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Sep 13, 2021

$26 Million to Solve Aging? Crypto-boosted Impetus Grants Launch!

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, bitcoin, cryptocurrencies

Crypto currency, fast grants, publishing sucess and failures, intellectual property, all good.


Around $26 million in grant funding has just been made available for scientific research that can improve our understanding and control of human aging thanks to the donations of supporters such as Vitalik Buterin. Will this launch solve aging? The grants, known as Impetus Grants, are specifically designed to have immediate impact. Scientists can request up to $500,000, and decisions will be made within three weeks.

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Sep 13, 2021

Scientists Create 3,000 TB Simulation of the Universe You Can Download

Posted by in categories: particle physics, supercomputing

No Man’s Sky

Researchers have created what they say is the largest computer simulation of the universe, and have made the data available for anyone to download for free.

An international team associated with the Center for Computational Astrophysics created the virtual universe using ATERUI II, the world’s most powerful astronomical supercomputer, according to a press release by the organization. Dubbed Uchuu (the Japanese word for “outer space”), the simulation contains a staggering 2.1 trillion particles spanning 9.6 billion virtual light-years. That’s big. Real big.

Sep 13, 2021

Steve Wozniak Appears to Be Launching a Space Garbage Company

Posted by in category: space

Space needs a burdensome and expensive deep clean, and Woz’s Privateer apparently wants to take care of the mess.

Sep 13, 2021

Quantum mechanics for plants

Posted by in categories: economics, energy, quantum physics

Circa 2004


To what extent do photosynthetic organisms use quantum mechanics to optimize the capture and distribution of light? Answers are emerging from the examination of energy transfer at the submolecular scale.

The first law of photosynthetic economics is: “A photon saved is a photon earned.” Research into the factors behind this principle has been burgeoning, and has recently culminated in a paper in Physical Review Letters by Jang et al.1 in which the authors look at photosynthetic energy transfer at the quantum level.

Sep 13, 2021

China opens first plant that will turn nuclear waste into glass

Posted by in categories: materials, nuclear energy

The site in Sichuan province will help the country deal with growing quantities of radioactive material as it steps up its use of nuclear power.

Sep 13, 2021

Astronauts prep space station for new solar array on first all-international spacewalk

Posted by in category: space

Japanese astronaut Aki Hoshide of JAXA and French astronaut Thomas Pesquet of ESA installed the mount for a solar array outside of the International Space Station during the first spacewalk to not include an American or Russian crew member.

Sep 13, 2021

The Science of Aliens, Part V: How Would They Communicate?

Posted by in category: science

Some thoughts about possible communication with intelligent alliens, for more info see:


Contact with intelligent aliens would happen on their terms, not ours.

Sep 13, 2021

Dr. Jean C. Accius, Ph.D. — Senior Vice President, AARP — Longer, Healthier, More Productive Lives

Posted by in categories: business, life extension

Longer, Healthier, And More Productive Lives — Dr. Jean Accius Ph.D., Senior Vice President, AARP


Dr. Jean C. Accius, PhD, is Senior Vice President, AARP Global Thought Leadership (https://www.aarp.org/). Dr. Accius leads a team in positioning AARP (formerly known as the American Association of Retired Persons) as a global thought leader, identifying emerging trends around the world, cultivating and elevating new ideas, forging global strategic alliances that become the foundation for collaboration and sparking bold solutions to change systems and improve the lives of the global population as it ages.

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Sep 13, 2021

Anna Kennedy Online

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience

Anna’s guest at Women’s Radio was Dr Ian C E Hale I’m an Autistic person. It’s an indivisible part of who I am as an individual.


Annas guest at Women’s Radio was Dr Ian C E Hale ‘All things Autism will be aired at 1pm and 1am every day this week. Please see www.womensradiostation.com

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Sep 13, 2021

NHS England announces large-scale trial of potential early cancer test

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, health

The NHS has launched the world’s largest trial of a potentially gamechanging blood test that aims to detect more than 50 types of cancer before symptoms appear.

More than 100,000 volunteers are being sought to provide blood samples at mobile test clinics in regions across England from Monday to assess how well the test works in the health service.