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Jun 23, 2015

Accelerated modern human–induced species losses: Entering the sixth mass extinction | Science Advances

Posted by in categories: education, environmental, ethics, governance, law enforcement, science, security

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“The evidence is incontrovertible that recent extinction rates are unprecedented in human history and highly unusual in Earth’s history. Our analysis emphasizes that our global society has started to destroy species of other organisms at an accelerating rate, initiating a mass extinction episode unparalleled for 65 million years. If the currently elevated extinction pace is allowed to continue, humans will soon (in as little as three human lifetimes) be deprived of many biodiversity benefits.”

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Jun 23, 2015

Google DeepMind Teaches Artificial Intelligence Machines to Read — arXiv | Technology Review

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

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“A revolution in artificial intelligence is currently sweeping through computer science. The technique is called deep learning and it’s affecting everything from facial and voice to fashion and economics. But one area that has not yet benefitted is natural language processing—the ability to read a document and then answer questions about it…Today, that changes thanks to the work of Karl Moritz Hermann at Google DeepMind in London and a few pals. These guys say the special way that the Daily Mail and CNN write online news articles allows them to be used in this way.” Read more

Jun 23, 2015

Why Scientists Have Been Scared of Space Germs for Almost 50 Years

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, space

The 1967 Outer Space Treaty was one of the few things the U.S. and the Soviet Union managed to agree on at the height of the Cold War. Among other things, it forbid both nations from bringing space microbes back to Earth, or spreading Earth germs to other planets.

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Jun 22, 2015

How Transhumanist Tech Will Correct Reality’s Typos

Posted by in categories: futurism, neuroscience, transhumanism

My new story for Vice Motherboard on how in the near future we will edit our realities to suit our tastes and desires:

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Jun 22, 2015

Unveiling the ancient climate of Mars By Larry O’Hanlon | Harvard Gazette

Posted by in categories: astronomy, science, space travel

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“The high seas of Mars may never have existed. According to a new study that looks at two opposite climate scenarios of early Mars, a cold and icy planet billions of years ago better explains the water drainage and erosion features seen today.”

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Jun 22, 2015

Top 10 Implantable Wearables Soon To Be In Your Body — Laurenti de’ Medici WT Vox

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

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Wearables. A growing trend with very soon to have their “moment in the sun” but I am a firm believer that wearable technology is simply a transition technology. Technology must and will soon move from existing outside our bodies to residing inside us. That is the future of wearables, the next big frontier.

Here we have top 10 implantable technologies rapidly growing, soon to be part of your life (and your body) Read more

Jun 21, 2015

Brain–Brain Interface Allows Humans To Control Cockroaches With Their Minds

Posted by in categories: drones, neuroscience

Organic drones? This has some very interesting implications.

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Jun 21, 2015

What are our rights and duties towards alien life? — Lizzie Wade | AEON

Posted by in categories: alien life, ethics, law, policy

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“The ethics of encountering non-sentient alien life in our solar systems boils down to a core dilemma, says Waller. ‘Is it about conservation and preservation? Or is it about our needs, wants, and desires?’ On Earth, natural-resource grabs have a history of bringing out the worst in us as a species…There’s plenty of reason to believe other planets will be chock-full of resources we’d like to exploit, even if the life forms are microbial – perhaps especially if they’re microbial.” Read more

Jun 21, 2015

Are Any of These Fictional Space Habitats Actually Possible?

Posted by in categories: futurism, space

Humanity’s future in space very much in the planning stages. Will we float among the stars in crazy spaceships? Will we set up small camps that sprawl into townships that grow into cities, or is an orbital mothership more human friendly? The question is, could any of these really be possible? Or do they deserve to be forever enshrined as sci-fi fever dreams?

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Jun 20, 2015

Timeline Photos

Posted by in categories: futurism, transhumanism

I am currently in Europe, talking about humanity’s future via science, technology, and design. Onward transhumanist vision!

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