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Aug 20, 2022

“Portrait (He Knew)” was released in 1977 on the album Point Of Know Return

Posted by in categories: entertainment, military

It was clearly about Albert Einstein although not a lot of people seemed to be aware of the fact. It was a great song for a video, and one of my favorite on this particular album, the other’s being “Nobody Home”, “Closet Chronicles”, and “Dust In The Wind”.

Point of Know Return was HUGE in 1978! I remember listening to it over and over and over…loved the many instrumental breaks and solos.

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Aug 20, 2022

NASA astronauts on Artemis could talk to a spaceship computer

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, space travel

NASA will take Amazon’s Alexa to the moon, along with a video-conferencing tablet, on its first Artemis mission. If the experiment is successful, astronauts could one day be talking to a spaceship computer, just like on Star Trek.

Aug 20, 2022

2026 Hennessey 2400bhp six-wheeler EV targets 1000km range

Posted by in categories: space, sustainability

Hennessey has revealed further details about its first electric car, the six-wheeled Project Deep Space grand tourer with a mind-boggling power output and a $3 million (£2.25m) price.

The outlandish EV — rendered by Autocar above, based on official sketches — will feature a central driving position within a diamond-shaped four-seat layout.


American luxury GT will appear in show form in 2024; priced from £2 million, targeting 620 miles on each charge.

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Aug 20, 2022

Researchers invent invisible coating that makes wood “fireproof”

Posted by in category: futurism

“Fire-proofing” wood and yet retaining the natural aesthetics of wood grain is now possible.

Aug 20, 2022

What Happens When the Doomsday Clock Hits Midnight?

Posted by in categories: climatology, existential risks, military, nuclear energy, sustainability

The invasion that Russia has wrongfully started in Ukraine has led to more people talking about the threat of Nuclear war and World War 3. How does the Doomsday Clock relate to all this?

And Lifespan News: https://www.youtube.com/LifespanNews.

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Aug 20, 2022

Hui Li, PhD, Discovers Gene Responsible for Deadliest Brain Tumor Also Causes Childhood Cancer

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience

Hui Li, PhD, a Department of Pathology researcher, along with his team discovered that a gene responsible for the deadliest type of brain tumor is also found to be responsible for two forms of childhood cancer. The new discovery may open the door to the first targeted treatments for two types of rhabdomyosarcoma, a cancer of the soft tissue that primarily strikes young children. Research also suggests the gene may play an important role in other cancers that form in muscle, fat, nerves and other connective tissues in both children and adults. Hui Li, PhD, and team published their findings in the scientific journal PNAS.

Aug 20, 2022

Researchers allegedly create a new ‘controllable, reversible’ gene-editing method in China

Posted by in categories: futurism, genetics

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The system, named Cas13D-N2V8, showed a significant reduction in the number of off-target genes and no detectable collateral damage in cell lines and somatic cells, which indicated its future potential, according to a report published in South China Morning Post newspaper on Wednesday.

Aug 20, 2022

Quantum Computing Will Be Bigger Than the Discovery of Fire!

Posted by in categories: computing, quantum physics

[Editor’s note: “Quantum Computing Will Be Bigger Than the Discovery of Fire!” was previously published in June 2022. It has since been updated to include the most relevant information available.]

It’s commonly appreciated that the discovery of fire was the most profound revolution in human history. And yesterday, I read that a major director at Bank of America (BAC) thinks a technology that hardly anyone is talking about these days could be more critical for humankind than fire!

Aug 20, 2022

Electro Shock Therapy for Weeds Shows Promise as Herbicide Alternative

Posted by in category: chemistry

The use of AN electrical current as a weed-destroying mode of action continues to gain traction globally.

An electrical current, like the broad-spectrum herbicides it is being developed to replace, affects only the treated plants and kills the affected plant to the root — without chemical toxicity, residues or the development of weed resistance.

Crop. Zone.

Aug 20, 2022

Amazon’s Machine Learning University expands with MLU Explain

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Fun visual essays explain key concepts of machine learning.