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Aug 29, 2022

Dr. Max More | This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von #404

Posted by in categories: cryonics, law, life extension, neuroscience

Dr. Max More is a philosopher, writer, speaker and expert in Cryonics — the process of cryopreserving a body at the time of legal death in the hopes of reviving them in the future.

Theo talks with Dr. More about what actually happens when we die, the future of mankind, and if Theo would preserve his brain for science.

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Aug 29, 2022

Aurigids: You need to watch the most mythical meteor shower of the year this week

Posted by in category: space

The annual Aurigid Meteor Shower peaks this Thursday, September 1. Though the Aurigids are less flashy than some (the American Meteor Society calls them a “reliable minor shower”), they still put on a show worth watching. That’s especially true since this year’s shower coincides with a waxing crescent moon, meaning moonlight won’t upstage the meteors. Here’s everything you need to know to catch the Aurigids in action.

When to see the Aurigid Meteor Shower

The Aurigids pelt our atmosphere with bits of burning rock and dust about this time every year. This year’s Aurigid shower started on August 28 and will continue until September 4 or 5, but the real show happens at the meteor shower’s peak, on September 1.

Aug 29, 2022

New AI Chip Twice As Energy Efficient As Alternatives

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

RRAM-based neuromorphic chips are more versatile and accurate as well.

Aug 29, 2022

The great drought and the great deluge, all at the same time

Posted by in category: futurism

He Great Drought and Deluge is upon much of the world. These are no longer once-in-a-thousand-year events.


In one video, she runs through a field of lavender and spins around in a lilac dress. It was the beloved family dog, a chubby pug named Ben, who showed her how to twirl in circles.

“Is it possible to fall in love again and again?” her mother wrote under a photo just weeks before Liza was killed. — Jennifer Hassan

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Aug 29, 2022

Mark Zuckerberg tearfully announces Facebook’s pivot to video… again

Posted by in category: futurism

The perfect strategy, really. What could go wrong?

Aug 29, 2022

Who Will Survive The AI Revolution?

Posted by in categories: employment, media & arts, robotics/AI

Fascinating perspective on a subject most of us are deeply familiar with.


Thank you to Full Sail University for sponsoring this video! Check them out at https://www.fullsail.edu/wisecrack.

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Aug 29, 2022

These recycled space shuttle parts are now powering Artemis I to space

Posted by in category: space travel

The Artemis I mission’s rocket engines and boosters have direct ties to Columbia, Challenger and each of the other shuttles, and even one of the original Mercury 7 astronauts.

Aug 29, 2022

Potential Way to Tune the Brain Into Learning Mode

Posted by in category: neuroscience

Summary: Study reveals how the element of surprise helps facilitate learning and memory retrieval.

Source: University of Manchester.

A study by University of Manchester neuroscientists into the effect of surprise on our memory has inadvertently discovered a method which might help us to perform better in exams.

Aug 29, 2022

Researchers achieve record quantum entanglement with 14 photons at once

Posted by in categories: particle physics, quantum physics

Max Planck of Quantum Optics.

Quantum entanglement, famously described by Albery Einstein as “spooky action at a distance” is a phenomenon where particles become intertwined in such a way that they cease to exist individually, and changing the specific property of one results in an instant change of its partner, even if it is far away.

Aug 29, 2022

James Webb Space Telescope captures images of ‘grand design spiral’ Phantom Galaxy

Posted by in category: space

ESA

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) may seem like a NASA project considering that it is named after one of NASA’s administrators. Though, what gets forgotten behind the nomenclature is that the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and European Space Agency (ESA) are also contributors to the program.