Archive for the ‘science’ category: Page 82
Jun 3, 2019
Daily briefing: Stunning science images shortlisted for the Wellcome photography prize
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: biotech/medical, education, science
Amazing science, technology and medicine photography, how to explain a bad year to grad schools and a call to make research misconduct reports public.
Jun 3, 2019
Can The Science and Philosophy of Information Solve The Problem of Time?
Posted by Alex Vikoulov in categories: biotech/medical, entertainment, science, space travel
In our day and age when the science and philosophy of information start to eclipse traditional disciplines on all fronts, the importance of asking the right kinds of questions in light of a new rhetoric cannot be overestimated. Hereafter you can find three videos with their transcripts related to D-Theory of Time, or Digital Presentism, that I cover extensively in my new book The Syntellect Hypothesis: Five Paradigms of the Mind’s Evolution, as well as in my just-released ebook The Physics of Time: D-Theory of Time & Temporal Mechanics.
Will We Transcend The Temporal Dimension?: If you’re like me who loves thought-provoking sci-fi literature and movies, Interstellar and Arrival are both about transcending temporality, one through physics and the other through language. Arguably, these two outlooks on TIME reflect our current understanding as the most plausible ways to overcome the grips of impermanence.
If we look back at evolutionary emergence on our planet, the simplest organisms like primordial mitochondria, the front-runners at the onset of biological life, were able to perceive and move towards nutrients and away from environmental threats in an essentially one-dimensional existence.
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Jun 3, 2019
Science Was Never Unique to the West
Posted by Derick Lee in categories: energy, science
This pugnacious antipathy toward scientists, research funding and universities threatens to undercut the very advantages that have made the U.S. such a dominant technological power over the last century. Just as Hasan Ibn al-Haytham’s achievements draw a sharp contrast with the Middle East’s current lagging position in science, sepia-colored nostalgia for Isaac Newton will ring bitterly hollow if the West turns away from Newton’s legacy. A civilization is only as great as its last failure.
It’s absurd to claim otherwise — especially now, as America turns away from Newton’s legacy.
Jun 2, 2019
Dr. Camillo Ricordi, M.D. — Director, Diabetes Research Institute and Cell Transplant Center, University of Miami — ideaXme — Ira Pastor
Posted by Ira S. Pastor in categories: 3D printing, aging, bioengineering, biotech/medical, business, DNA, genetics, health, life extension, science
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Tags: aging, auto-immune, bioquantine, bioquark, biotech, camillo ricordi, diabetes, health, ira pastor, islet, longevity, pancreas, regenerage, regeneration, regenerative, stem cells, T1D, T2D, wellness
May 27, 2019
Luba Greenwood, J.D., Head of Strategic Business Development and Corporate Ventures at Verily (formerly Google Life Sciences) — ideaXme show — Ira Pastor
Posted by Ira S. Pastor in categories: aging, big data, bioengineering, business, finance, health, innovation, life extension, science, transhumanism
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May 27, 2019
CERN travelling science exhibit comes to India: Here’s when and where you can catch it
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: energy, science
The science exhibition, which goes by the name “Vigyan Samagam”, will highlight India’s contributions to some of the world’s biggest science projects. It is a jointly-funded effort by the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) and the Department of Science & Technology (DST).
While in India, the CERN exhibit will be bilingual — in English and Hindi for the public to make the most of.
May 21, 2019
Commander (ret) Dr. Luis Alvarez, Director of Organ Manufacturing, United Therapeutics, and Co-Founder of GDF11 Harvard spin-out Elevian and MIT spin-out Theradaptive — ideaXme Show — Ira Pastor
Posted by Ira S. Pastor in categories: aging, bioengineering, biotech/medical, business, defense, DNA, health, life extension, military, science
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May 20, 2019
Kavli and Nobel Laureates Tackle Science’s Big Questions
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: information science, science
The National Academy of Sciences is always an impressive place, with visitors greeted out front by a more-then-life-sized bronze statue of Albert Einstein. In keeping with the spirit of the academy, Einstein is not depicted standing with his eyes looking upward to some fantastic future. Rather, he is seated, looking slightly downward in thought, holding papers on which his equations are written—doing the hard work of trying to make that fantastic future happen.
On April 9th, the academy hosted an event, sponsored by the Kavli Foundation and produced by Scientific American, that honored 10 individuals who have also done the hard work of making the world better through their scientific research. The 10 were all winners of Nobel Prizes, Kavli Prizes or both. And for one hour, they took to the stage in the Fred Kavli Auditorium within the academy building to field questions by Scientific American Editor-In-Chief Mariette DiChristina. This video represents a few of the highlights of that panel discussion.
May 18, 2019
How Uber and other digital platforms could trick us using behavioral science – unless we act fast
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: science
This is one of the reasons Uber will soon be among the most valuable companies in the world after its shares began trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
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