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Over the centuries humanity has tried many versions of government and many variations on each type, today we will examine how technology and space colonization might impact what types of governments we use in the future.

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A mathematical shortcut for analyzing black hole collisions works even in cases where it shouldn’t. As astronomers use it to search for new classes of hidden black holes, others wonder: Why?

Mark Zuckerberg has announced Meta’s new VR headset that will cost around UDS 1,000.

While speaking to Joe Rogan in his podcast, Zuckerberg announced that the new headsets will be out this October.

Zuckerberg referred to the company’s Project Cambria, a higher-end VR and mixed-reality headset than the current Quest 2 that uses advanced eye-and facial-tracking features to more naturally represent the wearer’s expressions and body language.

Over the next decade teams will digitize DNA of the 1.8 million named species on Earth.

We have arrived at Aldous Huxleys Brave new world.

Scientists from the University of Cambridge have created model embryos from mouse stem cells that form a brain, a beating heart, and the foundations of all the other organs of the body. It represents a new avenue for recreating the first stages of life.

The team of researchers, led by Professor Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz, developed the embryo model without eggs or sperm. Instead, they used stem cells – the body’s master cells, which can develop into almost any cell type in the body.

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They boost each other and block side effects? (In mice)

Rapamycin and metformin are viewed by many as the two most promising anti-aging drugs, but now scientists have found that these drugs can work hand in hand and show combined benefits, boosting each other’s effectiveness and blocking side effects — or at least that’s what we’ve seen in mice.

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Brandwidth founder Andrew Strange argues that there are actions brands can take right now to ensure they’re ready to succeed in the (virtual) future.

Using esters instead of aldehydes offers chemists a completely new retrosynthetic disconnection.