Board. Sun, 17 May 2026 02:41:50 CDT https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#05_17_26_Ajay_Kothari_CEO_of_the_Astrox_Corporation_joins_our_Space_Settlement_Board Luis Torres, CEO of Torres Orbital Mining, joins our Space Settlement Board. https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#05_17_26_Luis_Torres_CEO_of_Torres_Orbital_Mining_joins_our_Space_Settlement_Board Luis Torres, CEO of Torres Orbital Mining, joins our Space Settlement Board. Fri, 17 May 2026 00:23:35 CDT https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#05_17_26_Luis_Torres_CEO_of_Torres_Orbital_Mining_joins_our_Space_Settlement_Board Read "Effects of microgravity on human iPSC-derived neural organoids on the International Space Station", coauthored by our Jeanne F. Loring. https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#05_01_26_Read_Effects_of_microgravity_on_human_iPSC_derived_neural_organoids_on_the_International_Space_Station_coauthored_by_our_Jeanne_F_Loring Read "Effects of microgravity on human iPSC-derived neural organoids on the International Space Station", coauthored by our Jeanne F. Loring. Fri, 01 May 2026 22:40:40 CDT https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#05_01_26_Read_Effects_of_microgravity_on_human_iPSC_derived_neural_organoids_on_the_International_Space_Station_coauthored_by_our_Jeanne_F_Loring Read "Why the Elites Need You to Fear AI" by our Ahmed Bouzid. https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#05_01_26_Read_Why_the_Elites_Need_You_to_Fear_AI_by_our_Ahmed_Bouzid Read "Why the Elites Need You to Fear AI" by our Ahmed Bouzid.

For all the fretting and the hand wringing about artificial intelligence, it is worth stepping back for a moment and noticing what is quietly (or not so quietly) changing in the background.

Much of the public conversation fixates on the risks AI introduces. That focus is justified. In the hands of unbridled corporate giants that already control the political class, artificial intelligence becomes almost inevitably a weapon of mass destruction. To argue otherwise is to drift into irrationality and ignore a basic truth: Power behaves like power.

But the conversation often misses a more fundamental shift: The barriers that once determined who could create, who could build, and who could be heard are eroding at a speed that would have been difficult to imagine even a decade ago. This shift is making the privileged and the elites — the so-called 9.9% — very uncomfortable. Fri, 01 May 2026 21:18:22 CDT https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#05_01_26_Read_Why_the_Elites_Need_You_to_Fear_AI_by_our_Ahmed_Bouzid Camisha L. Simmons joins our Legal Board. https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#04_30_26_Camisha_L_Simmons_joins_our_Legal_Board Camisha L. Simmons joins our Legal Board. Camisha is Founder and Managing Member of Simmons Legal PLLC, a certified woman-owned, minority-owned, and veteran-owned business transactional and civil dispute resolution and litigation law firm based in Dallas, Texas with a by-appointment office in New York, New York. Thu, 30 Apr 2026 23:42:15 CDT https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#04_30_26_Camisha_L_Simmons_joins_our_Legal_Board Gregg Li, outgoing President and founding CEO of the Orion Astropreneur Space Academy (OASA) in Hong Kong, joins our Space Settlement Board. https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#04_30_26_Gregg_Li_outgoing_President_and_founding_CEO_of_the_Orion_Astropreneur_Space_Academy_OASA_in_Hong_Kong_joins_our_Space_Settlement_Board Gregg Li, outgoing President and founding CEO of the Orion Astropreneur Space Academy (OASA) in Hong Kong, joins our Space Settlement Board. Thu, 30 Apr 2026 22:12:56 CDT https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#04_30_26_Gregg_Li_outgoing_President_and_founding_CEO_of_the_Orion_Astropreneur_Space_Academy_OASA_in_Hong_Kong_joins_our_Space_Settlement_Board Read "Old Centrioles Make Old Bodies" by our Jaba Tkemaladze. https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#04_30_26_Read_Old_Centrioles_Make_Old_Bodies_by_our_Jaba_Tkemaladze Read "Old Centrioles Make Old Bodies" by our Jaba Tkemaladze.

The paradox of organismal aging in the face of continuous cellular turnover remains a central question in biology. This article proposes a novel, integrative hypothesis: the non-renewed, asymmetrically inherited mother centriole in adult stem cells serves as a cumulative damage sensor and a primary driver of aging. Thu, 30 Apr 2026 20:15:22 CDT https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#04_30_26_Read_Old_Centrioles_Make_Old_Bodies_by_our_Jaba_Tkemaladze