futurism – Lifeboat News: The Blog https://lifeboat.com/blog Safeguarding Humanity Mon, 07 Jul 2025 07:06:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 Human embryo research: how to move towards a 28-day limit https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/07/human-embryo-research-how-to-move-towards-a-28-day-limit https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/07/human-embryo-research-how-to-move-towards-a-28-day-limit#respond Mon, 07 Jul 2025 07:06:08 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/07/human-embryo-research-how-to-move-towards-a-28-day-limit

The decades-old limit on how long human embryos can be grown in culture is under debate. A new road map outlines how to extend the length of culture responsibly.

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Non–Cystic Fibrosis Bronchiectasis in Adults: A Review https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/07/non-cystic-fibrosis-bronchiectasis-in-adults-a-review https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/07/non-cystic-fibrosis-bronchiectasis-in-adults-a-review#respond Sun, 06 Jul 2025 19:06:43 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/07/non-cystic-fibrosis-bronchiectasis-in-adults-a-review

This Review discusses the treatment and management of non–cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis in adults.

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TOI-4465 B: New Giant Exoplanet Discovered 400 Light-Years Away https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/07/toi-4465-b-new-giant-exoplanet-discovered-400-light-years-away https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/07/toi-4465-b-new-giant-exoplanet-discovered-400-light-years-away#respond Sun, 06 Jul 2025 14:16:38 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/07/toi-4465-b-new-giant-exoplanet-discovered-400-light-years-away

A unique gas giant has been confirmed through global teamwork, offering insights into planetary formation and future atmospheric research. Researchers from The University of New Mexico, in partnership with colleagues across the United States and internationally, have verified the presence of a ne

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Evaluation of the diuretic activity in two mexican medicinal species: Selaginella nothohybrida and S. lepidophylla https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/07/evaluation-of-the-diuretic-activity-in-two-mexican-medicinal-species-selaginella-nothohybrida-and-s-lepidophylla https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/07/evaluation-of-the-diuretic-activity-in-two-mexican-medicinal-species-selaginella-nothohybrida-and-s-lepidophylla#respond Sat, 05 Jul 2025 07:03:33 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/07/evaluation-of-the-diuretic-activity-in-two-mexican-medicinal-species-selaginella-nothohybrida-and-s-lepidophylla

PDF | S. nothohybrida Valdespino and S. lepidophylla (Hook & Grev) Spring (Selaginellaceae) (doradillas) are used in the Mexican traditional system of… | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate

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Scientists Ranked the Most Hydrating Drinks and Water Didn’t Win https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/07/scientists-ranked-the-most-hydrating-drinks-and-water-didnt-win https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/07/scientists-ranked-the-most-hydrating-drinks-and-water-didnt-win#respond Fri, 04 Jul 2025 23:15:25 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/07/scientists-ranked-the-most-hydrating-drinks-and-water-didnt-win

Milk is more hydrating than water. Here’s why.

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Scientists discover microplastics in SEMEN and female follicular fluid https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/07/scientists-discover-microplastics-in-semen-and-female-follicular-fluid https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/07/scientists-discover-microplastics-in-semen-and-female-follicular-fluid#respond Thu, 03 Jul 2025 14:05:58 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/07/scientists-discover-microplastics-in-semen-and-female-follicular-fluid

From the depths of The Mariana Trench to the summit of Everest, microplastics can now be found almost everywhere on Earth.

Now, it turns out even our most intimate moments can’t escape their blight.

Scientists have discovered microplastics are ‘common’ in both male and female reproductive fluids.

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Humans tend to repeat familiar actions when making sequential decisions, even when better options exist https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/07/humans-tend-to-repeat-familiar-actions-when-making-sequential-decisions-even-when-better-options-exist https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/07/humans-tend-to-repeat-familiar-actions-when-making-sequential-decisions-even-when-better-options-exist#respond Thu, 03 Jul 2025 11:23:56 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/07/humans-tend-to-repeat-familiar-actions-when-making-sequential-decisions-even-when-better-options-exist

Behavioral scientists have been trying to uncover the patterns that humans follow when making decisions for decades. The insights gathered as part of their studies can help shape public policies and interventions aimed at prompting people to make better decisions, both for society and for their own well-being.

In many cases, humans are known to make decisions that they think will maximize the rewards they receive while minimizing their losses. Sometimes, however, people’s choices are guided by automatic processes that they are unaware of and can be adversely impacted by so-called biases, systematic tendencies to fall into specific patterns of thought or behavior.

Researchers at TUD Dresden University of Technology recently carried out a study exploring the possibility that repeating specific decisions over time could decision-making, even in instances in which people’s actions affect the rewards they will receive. Their findings, published in Communications Psychology, suggest that when making sequential decisions (i.e., when asked to make a series of choices back-to-back), humans often tend to repeat familiar actions, even if alternative ones would yield greater rewards.

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Technophobia has a body count https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/07/technophobia-has-a-body-count https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/07/technophobia-has-a-body-count#comments Thu, 03 Jul 2025 06:11:54 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/07/technophobia-has-a-body-count

Activists push scary headlines about the harm they predict a technology will cause, but ignore the good things we stand to lose without it.

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Emoji use may impact relationship outcomes, study reveals https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/07/emoji-use-may-impact-relationship-outcomes-study-reveals https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/07/emoji-use-may-impact-relationship-outcomes-study-reveals#respond Thu, 03 Jul 2025 03:04:05 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/07/emoji-use-may-impact-relationship-outcomes-study-reveals

The use of emojis in text messaging improves perceived responsiveness and thereby enhances closeness and relationship satisfaction, according to a study published in the open-access journal PLOS One by Eun Huh from the University of Texas at Austin, U.S.

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Gottfried Wilhem Leibniz https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/07/gottfried-wilhem-leibniz https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/07/gottfried-wilhem-leibniz#respond Wed, 02 Jul 2025 23:33:29 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/07/gottfried-wilhem-leibniz

A history of Leibniz. Another Historic figure that did more then you or I ever will.

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