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Jun 9, 2022

NASA just passed a major milestone in the hunt for alien life

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We’re one step closer to Europa.


Engineers completed the Clipper’s main body, which includes some of the most vital components for the 2024 mission to Jupiter’s mysterious moon.

Jun 9, 2022

A newly proposed Lunar rover is a cross between a centaur and a robot

Posted by in categories: futurism, robotics/AI

Jun 9, 2022

Houston Startup Unveils Stargazer, a Mach 9 Hypersonic Spaceplane Concept

Posted by in category: space travel

A company that wants to make “one-hour global flight” possible needs to move fast as well. Just two months after a Series A funding round that enabled it to secure $20 million, this young aerospace company in Houston, Texas, is now unveiling the design concept of its flagship spaceplane called Stargazer.

Jun 9, 2022

Beefalo, a bison-cattle hybrid, is being touted as the healthy meat of the future

Posted by in categories: food, genetics

Not that Thier should be more animals raised for meat.


But beefalo does have its opponents.

“We just don’t think there should be beefalo,” said Martha McFarland, farmland viability coordinator for the advocacy group Practical Farmers of Iowa. She also raises cattle and bison, but said she would never mix the two.

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Jun 9, 2022

This experimental drug could change the field of cancer research

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

A small trial using the drug dostarlimab yielded an unprecedented success rate in eliminating tumors.

Jun 9, 2022

Inside the US lab freezing the dead at —196C — BBC REEL

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, cryonics, life extension

Wojtek Tek.

Tenor.

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Jun 9, 2022

Surgical Needles / Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Equipment

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

The fascinating stories and secrets behind hit Japanese products, plus parts and machines that boast the top share of niche markets. In the first half: the story behind the world’s smallest surgical needles—only 0.03mm in diameter. In the second half: pharmaceutical manufacturing equipment essential for making pills. They apply coatings which allow easier ingestion and controlled release of the medicine. We go behind the scenes with the Japanese company that develops this equipment.

Jun 9, 2022

Real-Life ‘Star Trek’ Tractor Beams Will Change How We Practice Medicine

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, tractor beam

Circa 2015


Star Trek’s ideal view of medicine is closer than we think.

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Jun 9, 2022

Scientists grew living human skin around a robotic finger

Posted by in categories: cyborgs, robotics/AI

In the hopes of one day building super realistic cyborgs, researchers built a robotic finger that wears living human skin.

Jun 9, 2022

Japan’s Asteroid Mission Return Sample Supports the Idea of Panspermia

Posted by in categories: materials, space

Did life begin on Earth, or did it come from space? Amino acids, peptides and proteins may have an off-world origin giving credence to panspermia.


Twenty amino acids discovered in the sample materials returned provide evidence to support the evolving panspermia hypothesis.