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Clothing patch is like a personal heating system

Dec 14
2018

A new flexible patch sewn into your clothes could one day keep you warm—and lower your electricity bill at the same time.

In the Nature–Nurture War, Nature Wins

Posted by Xavier Rosseel in futurism

Dec 14
2018

About the dinosaur wars…? Somehow I find this whole discussion to be debated in a pretty narrow-minded fashion and it renders it, at least to me, fairly useless.

Environmental influences are important, too, but they are largely unsystematic, unstable and idiosyncratic.

By Robert Plomin on December 14, 2018

Himawari-8 Real-time Web — NICT

Posted by Michael Lance in futurism

Dec 13
2018

HAPPENING NOW: MOU Signing on Himawari-8 Real-Time Web Collaboration among DOST-Advanced Science & Technology Institute (DOST-ASTI), Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS-DOST), Dost_pagasa, and NICT Japan.

Is a cancer vaccine on the horizon?

Posted by Genevieve Klien in biotech/medical, futurism

Dec 13
2018

For years immunotherapy has held huge promise. Finally, it seems to be coming to fruition with hopes for a cancer vaccine in the near future…

Live test of the abort motor for Orion’s Launch Abort System at the Northrop Grumman test site in Promontory, Utah

Posted by Michael Lance in futurism

Dec 13
2018

2018 Geminid Meteor Shower Will Be Brilliant

Posted by Michael Lance in futurism

Dec 12
2018

Don’t miss out on one of the most prolific and reliable meteor showers of the year! The Geminid meteor shower will put on a dazzling display for sky watchers when it peaks on Dec. 13. You’ll be able to see up to 100 meteors per hour. Plan ahead: http://go.nasa.gov/geminids2018

Geminid meteor shower to light up Philippine skies tonight

Posted by Michael Lance in futurism

Dec 12
2018

Watch out!

Visible from the Philippines, the Geminid meteor shower will be at its brightest tonight. Read about it and other sights this month and in January 2018.