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Dec 15, 2022

Astronaut selection 2021–22 FAQs

Posted by in categories: business, space travel

The mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) is the peaceful exploration and use of space for the benefit of everyone. We watch over Earth, develop and launch inspiring and unique space projects, train astronauts and push the boundaries of science and technology, seeking answers to the big science questions about the Universe.

We are a community of scientists, engineers and business professionals from all over Europe working together in a diverse and multinational environment.

This page addresses some of the most frequently asked questions about becoming an ESA astronaut. If your question is not answered below, it may be answered in the Astronaut Applicant Handbook or vacancy notices.

Dec 15, 2022

Researchers discover what makes melanoma cells immortal

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, life extension

While scientists around the world pursue ways to extend the human healthspan, cancer cells have found a way to become immortal.

For the first time, researchers have discovered how one type of cancer – melanoma – achieves that immortality.

Dec 15, 2022

Webb captures 13.5 billion-year-old galaxies in a swath of northern sky

Posted by in category: space

The data will help astronomers understand how the universe’s oldest galaxies formed.

Dec 15, 2022

Algae microrobots fight persistent bacterial infections

Posted by in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical, chemistry

Bioengineers used a modular, step-by-step chemical technique to create algae that carry antibiotic payloads.

Dec 15, 2022

NVIDIA’s New AI: Video Game Graphics, Now 60x Smaller!

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

❤️ Check out Weights & Biases and sign up for a free demo here: https://wandb.com/papers.
❤️ Their mentioned post is available here: http://wandb.me/variable-bitrate.

📝 The paper “Variable Bitrate Neural Fields” is available here:
https://nv-tlabs.github.io/vqad/

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Dec 15, 2022

Una bomba que puede destruir a toda la humanidad en 0,00005 segundos

Posted by in category: futurism

Dec 15, 2022

How to Make Alien Life Come Out of Hiding

Posted by in category: alien life

What dead whales can teach us about finding aliens.

Posted on Big Think, direct link at.


Posted on BigThink.

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Dec 15, 2022

Scientists Discover Four Critical Genes Tied to Suicide

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, genetics, military

A study published Wednesday in the JAMA Psychiatry journal shows that four key genetic variations are more common in military veterans who have taken their own life or considered it.

Scientists from Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, found the pattern while analyzing blood samples from a database that included 633,778 U.S. veterans, cross-referenced with the International Suicide Genetics Consortium of more than 549,000 individuals.

The obtained samples were sequenced to create genetic profiles compared to participants’ medical records, showing that 121,211 recorded cases of attempted suicide or thoughts about killing themselves.

Dec 15, 2022

SpaceX is set to shatter decades-old double launch record Friday. The weather looks great

Posted by in category: space travel

If everything goes to plan, double SpaceX Falcon 9 launches are set to liftoff just minutes apart between 4 and 5 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 16.

Dec 15, 2022

Opinion: Bioethicists Should Not Control Your Body

Posted by in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical, ethics

Well… that’s me uninvited to the bioethicist’s christmas party…


Bioethicists frequently dictate what patients can and cannot do with their own bodies, and yet the general public very rarely questions this. Maybe it’s time we started to question what right bioethicists have to dictate what we can and cannot do with our own bodies?