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Dec 25, 2021

So how about it; Would you like to try the decentralized red pill or continue taking the subtly flavored centralized blue pill?

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, business

Sometimes new medicine tastes bad but it works.

#decentralization #decentralisation #avoidthesinglepointoffailure #medicineforsociety #businessforsociety

Dec 25, 2021

Earth and Mars formed from colliding material, new study suggests

Posted by in categories: materials, space

Little planetary embryos formed these rocky worlds.


A new study suggests Earth and Mars formed from colliding material in the inner Solar System, which could shape planetary formation theories.

Dec 25, 2021

Scientists Used CRISPR Gene Editing to Choose the Sex of Mouse Pups

Posted by in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical, evolution, sex

The targeted gene used for the edit is conserved across evolution, suggesting the technique could work in more animals than just mice.

Dec 25, 2021

Ukraine’s Upcoming ‘Peacekeeper’ Passes Factory Test. The All-Terrain Drone of the Future?

Posted by in categories: drones, military, robotics/AI

More about “autonomous” (robot) vehicles.


The vehicle’s abilities were demonstrated on snowy terrain, at low temperatures, and in difficult road and weather conditions. The multi-purpose robotic platform is ideal for military units as it is designed to perform logistics, evacuation, reconnaissance and other special tasks.

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Dec 25, 2021

NASA: Moon “wobble” in orbit may lead to record flooding on Earth

Posted by in category: space

(July ‘21)


A wobble in the moon’s orbit will raise high tides even higher, exacerbating the devastating effects of sea-level rise.

Dec 25, 2021

Comet Leonard Views from ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter Spacecraft

Posted by in category: space

Comet Leonard streaks across the field of view of the SoloHI telescope aboard ESA/NASA’s Solar Orbiter spacecraft on Dec. 17–19, 2021. The comet’s apparent backward movement is due to the spacecraft’s relative motion.

Credits: ESA/NASA/NRL/SoloHI/Guillermo Stenborg

Dec 25, 2021

Scientists accidentally discover a first-of-its-kind mineral from deep inside Earth

Posted by in category: futurism

WHEN OLIVER TSCHAUNER AND COLLEAGUES dusted off a sample of volcano-ejected diamond found in a South African mine, they had no idea that they were holding the first-ever natural sample of a new high-pressure mineral from deep within Earth.

While minuscule, researchers predict that this mineral is responsible for the movement of crucial components like rare earth metals and radioactive isotopes through the Earth’s mantle. To figure this out, the team turned to X-ray beams and lasers.


Using x-rays and lasers, scientists have analyzed the second-ever high-pressure mineral extracted from the earth’s lower mantle.

Dec 25, 2021

Elon Musk advises young people to study careers related to these areas to be relevant in the future

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, employment, robotics/AI, space travel

“If you’re working on something that involves people or engineering, it’s probably a good focus for your future,” Musk.

Elon Musk has made many predictions about the future of society and the role that his companies Tesla and SpaceX will play. The millionaire has very strong opinions and is not afraid to express them in interviews, conferences, and even on social networks. This time, he spoke about the impact that Artificial Intelligence will have on the jobs of the future and mentioned the careers that will be safe. to the tech mogul, the essentials will be engineering and human-interactive careers.

Dec 25, 2021

The most powerful telescope ever built has successfully launched

Posted by in category: space

The James Webb Space Telescope, NASA’s premier observatory of the next decade, successfully launched to space Saturday morning. The telescope will study exoplanets in new ways and look deeper into the universe than we’ve ever been able to before.

Dec 25, 2021

Ancient DNA From Neolithic Tombs in Britain Reveals the World’s Oldest Family Tree

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, genetics

Analysis of ancient DNA from one of the best-preserved Neolithic tombs in Britain by a team involving archaeologists from Newcastle University, UK, and geneticists at the University of the Basque Country, University of Vienna and Harvard University, has revealed that most of the people buried there were from five continuous generations of a single extended family. Credit: Newcastle University/Fowler, Olalde et al.

Although the right to use the tomb ran through patrilineal ties, the choice of whether individuals were buried in the north or south chambered area initially depended on the first-generation woman from whom they were descended, suggesting that these first-generation women were socially significant in the memories of this community.

There are also indications that ‘stepsons’ were adopted into the lineage, the researchers say — males whose mother was buried in the tomb but not their biological father, and whose mother had also had children with a male from the patriline. Additionally, the team found no evidence that another eight individuals were biological relatives of those in the family tree, which might further suggest that biological relatedness was not the only criterion for inclusion. However, three of these were women and it is possible that they could have had a partner in the tomb but either did not have any children or had daughters who reached adulthood and left the community so are absent from the tomb.