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Why Alien Life Would be our Doom — The Great Filter

Aug 19
2018

Finding alien life on a distant planet would be amazing news — or would it? If we are not the only intelligent life in the universe, this probably means our days are numbered and doom is certain.

Get an Inside Look at SpaceX’s Astronaut Training Sims

Posted by Genevieve Klien in space travel

Aug 19
2018

SpaceX’s first crew is starting training on cockpit simulators and replicas of the spacecraft that will take them to the ISS.

Super-resolution microscope reveals secrets of deadly Nipah virus

Posted by Genevieve Klien in biotech/medical

Aug 19
2018

The deadly Nipah virus and others like it assemble themselves in a much more haphazard manner than previously thought, new UBC research has found. The discovery could allow scientists to develop more effective vaccines and rule out many approaches to fighting these viruses.

Security Experts Warn of New Cyber-Threats to Data Stored in Cloud

Posted by Genevieve Klien in cybercrime/malcode

Aug 19
2018

Security experts from the SAN Institute speaking at the 2018 RSA Conference warn that enterprises should not assume that their data assets stored off site in cloud computing platforms are safe from cyber-attackers.

No Card Required: ‘Black Box’ ATM Attacks Move Into Europe

Posted by Genevieve Klien in business, cybercrime/malcode

Aug 19
2018

Fraudsters are now gingerly testing the waters in central and Western Europe with attacks that drain cash machines of their funds, according to a trade group that studies criminal activity around ATMs.

The European Association for Secure Transactions, or EAST, says the attacks, sometimes referred to as “jackpotting,” rose 231 percent in 2017 compared to 2016. Last year, 193 incidents were reported compared to 58 in 2016.

Visa app will track your location to prevent credit card fraud

Posted by Genevieve Klien in futurism

Aug 19
2018

New app could protect you from credit card fraud, but you’ll have to sacrifice some privacy to use it.

Spiders Can Fly Hundreds of Miles Using Electricity

Posted by Genevieve Klien in futurism

Aug 19
2018

Scientists are finally starting to understand the centuries-old mystery of “ballooning.”

Mars 2020 Spacecraft ‘Coming Together’; Probe To Seek Signs Of Ancient Alien Life

Posted by Bill Retherford in alien life

Aug 19
2018

See the face of the new rover.

Transfer Learning for Brain-Computer Interfaces: An Euclidean Space Data Alignment Approach

Posted by Marcos Than Esponda in computing, neuroscience, space

Aug 19
2018

https://arxiv.org/pdf/1808.05464.pdf

Are We Alone?

Posted by Alex Deadpool in biological, existential risks

Aug 19
2018

The problem with the Fermi Paradox is our narrow assumption of life as being biological in form and time as being linear in direction. Chances are we are the sentient descendants of the civilizations we are looking for.