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Dec 20, 2022

Scientists found previously unknown genes that show humans are still evolving

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, genetics, life extension, neuroscience

But even junk has hidden treasures. Studies found variations in these unsequenced regions were intricately involved in human health, from aging to conditions like cancer and developmental disorders like autism. In 2022, a landmark study finally resolved the genomic unknown, completely sequencing the remaining eight percent of undeciphered DNA remaining.

Now, scientists are discovering that some genetic sequences encode proteins that lack any obvious ancestors, what geneticists call orphan genes. Some of these orphan genes, the researchers surmise, arose spontaneously as we evolved, unlike others that we inherited from our primate ancestors. In a paper published Tuesday in the journal Cell Reports, researchers in Ireland and Greece found around 155 of these smaller versions of DNA sequences called open reading frames (or ORF) make microproteins potentially important to a healthy cell’s growth or connected to an assortment of ailments like muscular dystrophy and retinitis pigmentosa, a rare genetic disease affecting the eyes.

“This is, I think, the first study looking at the specific evolutionary origins of these small ORFs and their microproteins,” Nikolaos Vakirlis, a scientist at the Biomedical Sciences Research Center “Alexander Fleming” in Greece and first author of the paper, tells Inverse. It’s an origin, he says, that’s been mired in much question and mystery.

Dec 20, 2022

Two Yardsticks Published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology — Third on the Way

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, health

Two new yardsticks, Clinical Guidance for the Use of Dupilumab in Eosinophilic Esophagitis: and

Dec 20, 2022

Bacteria and Fungi Can ‘Walk’ across the Surface of Our Teeth

Posted by in category: futurism

Clusters of bacteria and fungi seem to be capable of complex movement, setting tooth decay in motion.

Dec 20, 2022

Green Grass Mows Down my Resurrection Arguments (Jonathan McLatchie / Michael L Brown response)

Posted by in category: futurism

@AskDrBrownVideos and @JonathanMcLatchie analyze the video response of Paulogia to Dr. Brown’s short video on evidence for the death and resurrection of Jesus.

Prof. Jonathan McLatchie Responds to Paulogia Regarding the Resurrection.

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Dec 20, 2022

What Sort of Ethics Would Aliens Practice?

Posted by in categories: biological, ethics, evolution

How ethical would aliens be?

Ethics derived from biological evolution can be harsh — parasitism, invasiveness, and survival at all costs. Ethics derived from human culture is far more benevolent. Would alien ethics be based more on biology or culture? Let’s hope the latter.

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Dec 20, 2022

ChatGPT: AI at its Best…!!

Posted by in categories: internet, robotics/AI

Created by OpenAI, ChatGPT is the latest artificial intelligence technology to hit the market, and it’s making waves in the tech community. This new software is designed to help you communicate with others using natural language processing. In other words, ChatGPT can understand the human conversation and respond accordingly.

ChatGPT is a very advanced chatbot that has the potential to make people’s lives easier and to assist with everyday tedious tasks, such as writing an email or having to navigate the web for answers.

This makes it perfect for customer service, sales, or any other profession that requires human interaction. If you’re looking for a way to improve your communication skills, ChatGPT is definitely worth checking out. In this blog post, we’ll explore how ChatGPT works and some of the benefits of using this AI technology.

Dec 20, 2022

How an AI Stole $35 Million

Posted by in categories: cybercrime/malcode, media & arts, robotics/AI

Artificial Intelligence has seen many advances recently, with new technologies like deepfakes, deepvoice, and GPT3 completely changing how we see the world. These new technologies bring forth many obvious benefits for in workflow and entertainment, but when technology like this exists, there are those who will try and use it for evil. Today we will be taking a look at how AI is giving hackers and cyber criminals more ways to pull off heists focusing on the story of a $35 million dollar hack that was pulled off using artificial intelligence and deep voice software.

0:00 The History of Social Engineering.
1:12 Early Social Engineering Attacks.
5:02 How Hackers are using Artificial Intelligence.
7:37 The $35 Million Heist.

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Dec 20, 2022

Isaac Newton’s life was one long search for God

Posted by in category: physics

From physics and alchemy to theology and eschatology, Isaac Newton’s research was rooted in a personal pursuit of the Divine.

Dec 20, 2022

How to make corn more like cactus

Posted by in categories: cybercrime/malcode, food

Scientists are trying to teach old crops some new tricks that will let them flourish in these harsher conditions — turning to secrets that reside in plants like pineapples, orchids and agaves. These and certain other plants have hacked photosynthesis in ways that allow them to thrive when it’s hot and dry, and even to withstand blistering periods of drought.


It’s an agricultural moonshot: Scientists hope to increase plant yields by hacking photosynthesis, the process that powers life on Earth.

Dec 20, 2022

A concrete house, printed: Is this the answer to America’s housing crisis?

Posted by in categories: 3D printing, employment, habitats

3D printing machines can build up to 40 percent of homes during the construction process and save money on labor costs, experts say.