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Nov 12, 2022

Cryptocurrency crippled: ‘$662 million’ ghosted from bankrupt FTX in 24 hours

Posted by in category: cryptocurrencies

Hackers occasionally employ such methods to avoid having their riches taken.

Ghosting of $662 million in tokens from Sam Bankman-Fried’s bankrupt digital asset exchange FTX in just 24 hours has crippled the already drowning cryptocurrency sector.

The most recent development in one of the darkest times for the cryptocurrency sector, Bloomberg reported on Saturday.

Nov 12, 2022

Low-Tech Kardashev-2 Civilizations

Posted by in category: futurism

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Kardashev-2 Civilizations are hypothetical empires which encompass entire stars, with access to billions of times the energy Earth has, often seen as builders of megastructures like Dyson Spheres. But could civilizations with only the technology we have become Kardashev-2?

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Nov 12, 2022

Researchers proposed a new theory to grow pure carbon nanotubes

Posted by in category: nanotechnology

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Carbon Nanotube (CNTs)

Nov 12, 2022

Astronomers capture startling new detail of the first black hole

Posted by in category: cosmology

Cygnus X-1 has intrigued astronomers since it was discovered — and IXPE is uncovering its secrets.

Nov 12, 2022

Quantum computers’ secret power: How they could dramatically boost energy efficiency

Posted by in categories: energy, quantum physics, supercomputing

Could energy efficiency be quantum computers’ greatest strength yet?


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Nov 12, 2022

Mars shows how even the simplest life forms can destroy their own planet

Posted by in categories: asteroid/comet impacts, climatology, evolution, existential risks

Microbial life may have resided within the first four kilometers of Mars’s porous crust.

Four billion years ago, the solar system was still young. Almost fully formed, its planets were starting to experience asteroid strikes a little less frequently. Our own planet could have become habitable as long as 3.9 billion years ago, but its primitive biosphere was much different than it is today. Life had not yet invented photosynthesis, which some 500 million years later would become its main source of energy. The primordial microbes — the common ancestors to all current life forms on Earth — in our planet’s oceans, therefore, had to survive on another source of energy.


Some of the oldest life forms in our biosphere were microorganisms known as “hydrogenotrophic methanogens” that particularly benefited from the atmospheric composition of the time. Feeding on the CO2 (carbon dioxide) and H2 (dihydrogen) that abounded in the atmosphere (with H2 representing between 0.01 and 0.1% of the atmospheric composition, compared to the current approximate of 0.00005%), they harnessed enough energy to colonize the surface of our planet’s oceans.

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Nov 12, 2022

Scientists use magnets to deliver cancer-killing ‘micro-robots’ into the body

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, chemistry, cyborgs, robotics/AI, transhumanism

The micro-robots consist of a special kind of bacteria.

Scientists have conceived of a new way to deliver cancer-killing compounds, called enterotoxins, to tumors using bionic bacteria that are steered by a magnetic field, according to a report by Inverse.

“Cancer is such a complex disease, it’s hard to combat it with one weapon,” said Simone Schürle-Finke, a micro-roboticist at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich, Switzerland, and one of the authors of the new study.

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Nov 12, 2022

Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup: Technologically advanced stadiums will cater to the needs of specially-abled

Posted by in category: neuroscience

The stadiums include a quiet room for those with cognitive disabilities.

The FIFA World Cup to be held in Qatar this year is leading the way in accessibility for specially-abled people, according to a report by Euronews.

The technologically advanced stadiums aren’t only wheelchair accessible, other amenities have also been included, such as a quiet room for those suffering from autism and other cognitive disabilities. The room is meant to give a safe haven for those overwhelmed by the World Cup’s loud crowds.

Nov 12, 2022

Artificial Intelligence is the Magic Tool the World was Waiting For

Posted by in categories: business, economics, information science, robotics/AI, sustainability, transportation

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly changing the world. Emerging technologies on a daily basis in AI capabilities have lead to a number of innovations including autonomous vehicles, self-driving flights, robotics, etc. Some of the AI technologies feature predictions on future and accurate decision-making. AI is the best friend to technology leaders who want to make the world a better place with unfolding inventions.

Whether humans agree or not, AI developments are slowly impacting all aspects of the society including the economy. However, some technologies might even bring challenges and risks to the working environment. To keep a track on AI development, good leaders head the AI world to ensure trust, reliability, safety and accuracy.

Intelligent behaviour has long been considered a uniquely human attribute. But when computer science and IT networks started evolving, artificial intelligence and people who stood by them were on the spotlight. AI in today’s world is both developing and under control. Without a transformation here, AI will never fully deliver the problems and dilemmas of business only with data and algorithms. Wise leaders do not only create and capture vital economic values, rather build a more sustainable and legitimate organisation. Leaders in AI sectors have eyes to see AI decisions and ears to hear employees perspective.

Nov 12, 2022

Genetics May Explain Link Between Unhealthy Teen Lifestyles and Accelerated Biological Aging

Posted by in categories: biological, genetics, life extension

Summary: The epigenetic clocks of those who indulged in unhealthy behaviors as teens were 1.7 to 3.3 years older than individuals who reported more healthy lifestyles as teens.

Source: eLife.

Biological aging results from damage to cells and tissues in the body that accumulates over time. The results of the study could lead to new ways of identifying young people at risk of developing unhealthy habits that are associated with accelerated biological aging and suggest interventions to prevent poor health outcomes later on.