Lifeboat News: The Blog – Safeguarding Humanity

Awe is so powerful it alters your sense of self, connects you with humanity and boosts your mind and body. And there’s a surprising way to get more of it.

By Jo Marchant

HAVE you ever been stopped in your tracks by a stunning view, or gobsmacked by the vastness of the night sky? Have you been transported by soaring music, a grand scientific theory or a charismatic person? If so, you will understand US novelist John Steinbeck’s response to California’s giant redwood trees, which can soar more than a hundred metres towards the sky. “[They] leave a mark or create a vision that stays with you always,” he wrote. “From them comes silence and awe.”

New Research Says Self-Driving Cars Will Save an Absurd Amount of Money Avoiding Car Wrecks

Posted by Shailesh Prasad in economics, robotics/AI, transportation

Jul 30
2017

This would transform the world.

Oddball star could be home to long-sought superheavy elements

Posted by Andreas Matt in particle physics

Jul 30
2017

One of the most chemically strange stars we know could chart a path to the so-called “island of stability”, where massive yet relatively stable atoms exist.

Don’t want to be buried or cremated? 5 funeral and burial alternatives

Posted by Derick Lee in futurism

Jul 30
2017

In our overpopulated world, we all need to think of new ways to live. But what about new ways to be buried?