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Aug 7
2018

Physicists Tied Laser Beams into Knots

Posted by Genevieve Klien in futurism, physics

Aug 6
2018

The technology could improve future precision light sources. But right now the biggest surprise is how many holes there are in a laser figure-eight.

Gerry Mansolill: 63-year-old fitness buff

Posted by Nicholi Avery in futurism

Aug 6
2018

You’re never too old to live young so long as you put forth effort.

This 63-year-old is showing up people half his age.

Credit: Gerry Mansolill

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20 Life-Changing Technologies Coming Within The Next 5 Years

Posted by Montie Adkins in futurism

Aug 5
2018

Some of us will look back on the technology we’re using right now, and it will seem like the stone age.

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Posted by Michael Lance in futurism

Aug 5
2018

AI, China, Data, Good Thinking, and our Fall Conference

Posted by Klaus Baldauf in futurism, robotics/AI

Aug 5
2018

What is happening with the future of AI, and how will it alter geopolitics? That’s the kind of question that motivates our company, and our preparation for our fall conference. China looks strong. Beijing-based computer scientist, investor, and author Kai-Fu Lee will be one of several interpreters.

Pandemics: A fast-spreading threat

Posted by Genevieve Klien in futurism

Aug 4
2018

Why it matters: “With rising populations, growing mega-cities, and rapid global travel that saw more than 1 billion international tourist arrivals in 2015 alone — a new strain of deadly flu will make 1918 look like a walk in the park.”

Google Maps New Feature Displays Globe, Not Flat Earth

Posted by Michael Lance in futurism

Aug 4
2018

Google Maps is shutting down flat-Earthers with its new zoom feature.

San Diego Researchers Measure The Highest Ocean Surface Temperature In A Century

Posted by Genevieve Klien in futurism

Aug 3
2018

At a pier in San Diego, researchers on Wednesday recorded the warmest sea surface temperature since record-keeping began there in 1916.

Every day, researchers from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego collect data — by hand — from the Ellen Browning Scripps Memorial Pier.

Wednesday’s 78.6 degrees Fahrenheit at the pier surpassed a previous record of 78.4 degrees in 1931, researchers said in a statement on Thursday.

Newly-discovered type of lung cell has central role in cystic fibrosis

Posted by Genevieve Klien in futurism

Aug 1
2018

A new type of lung cell is rare in our bodies, but is the main place where the gene involved in the common hereditary condition cystic fibrosis is active.