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Jun 23, 2014

Massive Military-Funded Project Aims to Re-align Ailing Brains

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brain, brain initiative, mental health, DBS, brain stimulation

Deep brain stimulation as a treatment for epilepsy and movement disorders, most notably Parkinson’s disease, has rapidly gone from experimental to standard practice. With devices to provide delicate electro-stimulation to the brain now available and with maps of which neurons do what steadily gaining detail, attention is now shifting to using the approach to treat mental illness.

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Jun 23, 2014

Can We Cure Violence?

Posted by in category: neuroscience

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Violence is contagious, this we know. Time and again, researchers have found that exposure to aggression links directly to increases in violent behavior. This is why, for example, 30% of abused children grow up to be abusers themselves. It’s also why, as Gary Slutkin, a professor of epidemiology and public health at the University of Illinois, Chicago and the executive director of CURE Violence, recently told New Scientist: “[P]eople who have observed violence are 30 times more likely to commit it. Under certain conditions it can be up to 100 to 1,000 times more likely.”

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Jun 23, 2014

Lifeboat Foundation Worldwide Ambassador White Swan Update and Published Amazon Author by Andres Agostini at www.amazon.com/author/agostini

Posted by in category: futurism

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Diet restriction suspends development in nematode worms, doubles lifespan http://www.kurzweilai.net/diet-restriction-suspends-developm…s-lifespan

Modeling how neurons work together to perform movements: not as random as we thought http://www.kurzweilai.net/modeling-how-neurons-work-together…we-thought

A low-cost ‘super-resolution’ microscopic optical device http://www.kurzweilai.net/a-low-cost-super-resolution-microscopic-optical-device

Smile! A Drone Is About to Take Your Picture http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/06/22/smile-a-drone-is-ab…s&_r=0

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Jun 22, 2014

Lifeboat Foundation Worldwide Ambassador White Swan Update and Published Amazon Author by Andres Agostini at www.amazon.com/author/agostini

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CNN: Something that will NEVER happen to Germania and Scandinavia. ‘Foreign Legion’ in Iraq and Syria may bring jihad to West http://edition.cnn.com/2014/06/16/world/meast/iraq-sria-fore…?hpt=hp_c1

BUSINESS INSIDER: Nine Nations Have Nukes — Here’s How Many Each Country Has https://www.geekwrapped.com/archive/nine-nations-have-nukes-…ountry-has

TRANSFORM PETROLEUM IN OBSOLETE AND WORTHLESS. Here’s Why The Middle East Will Be ‘On Fire’ For The Foreseeable Future http://www.businessinsider.com/the-middle-east-will-be-on-fi…2014-6

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Jun 20, 2014

Lifeboat Foundation Worldwide Ambassador White Swan Update and Published Amazon Author by Andres Agostini at www.amazon.com/author/agostini

Posted by in category: futurism

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How to Explain the Number of Financial Crimes on Wall Street http://www.forbes.com/sites/robertlenzner/2014/06/17/no-one-…ial-crime/

Traders say they are not “too big to fail”, clearing houses may be http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/04/01/traders-clearing-idUKL5N0MT37120140401

Retail banks’ worst nightmare? Google http://www.cnbc.com/id/101127506

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Jun 19, 2014

Lifeboat Foundation Worldwide Ambassador White Swan Update and Published Amazon Author by Andres Agostini at www.amazon.com/author/agostini

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A Look Behind The FBI’s Cyber Most Wanted List http://www.forbes.com/sites/frontline/2014/06/18/a-look-behi…nted-list/

Singapore Billionaire Bets Big on Energy in Africa, Asia http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-06-19/singapore-b…-asia.html

Oracle Sales, Profit Miss Analysts’ Estimates http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-06-19/oracle-sale…mates.html

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Jun 19, 2014

‘We’re Living in Science Fiction Right Now’ Diamandis Tells GSP 2014

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“It’s that time again.” These were the words on more than one pair of lips at Singularity University’s 2014 Graduate Studies Program (GSP) opening ceremony.

The 10-week summer program was Singularity University’s first offering six years ago, and it remains at the heart of Singularity University’s mission today—to use technology to positively impact a billion people in the next ten years.

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Jun 19, 2014

Scientists Trigger Stem Cells to Produce New Brain Cells

Posted by in categories: biological, neuroscience

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AI, neuroscience, technology,
It turns out that an apple a day — or at least an apple spinach salad — does keep the doctor away. But it’s not true that when brain cells die we can’t make more. When and how remain active questions, however, so there’s no free pass to collectively disregard our mothers’ safety tips just yet.

Researchers at Duke University have shed some light on the subject with findings that suggest that down the line doctors may be able spur the brain to repair itself.

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Jun 19, 2014

Amateur Beats Gov’t at Digitizing Newspapers: Tom Tryniski’s Weird, Wonderful Website

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Reason.com

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Jun 19, 2014

Amazing People with Real Superpowers

Posted by in categories: evolution, geopolitics, homo sapiens

Brent Swancer — Mysterious Universe

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The world of comics and movies is full of superheroes and characters with abilities that transcend what is possible for the typical person. We enjoy these stories because we can escape our reality and imagine what it would be like to have amazing powers of our own. Yet, a gifted few in this world don’t have to imagine because like the superheroes in comics and movies, they too have extraordinary powers beyond normal humans.

Here we will look at a selection of real world people with remarkable powers and abilities that surpass those of us mere mortals.

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