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Oct 18, 2022

Meet Aurea, the first baby in the world to be ‘selected’ after being genetically screened before birth for a host of diseases

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, genetics

BECOMING a parent for the first time is a major moment for anyone — but for Laura Gayton, giving birth to a healthy, crying baby boy…

Oct 18, 2022

NASA prepares to break the sound barrier with Lockheed Martin’s X-59

Posted by in category: space

With the help of NASA’s QueSST mission, aeronautical innovators hope to break the sound barrier once more, but this time in a totally different fashion that…

Oct 18, 2022

Astronomers decipher a few early warning signs for stars about to go supernova

Posted by in category: cosmology

Keep an eye on the sky.


New models show that stars about to blow up in a supernovae begin exhibiting strange behaviors a few months in advance.

Oct 18, 2022

The ‘world’s largest capacity’ floating wave energy device will be tested in Scotland over the next four years

Posted by in categories: energy, sustainability

Thanks to a $19.2 million collaboration co-funded by the European Union.

Irish firm Ocean Energy has signed up to a collaboration project with 14 industry and university partners in the UK, Ireland, France, Germany, and Spain. The project will test its OE35 floating wave energy device at scale over the next four years.

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Oct 18, 2022

Boston Dynamics’ robot Spot has “permission to dance” to BTS’ popular hit song

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

The dancing robots performed in a video that was in conjunction with a concert held by BTS in Busan, South Korea.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEW-9SbXahI

Boston Dynamics robot dog, Spot, is dancing, once more. This time, it’s to the hit song “Permission to Dance” by group BTS, a popular band from South Korea, in a new video (featured below).

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Oct 18, 2022

Colloidal crystals can change their shape and have memories thanks to DNA, research suggests

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, nanotechnology

The crystals are significantly larger than any that have ever been created previously.

A hitherto unknown characteristic of colloidal crystals, highly organized three-dimensional arrays of nanoparticles, has been discovered by Northwestern University researchers very recently.

According to Northwestern University’s release, similar to the natural structures found in chameleon skin and butterfly wings, DNA-engineered colloidal crystals demonstrate shape-shifting and structural memory.

Oct 18, 2022

A new AI model can predict human responses to drug compounds, transforming medicine

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, robotics/AI

It’s more affordable and effective.

City College of New York’s new AI model will be able to predict accurately human response to novel drug compounds. Moreover, it is less costly and faster. Published in Nature Mature Intelligence.

According to research, the new CODE-AE model can screen brand-new medication molecules and reliably forecast their effectiveness in people. In tests, it was also able to find potentially more effective tailored medications for over 9,000 patients.

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Oct 18, 2022

A small wireless implant could help kill deadly brain tumors

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, nanotechnology, neuroscience

Stanford University.

The research was published in Nature Nanotechnology in August.

Oct 18, 2022

World’s second richest man sells his private jet to avoid being tracked on Twitter

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Will other billionaires follow suit?

Over the summer, Frenchman Bernard Arnault, the co-founder of luxury goods company, Louis Vuitton, was under fire on Twitter for the excessive use of his private jet. His solution to escape the criticism was to sell his private jet and rent one instead when needed, Bloomberg.

Billionaires like Arnault have used private jets in the past as well, but without being noticed by the public at large. However, with the use of automation, their information can not only be pulled up but also publicly shared over social media channels like Twitter.

Oct 18, 2022

Apple’s mixed-reality headset: Here’s what you need to know

Posted by in categories: augmented reality, virtual reality

Sleek, light, high-performance, and not easy on the pocket like any other Apple device.

Earlier this week, Meta rolled out its Quest Pro Virtual Reality (VR) headset, priced at $1,499. Many questioned the need for a high-end VR headset when the company’s Quest 2 headset appears to be doing rather well. However, as Mark Zuckerberg mentioned in his conversation with The Verge.


The official launch of Apple’s mixed reality headset was expected to happen in 2022. In the recent past, we have had Apple products being announced much earlier than their actual availability, so a 2022 launch could still be possible. To prepare you for such an event, here’s what you need to know about the Apple headset.

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