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Acne sufferers live longer, research suggests
Interesting article that suggests Acne sufferers may live longer.
Spotty teenagers may have the last laugh over their peers with perfect skin after research found that those who suffer from acne are likely to live longer.
Their cells have a built-in protection against ageing which is likely to make them look better in later life, a study has found.
By the time she reaches middle age, the spotty girl who could never find a boyfriend could be attracting envious glances from her grey and wrinkly peers.
Can we build AI without losing control over it?
Scared of superintelligent AI? You should be, says neuroscientist and philosopher Sam Harris — and not just in some theoretical way. We’re going to build superhuman machines, says Harris, but we haven’t yet grappled with the problems associated with creating something that may treat us the way we treat ants.
A Global Monopoly Just Took Over The Internet, And No One Even Noticed
Hmmmm.
By: Claire Bernish / (The Free Thought Project) On Saturday, the United States ceded oversight of one of the Internet’s most basic and fundamental functions — the so-called “root zone,” which governs new domain names and addresses — handing it over to a small non-profit group by allowing a 47-year contract to expire.
For decades, the U.S. Commerce Department held a contract with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) — whose executives and board of directors must now report to an Internet “stakeholder community,” loosely comprised of academics, activists, engineers, government officials, and corporate interests.
In theory, this advisory panel could revoke ICANN’s authority entirely should it not live up to expectations — but all actions “are supposed to be done by consensus.”
Low-Cost Gene Editing Could Breed a New Form of Bioterrorism
What would happen if gene editing fell into the wrong hands?
Swiss manufacturer Küng brings the sauna tradition to the living room
A sauna in the living room; I want one.
London Design Festival 2016: Swiss company Küng has designed a series of saunas that can be installed in the living room to take advantage of limited living space.
Created as smaller versions of the company’s existing saunas, the collection features three different designs, each of which fit into two square metres of space.
They are designed to be inserted into living spaces or bedrooms, rather than hidden away in the basement, or relegated outside.