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Could this common painkiller become a future cancer-killer?
Cancer cells (credit: iStock)
Diclofenac, a common painkiller, has significant anti-cancer properties, researchers from the Repurposing Drugs in Oncology (ReDO) project have found.
ReDO, an international collaboration between the Belgium-based Anticancer Fund and the U.S.- based GlobalCures, has published their investigation into diclofenac in the open-access journal ecancermedicalscience.
I visited a community where people upload their personalities to ‘mindfiles’ so they can live on after death
My new story for Tech Insider on transhumanism (check out the embedded video too):
The future of the human race.
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Other Lifeboat Foundation books include The Human Race to the Future: What Could Happen — and What to Do and Prospects for Human Survival.
Stephen Hawking’s New Black-Hole Paper, Translated: An Interview with Co-Author Andrew Strominger
Very interesting interview with Andy Strominger about his recent paper with Perry and Hawking.
Panasonic transparent display
This transparent display is hard for your eyes to believe.
The iPhone of the future may heal itself overnight
Apple has been awarded a new patent for an iPhone that can dry and heal itself. Apple has been awarded a new patent for an iPhone that can dry and heal itself.
An 18-inch video display you can roll up like a newspaper
(credit: LG)
LG is creating a buzz at CES with its concept demo of the world’s first display that can be rolled up like a newspaper.
LG says they’re aiming for 4K-quality 55-inch screens (the prototype resolution is 1,200 by 810 pixels), BBC reports.