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Mar 26, 2024

How 1990s libertarians laid the groundwork for cryptocurrency

Posted by in categories: bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, encryption, surveillance, transhumanism

The development of Transhumanism / Extropianism in the final two decades of the 20th century also set in motion the creation of digital cash, including the breakthrough killer app: Bitcoin.


The Austrian economist Friedrich Hayek wanted to denationalize money. David Chaum, an innovator in the field of cryptography and electronic cash, wanted to shield it from surveillance. Their goals were not the same, but they each inspired the same man.

Max O’Connor grew up in the British city of Bristol in the 1960s and ’70s. Telling his life story to Wired in 1994, he explained how he had always dreamed of a future where humanity expanded its potential in science-fictional ways, a world where people would possess X-ray vision, carry disintegrator guns, or walk straight through walls.

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Mar 26, 2024

Paper page — Be Yourself: Bounded Attention for Multi-Subject Text-to-Image Generation

Posted by in category: futurism

Be Yourself.

Bounded attention for multi-subject text-to-image generation.

Text-to-image diffusion models have an unprecedented ability to generate diverse and high-quality images.

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Mar 26, 2024

Epigenetic Editing Explodes on the Heels of Gene Editing Success

Posted by in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical, genetics

Ubiquitous Potential

While many gene-editing therapies are focused on fatal genetic diseases, epigenetic editing’s safety profile may enable the treatment of more common diseases. The fact that no underlying changes are made to the DNA sequence “offers some additional safety assurances for this approach compared to some others where the risk/benefit [ratio] needs to be maybe a little different before you would employ those technologies,” Kane told BioSpace.

Additionally, because most common diseases are not driven by genetic mutations, epigenetic editing may be a better fit. “Most of those diseases are driven from expression levels being at an unhealthy level,” Kane said. “That is something that a tool like epi[genetic] editing is uniquely well-suited to address.”

Mar 26, 2024

Vitamin D receptor presence in breast cancer tumors linked to better survival outcomes

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

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Research identifies vitamin D receptors (VDR) in breast cancer tumors as a promising prognostic marker, linking VDR presence to tumor characteristics, survival outcomes, and potentially informing treatment strategies.

Mar 26, 2024

How did the Big Bang get its name? Here’s the real story

Posted by in category: cosmology

Astronomer Fred Hoyle supposedly coined the catchy term to ridicule the theory of the Universe’s origins — 75 years on, it’s time to set the record straight.

Mar 26, 2024

Study reveals breakthrough in non-invasive detection of endometrial cancer

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, innovation

Study uncovers proteomic signatures in blood plasma and cervicovaginal fluid that could lead to non-invasive detection methods for endometrial cancer, demonstrating significant potential for early diagnosis and improved patient outcomes.

Mar 26, 2024

‘Groundbreaking’ lung cancer vaccine is being developed

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

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The project has secured £1.7 million.

Mar 26, 2024

Total neoadjuvant therapy with or without aflibercept in rectal cancer: 3-year results of GEMCAD-1402

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

The Journal of the National Cancer Institute (JNCI) reported new findings from the (GEMCAD)-1402 trial, which investigated the addition of aflibercept in the treatment of locally advanced rectal adenocarcinoma.

Mar 26, 2024

The Deepest We Have Ever Seen Into the Sun | SDO 4K

Posted by in category: space

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Mar 25, 2024

Impacts of Reduced Snow Cover and Shifting Vegetation Patterns on Alpine Biodiversity

Posted by in categories: climatology, sustainability

“Declining winter snow cover is one of the most obvious and pronounced impacts of climate change in the Alps. Its effects on the functioning and biodiversity of alpine ecosystems are a major concern for people living in Alpine regions and beyond,” said Dr. Michael Bahn.


How can the impacts of climate change alter biodiversity in vast mountain ranges throughout the world? This is what a recent study published in Global Change Biology hopes to address as a team of international researchers investigated how decreased levels of vegetation and snow cover in the Alps due to climate change are having adverse effects on the region’s biodiversity. This study holds the potential to help scientists, legislators, and the public better understand the short-and long-term impacts of climate change on regions across the globe.

For the study, the researchers examined variances in soil grassland microbial nitrogen cycling within the Alps during the spring and autumn due to their warming temperatures that are exceedingly more than twice the global average. In the end, the researchers discovered that nitrogen uptake by plant organics were reduced in the spring and autumn by 70 percent and 82 percent, soil microbial biomass was reduced by 19 percent and 38 percent, and the number of harmful bacteria that could have adverse effects on nitrogen production increased 253 percent and 136 percent, respectively. Collectively, the researchers determined that climate change is having an adverse effect on nitrogen cycling within the Alps’ grasslands.

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