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Jul 17, 2023

Occam’s razor: the forgotten key to science literacy

Posted by in category: science

If you’ve found yourself befuddled by extraordinary scientific-sounding claims, you’re not alone. But this centuries-old lesson can help.

Jul 17, 2023

An ‘eternal life’ pill may be closer than ever thanks to new research

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, life extension

Could genes from a jellyfish-like marine animal lead to the ultimate anti-aging treatment?

Jul 17, 2023

Collateral damage: American civilian survivors of the 1945 Trinity test

Posted by in categories: government, military

America’s civilian survivors of the Trinity atomic bomb test in 1945 described as move on Oppenheimer is released.


The Trinity test site was chosen, in part, for its supposed remove from human inhabitation. Yet nearly half-a-million people were living within a 150-mile radius of the explosion, with some as close as 12 miles away. None were warned or evacuated by the US government ahead of time.

Jul 17, 2023

Trio of Orion spacecraft prepped for NASA moon missions

Posted by in category: space

NASA has shared an image of three spacecraft that will play a central role in its next three Artemis missions to the moon.

Having already successfully tested the Orion spacecraft on a lunar flyby at the end of last year after being blasted to space by NASA’s new Space Launch System rocket, the American space agency is now overseeing the building of three more Orion capsules for upcoming Artemis missions.

Jul 17, 2023

Scientists close to developing a drug that makes teeth regrow

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

While we are used to the idea of teeth only growing twice, a new drug could make it possible to grow a third set.

Scientists are making significant strides in the development of a groundbreaking drug that could potentially enable the regrowth of teeth.

Clinical trials are scheduled to commence in July next year. They hope it will be available for dentists to use by 2030.

Jul 17, 2023

The 45-year-old millionaire tech exec who’s trying to age backward says he won’t get any more blood-plasma transfusions from his teenage son because there were ‘no benefits detected’

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

Bryan Johnson got blood plasma from his 17-year-old son as part of his effort to age backward but has concluded there were “no benefits detected.”

Jul 17, 2023

Artificial Intelligence Unlocks New Possibilities in Anti-Aging Medicine

Posted by in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical, information science, life extension, robotics/AI

A recent paper published in Nature Aging by researchers from Integrated Biosciences, a biotechnology company combining synthetic biology and machine learning.

Machine learning is a subset of artificial intelligence (AI) that deals with the development of algorithms and statistical models that enable computers to learn from data and make predictions or decisions without being explicitly programmed to do so. Machine learning is used to identify patterns in data, classify data into different categories, or make predictions about future events. It can be categorized into three main types of learning: supervised, unsupervised and reinforcement learning.

Jul 17, 2023

Does Cathie Wood Have Her Hands on the Next Big Semiconductor Stock?

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, computing, quantum physics

Ark Invest, which is led by CEO Cathie Wood, has been pouring money into semiconductor stocks lately and has made another notable purchase. According to portfolio updates published by the firm yesterday, Wood’s company has increased its investment in Quantum-Si (QSI-6.20%) — a small-cap biotech with a specialized, chip-based platform for protein sequencing.

Ark Invest regularly publishes information about stocks that have been bought and sold for its exchange-traded funds (ETFs), and a recent update showed it purchased more than 1.4 million shares of Quantum-Si stock for its Ark Genomic Revolution ETF (ARKG-1.84%) on Thursday. The purchase would have been valued at roughly $3.7 million based on the stock’s price at market close yesterday, and is the largest investment that Ark has made in the healthcare-tech upstart’s stock so far.

So the question is: Why is Wood excited about this little-known life sciences player?

Jul 17, 2023

I let AI take control of my life. This is what it told me to do

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

For three days, artificial intelligence planned my days, gave me (limited) advice and even took a stab at writing this article. Now I’m left wondering: What did it get out of our arrangement?

Jul 17, 2023

New Species of Giant Waterlily Is the Largest in the World

Posted by in category: futurism

The discovery of the enormous plant type surprised researchers.