HUGE skating rink?
The European Space Agency has shared an incredible composite image showing a 50-mile wide crater on Mars that is filled with water ice all year long.
Budding future colonists hoping for a white Christmas on Mars will be somewhat disappointed as the ESA has confirmed that sitting in the Korolev crater is, in fact, a thick block of water ice, not snow. The enormous, 82-kilometer-wide, 2-kilometer-deep “ice trap” could still be good for ice skating though.
“In the early 21st century, perhaps the most important artistic genre is science fiction … [It shapes] how people understand the most important technological, social, and economic developments of our time.” —Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century.
Had a great time with my regenerative biology Q&A session with Ayersville (Ohio, USA) Schools 2nd graders and high school advanced anatomy class — so happy to see kids out there that are interested in these topics at such a young age — creating the future, one mind at a time — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_uu9f7nafc
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For the first time, one of the global finalists came from the Philippines! #SpaceApps #SpaceAppsPH #ParaSaBayan #AtinTo #FriendsPartnersAllies
Out of more than 1,350 submitted apps, the 25 nominees for Global Awards in the 2018 NASA Space Apps Challenge have been announced.
The world’s largest hackathon is now down to 25 nominees for Global Awards in the 2018 NASA Space Apps Challenge.
Well that’s good news.
I see several parts to the problem where many people believe the doomer overpopulation myths.
The fear story resonates with deep caveman fears of starvation. Any individual person can experience hunger. This reinforces and validates the fear of potential starvation.
The small scale and valid fears and issues for individuals and small groups do not match up to real global risk. There are counter-intuitive aspects.
The topic for the December Journal Club will be the recently published paper – Fisetin is a senotherapeutic that extends health and lifespan. This commonly available supplement and a plant-based polyphenol appears to influence the aging process in mice by clearing senescent cells, one of the suggested reasons we age.
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Paper: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6197652/
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Scientists at Rice University have developed synthetic protein switches to control the flow of electrons.
The proof-of-concept, metal-containing proteins made in the Rice lab of synthetic biologist Joff Silberg are expressed within cells upon the introduction of one chemical and are functionally activated by another chemical. If the proteins have been placed in the cell, they can simply be turned on and off.
“This is not a metaphor for a switch, it is a literal electrical switch built from a protein,” Silberg said.
