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Apr 24, 2022

Researchers have discovered a de-ageing technique that made skin cells 30 years younger

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

This is not the first successful research on de-ageing cells. Earlier, Shinya Yamanaka, a Nobel prize-winning stem cell researcher, genetically reprogrammed the mouse skin cells and turned them into induced pluripotent stem cells, or iPSCs, back in 2006. These cells type had the potential to form any cell type in the body. Yamanaka’s method took 50 days and completely reprograms cells to the biological age of an embryo. Gill’s method only took 13 days.

In a statement, Gill said, “Our results represent a big step forward in our understanding of cell reprogramming. We have proved that cells can be rejuvenated without losing their function and that rejuvenation looks to restore some function to old cells.”

Apr 24, 2022

1,700-year-old sandal found on a remote mountain in Norway

Posted by in category: futurism

The sandal reveals that humans historically used the icy pass.

Apr 24, 2022

Kochi Students Create Low-Cost Innovative Solution That Triples Hydroponics Yield

Posted by in categories: food, government

Moreover, this unique idea requires just 10% of water supply as compared to regular hydroponics cultivation. #InnovateIndia

Apr 24, 2022

Scientists Find an Enzyme That May Stop Brain Activity Getting Out of Control

Posted by in categories: chemistry, neuroscience

Our brains are awash with various unsung chemical heroes, making sure the electrical signals traveling all over the place don’t get out of control.

A new mouse study has now detailed the function of a pair of proteins vital to maintaining this balance – this could help us better understand a range of neurological disorders from epilepsy to schizophrenia.

The two proteins – Rab3-interacting molecule 1 (RIM1) and an enzyme called serine arginine protein kinase 2 (SRPK2) – work together to modify the transmission of information across the gaps between nerves called synapses.

Apr 24, 2022

Log into Facebook

Posted by in category: futurism

To start sharing and connecting with your friends, family, and people you know.

Apr 24, 2022

This Week @NASA: Next Crew of Astronauts Heading to Space Station, Mega Moon Rocket

Posted by in category: space travel

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 Mission to the Space Station

On April 18, the astronauts of our SpaceX Crew-4 mission arrived at our Kennedy Space Center to prepare for their launch to the International Space Station. NASA’s Kjell Lindgren, Bob Hines, and Jessica Watkins, along with Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency (ESA) are excited about their scientific expedition to the station.

Apr 24, 2022

The Day We Give Birth to AGI — Stuart Russell’s Warning About AI

Posted by in categories: futurism, robotics/AI

Stuart Russell warns about the dangers involved in the creation of artificial intelligence. Particularly, artificial general intelligence or AGI.
The idea of an artificial intelligence that might one day surpass human intelligence has been captivating and terrifying us for decades now. The possibility of what it would be like if we had the ability to create a machine that could think like a human, or even surpass us in cognitive abilities is something that many envision. But, as with many novel technologies, there are a few problems with building an AGI. But what if we succeed? What would happen should our quest to create artificial intelligence bear fruit? How do we retain power over entities that are more intelligent than us? The answer, of course, is that nobody knows for sure. But there are some logical conclusions we can draw from examining the nature of intelligence and what kind of entities might be capable of it.

Stuart Russell is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of California at Berkeley, holder of the Smith-Zadeh Chair in Engineering, and Director of the Center for Human-Compatible AI. He outlines the definition of AI, the risks and benefits it poses for the future. According to him, the idea of an AGI is the most important problem to intellectually to work on.

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Apr 24, 2022

How Much Oxalate Is Too Much? n=1 Analysis

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

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Papers referenced in the video:
Dietary oxalate to calcium ratio and incident cardiovascular events: a 10-year follow-up among an Asian population.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35346210/

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Apr 24, 2022

Large hadron collider: A revamp that could revolutionise physics

Posted by in categories: physics, space

The BBC gets an exclusive look at the upgraded machine helping to overhaul our understanding of the Universe.

Apr 24, 2022

The shape of the Milky Way

Posted by in categories: innovation, space

To understand the nature of our galaxy, astronomers had to look to distant island universes.


Turn your eyes toward the night sky and you will see a bright, hazy band of light cutting across the sky.

For millennia, observers speculated about the Milky Way’s true nature. The Greeks said the streak of haze in the sky was milk spurting from the breast of the goddess, Hera, Egyptians thought it was cows’ milk, and some Aboriginal Australians thought it was a river flowing through the sky.

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