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Jan 19, 2020
Lifeboat Foundation has contributed 16,732,334 Cobblestones of
computation (14.46 quintillion floating-point operations) to
[email protected] since joining this effort on January 27, 2008.
Donate the unused CPU cycles on your computer(s) to help scientists
determine the 3-dimensional shapes of proteins in research that may
ultimately lead to finding cures for some major human diseases. By
running the Rosetta program on your computer while you don’t need it you
will help speed up and extend research in ways scientists couldn’t
possibly attempt without your help. You will also be helping efforts at
designing new proteins to fight diseases such as HIV, malaria, cancer,
and Alzheimer’s.
Learn more!
Jan 18, 2020
Nick Engerer joins our blog team with the post Avoiding ageing’s 4 deadly killers — Cardiovascular Disease (Part 1).
Jan 10, 2020
Lifeboat Foundation mourns the passing of
Mike Resnick who fought to
“Safeguard Humanity” until the end.
Mike was the all-time leading award winner, living or dead, for short fiction. He won 5
Hugos (from a record 37 nominations), a Nebula, and other major awards in the USA, France,
Japan, Spain, Catalonia, Croatia, Poland, and China. He’s the author of 78 novels, 280
stories, and 3 screenplays, and the editor of 42 anthologies. His work has been translated
into 27 languages.
He was also editor of
Galaxy’s Edge magazine
until the end of his life.
Jan 8, 2020
Eithen Pasta joins our blog team A US $30 million fund to promote bold ideas for aging populations: Dr Victor Dzau.
Jan 7, 2020
Kaiser Matin joins our blog team with the post The ‘Goldilocks’ principle for curing brain cancer.
Jan 6, 2020
Aaron Vesey joins our blog team with the post The Ecological Challenge of Artificial Superintelligence.
Jan 4, 2020
Paul Velho joins our blog team with the post What CRISPR-baby prison sentences mean for research.
Jan 4, 2020
Mike Diverde joins our blog team with the post Rethinking Consciousness: A Scientific Theory of Subjective Experience.
Dec 31, 2019
Read issue #209 of Lifeboat News!
Dec 31, 2019
The
2020 International Conference on Future Africa will be held April 21–23 at the University of Rwanda.
The theme of the conference is “Compliance to Global
Sustainability” and will be offering sessions regarding Climate
Change, Renewable Energies, Internet of Things, Futurism, Transhumanism,
Neuroscience, Biotech, International Politics, Digital
Leadership/Business, and much more.
Our
Didier Coeurnelle,
Alejandro De la Parra Solomon,
Ósìnàkáchì Ákùmà Kálù,
Anthony Kimery,
Doris Ngozi Morah,
Ira Pastor, and
Ilia Stambler will be participating/speaking.
The Lifeboat Foundation is one of the
hosts of this event.
Dec 31, 2019
The Lifeboat Foundation Guardian Award
is annually bestowed upon a respected scientist or public figure who has
warned of a future fraught with dangers and encouraged measures to
prevent them.
The 2019 Lifeboat Foundation Guardian Award has been given to Jill Tarter
in recognition of her 40 years spent in the Search for
Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI). Jill’s goal is to learn
if there are any alien intelligences
outside of our “fragile island of life”.
There are real dangers
that could stop civilizations from moving forward and
the human race is not guaranteed to survive. As Jill
says, “If technologies don’t last and persist,
we will not succeed.”
Learn more!
Dec 25, 2019
Brent Ellman joins our blog team with the post To Make Robots Perform Better, Make Them Constantly Fear Death.
Dec 6, 2019
Jason Stone joins our blog team with the post Scientists Are Contemplating a 1,000-Year Space Mission to Save Humanity.
