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Jan 24, 2023
The
World Futures Day
by
The Millennium Project, in
cooperation with the
Association of Professional Futurists (APF),
Humanity+,
Lifeboat Foundation, and the
World Futures Studies Federation (WFSF), will take place on March 1st for the
10th year!
The call for facilitators is now open: support World Futures Day by
picking a one hour time slot where you will help to facilitate the
discussion — such as the slot at 12 noon in your local area. If you want to
be part of the team, please
use this form.
The format is always the same: a 24-hour around-the-world conversation using
Zoom for futurists and the public to freely discuss challenges and opportunities
for building a better future for all.
Learn more!
Jan 22, 2023
Read the open access paper Restriction enzymes use a 24 dimensional coding space to recognize 6 base long DNA sequences by our Thomas D. Schneider.
Jan 22, 2023
Read Photovoltaics for Space: Key Issues, Missions and Alternative Technologies, coedited and coauthored by our Al Hepp.
Jan 22, 2023
Read Eponymous Plot Device: A Collection of Short Science Fiction Stories by our Jeremy Lichtman.
Jan 21, 2023
Nikhil Jain, Principal Investigator at Syngene International, joins our Biotech/Medical Board.
Jan 19, 2023
Read The Future of Humanity: From Global Civilization to Great Civilization, Second Edition by our Zhouying Jin.
Jan 19, 2023
Read Beyond Knowledge: How Technology Is Driving an Age of Consciousness by our William E. Halal.
Jan 15, 2023
Read issue #247 of Lifeboat News!
Jan 15, 2023
The 17th World Congress on Controversies in Neurology (CONy) will take place on March 23–25, 2023 in the beautiful city of Dubrovnik, Croatia.
Jan 15, 2023
Next-Generation Suborbital Researchers Conference NSRC-2023, the premier conference for researchers and educators interested in commercial suborbital reusable vehicles, will be held February 27 to March 1 in Denver, Colorado USA.
Jan 15, 2023
Nexus Nairobi is a singularly powerful, immersive four-day gathering,
taking place January 31 to February 4, 2023 in Kenya, presented by 100
Year Starship. Designed & hosted by Dr. Mae Jemison and the 100YSS team,
Nexus Nairobi brings together a global community of doers, thinkers,
advocates, leaders, organizers, dreamers — committed to advancing a
beneficial future here on Earth and beyond to learn, contribute, and grow in
an immersive, engaged experience. Nexus is a hybrid event — in-person
(limited) and virtual (live-streamed with rewind).
Our
Jason Batt,
David Brin,
Jaym Gates,
David Orban, and
Rhonda Stevenson
will be speaking.
Enter the code LifeboatFoundation2023code at
registration for a special offer for virtual participation. Limited to the
first 30 registrants. Applies to standard and student registrations.
Jan 14, 2023
Björn Schumacher, Director of the Institute for Genome Stability in Aging and Disease, joins our Life Extension Board.
Jan 6, 2023
Daniela Bakula, Researcher at the Center for Healthy Aging, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine at the University of Copenhagen, joins our Life Extension Board.
Jan 6, 2023
Nino Marcantonio, Deputy Director of the Defense Technology Innovation Association (DTIA), joins our Counterterrorism Board.
Jan 6, 2023
News organization Longevity joins our blog team with the post Micronutrient Supplementation to Reduce Cardiovascular Risk.
Jan 1, 2023
For the first time since 2006, we have two joint recipients of the
Lifeboat Foundation Guardian Award.
This year’s recipients are
Jerome C. Glenn and
Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who are defending against world
existential risks and country existential risks, respectively.
Learn more!