Jun 11, 2020
The Fourth Industrial Revolution is here. We need a new education model
Posted by Brent Ellman in category: education
The job market of tomorrow will require people to develop their technical capacity in tandem with human-only skills.
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Jun 9, 2020
How the pandemic fast-tracked this multibillion-dollar industry | Make It International
Posted by Derick Lee in categories: biotech/medical, business, education
The coronavirus pandemic has been a real learning curve, not least for educators. But with many schools now reopening, questions are being asked about what the future of education might look like. CNBC Make It’s Karen Gilchrist spoke to entrepreneurs in India, Hong Kong and the U.S. to learn more about the multibillion-dollar business opportunity.
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Jun 9, 2020
Have humans reached the end of evolution? Not under these 4 scenarios
Posted by Lola Heavey in categories: biotech/medical, education, evolution, transhumanism
3. Evolution shifts to off-world human colonies.
4. Transhumanism will drive evolution.
Is natural selection still a major force in human evolution? As far back as high school biology, we’ve been taught to think the answer must be yes. But is it really true?
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Jun 9, 2020
Alien Carnivorous Frog Invasion Wreaks Havoc on Natural Habitat
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: education, government, habitats
“The state government should consider managing the invasive population of spotted-thighed frogs at Streaky Bay. This should include education programs to inform people about what to do if they find a frog, as well as the feasibility of exterminating the population in South Australia.
“Importantly, if you do see one of these critters in your travels – leave it be. We don’t want it hitchhiking any further.”
Reference: ” Indiscriminate feeding by an alien population of the spotted-thighed frog (Litoria cyclorhyncha) in southern Australia and potential impacts on native biodiversity” by Christine M. Taylor, Gunnar Keppel, Shaun O’Sullivan, Stefan Peters, Gregory D. Kerr and Craig R. Williams, 9 April 2020, Australian Journal of Zoology. DOI: 10.1071/ZO19042
Jun 9, 2020
Putin orders creation of national genetic database as Russia prioritizes genetic research
Posted by Derick Lee in categories: biotech/medical, computing, education, genetics, government
The president also ordered a boost in the education of specialists in genetics and genome sequencing and the domestic production of necessary laboratory equipment, as well as tax cuts for biomedical research. Russia will also open world-class genome research centers which will, among their immediate goals, work on the development of treatments and vaccines for Covid-19.
The future database will be one of the tools that Russia hopes to use to assume a leading position in the biomedical industry. The government sees it as crucial for keeping the country competitive on the world stage going forward.
The Kurchatov Institute, which is best known for nuclear research, has been tasked with laying the foundation for the database, choosing the storage format and making tools for search and analysis. The institute has experience in the secure handling of large amounts of sensitive data and operates a number of data centers across Russia which are used for scientific collaboration projects.
Jun 6, 2020
The pandemic is challenging China’s breakneck race to the top of science
Posted by Derick Lee in categories: biotech/medical, economics, education, government, policy, science
Like all countries, China is facing severe economic losses from the pandemic, and that will certainly have a negative impact on scientific research, because funding will be reduced and projects will be delayed, says physicist Wang Yifang, director of the Institute of High Energy Physics in Beijing. Some universities have already announced a cut in funding. The research budget given by the education ministry to Jiangnan University in Wuxi, for example, will drop by more than 25% for 2020, and other universities are facing similar reductions. “An overall budget cutting of government spending on higher education is highly possible, though the level and scope may vary by regions, universities and fields,” says Tang Li, a science-policy scientist at Fudan University in Shanghai.
The country is rapidly gaining on the United States in research, but problems could slow its rise: part 5 in a series on science after the pandemic.
Jun 6, 2020
Chasing immortality | The Future is Now
Posted by John Davies in categories: biotech/medical, education, genetics, life extension, neuroscience
#Eternal life might not be attainable in the near future, but genetic engineers and doctors are working on new life extension technology. The research could lead to keeping our bodies young, and scientists are developing ways of downloading our brain’s consciousness onto digital media once the body is at the end of its life cycle.
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May 25, 2020
Dr. Michael R. Rose presents “Biological Immortality is REAL”
Posted by John Davies in categories: biological, education, evolution, life extension
Dr. Michael R. Rose is Professor at Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at University Of California, Irvine. His main area of work has been the evolution of aging.
“Our task is to make nature, the blind force of nature, into an instrument of universal resuscitation and to become a union of immortal beings.“
- Nikolai F. Fedorov
We hold faith in the technologies & discoveries of humanity to END AGING and Defeat involuntary Death within our lifetime.
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May 23, 2020
How Do Quantum States Manifest In The Classical World?
Posted by Michael Dodd in categories: education, particle physics, quantum physics, space
Education Saturday with Space Time.
This episode of space time is brought to you by the information flowing through an impossibly complex network of quantum entanglement, that just happens to mutually agree that you and I exist inside it. Oh, and Schrodinger’s cat is in here too.
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May 22, 2020
China has started a grand experiment in AI education. It could reshape how the world learns
Posted by Kelvin Dafiaghor in categories: education, information science, mathematics, robotics/AI
Zhou Yi was terrible at math. He risked never getting into college. Then a company called Squirrel AI came to his middle school in Hangzhou, China, promising personalized tutoring. He had tried tutoring services before, but this one was different: instead of a human teacher, an AI algorithm would curate his lessons. The 13-year-old decided to give it a try. By the end of the semester, his test scores had risen from 50% to 62.5%. Two years later, he scored an 85% on his final middle school exam.
“I used to think math was terrifying,” he says. “But through tutoring, I realized it really isn’t that hard. It helped me take the first step down a different path.”
