The idea of human ectogenesis â growing a baby in an artificial environment outside of the human body â has always been considered in the realms of science fiction, however it may not be for much longer.
Scientific developments in this field have been taking big steps forward in recent years, particularly in our ability to care for extremely preterm babies. However, just how close are we to being able to create human life entirely outside of the human body? And in a potential future, where women no longer had to give birth, what societal impacts might that have on gender equality and our conceptions of what it means to be a mother?
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Current science and cosmology tell us the Universe will slowly die and ebb away countless trillions of trillions of years from now, but another model â the Big Rip â says that end may come far sooner, ripped apart by dark energy. Could civilizations survive the Universe itself being torn apart at the atomic scale?
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Civilizations at the End of Time: The Big Rip.
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur.
Episode 326; January 20, 2022
Produced, Written, and Narrated by Isaac Arthur.
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âI was one of the worldâs greatest fundraisers; now Iâm the fallen wreckage of one.â
Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), the former chief executive of the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange Futures Exchange (FTX), has asserted that FTX is still solvent and plans to raise money even while the formal bankruptcy procedure is underway.
âI have 2 weeks to raise $8 billion; thatâs basically all that matters for the rest [of] my life.â he wrote, responding to a question about his plans.
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In a Twitter chat with the Vox news reporter on Wednesday, the fallen chief showed defiance, claiming that raising $8 billion to compensate account holders is currently his top priority.
