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Aug 12, 2021

Scientists Have Unlocked the Secrets of the Ancient ‘Antikythera Mechanism’

Posted by in category: space

(March 12 2021)


A digital model has revealed a complex planetarium on the ancient device’s face. “Unless it’s from outer space, we have to find a way in which the Greeks could have made it,” researchers say.

Aug 12, 2021

The Surprising Genius of 3D Printed Rockets

Posted by in categories: engineering, information science, space travel

3D printed rockets save on up front tooling, enable rapid iteration, decrease part count, and facilitate radically new designs. For your chance to win 2 seats on one of the first Virgin Galactic flights to Space and support a great cause, go to https://www.omaze.com/veritasium.

Thanks to Tim Ellis and everyone at Relativity Space for the tour!
https://www.relativityspace.com/
https://youtube.com/c/RelativitySpace.

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Aug 12, 2021

A Walk Through Dementia — walking home

Posted by in categories: habitats, neuroscience

Is a unique app designed to put you in the shoes of someone living with dementia. See one of the 360 clips from the experience.

http://awalkthroughdementia.org/
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/a-walk-through-dementia/id1242267344
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.alzheimers…a&hl=en_GB

Aug 12, 2021

12 Most Incredible And Amazing Recent Discoveries

Posted by in category: futurism

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Aug 12, 2021

Everything you need to know about the ExoMars’ rover, the ESA’s bid to find life on Mars

Posted by in categories: alien life, transportation

The rover will dig deeper into Mars than any previous mission in search of ancient life.


The rover, set for launch in 2,022 will bring to a head a decades-in-development program that has suffered a series of setbacks. If all goes well, the Rosalin Franklin rover may be scientists’ best shot at getting a definitive answer about whether there was ever life on Mars and what its fate can tell us about our own planet.

What is the Rosalind Franklin rover?

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Aug 12, 2021

This new discovery could allow dentists to regenerate the roots of teeth

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, genetics

Circa 2019


To figure out how the body changes over time, researchers are increasingly looking to understand epigenetics, the study of changes in organisms caused by modification of gene expression rather than alteration of the genetic code itself. This scientific endeavor extends to teeth as well.

Yang Chai, associate dean of research at the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC, reported in a recent article how he and colleagues discovered that epigenetic regulation can control tooth root patterning and development.

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Aug 12, 2021

Cygnus cargo ship arrives at International Space Station with its biggest NASA haul ever

Posted by in category: space

The Northrop Grumman ship S.S. Ellison Onizuka is packed with more than 4 tons of supplies.


A Northrop Grumman-built Cygnus cargo ship just made its biggest delivery yet for NASA at the International Space Station.

Aug 12, 2021

New Driverless Semi Truck Demo

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, sustainability, transportation

We’ve seen a lot of electric vehicle growth and success stories in the past several years, but one area that’s been a bit of a letdown has been the semi truck market. Unfortunately, we still don’t have the Tesla Semi, and it was recently delayed until 2,022 and a big side area of that market that “futurists” have long been excited about is potential self-driving trucks. Platoons of self-driving semi trucks are especially exciting since tight, train-like caravans of semi trucks would use far less energy than the current system, and those trucks could much more easily be cost-competitive electric trucks with zero tailpipe emissions. Anyway, though, we’re getting ahead of ourselves again.

Aug 12, 2021

Elon Musk-approved Render Shows Two Starships, uh, Exchanging Fluids

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, space travel

Starships are nothing but mammals.

Aug 12, 2021

Antibiotic resistance: Alternating between drugs not the answer

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

In a new study, researchers have shown that antibiotic cycling — which involves doctors switching between antibiotics to overcome antibiotic resistance — may be an ineffective and unsustainable strategy.


New research sheds light on the potential limitations of ‘antibiotic cycling’ as a way of combatting antibiotic resistance.