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Nov 11, 2020

Prepare for Robocall Hell, Where Scam Bots Pretend to Be Your Mom

Posted by in categories: futurism, robotics/AI

The next level of scamming could involve voice-mimicking tech.

Nov 11, 2020

The Thermal Nuclear Engine That Could Get Us to Mars in Just 3 Months

Posted by in categories: chemistry, space travel

It’s twice as efficient as a chemical rocket.


Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC) has designed a new thermal nuclear engine it says could carry astronauts to Mars in just three months—and back to Earth in the same amount of time. By using ceramic microcapsules of high assay low enriched uranium (HALEU) fuel, USNC’s thermal nuclear engine could cut the trip in half even from optimistic estimates.

🌌You like our badass universe. So do we. Let’s explore it together.

Nov 11, 2020

Astrocytes Play a Vital Role in Preventing Acidification of the Brain

Posted by in category: neuroscience

Summary: Astrocytes play a vital role in maintaining the pH balance within the brain.

Source: UCL

Brain cells called astrocytes play a vital role in preventing acidification of the brain, according to a new study in mice led by UCL researchers.

Nov 11, 2020

NASA certifies SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft ahead of Crew-1 launch

Posted by in category: space travel

WASHINGTON — NASA formally certified SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft for transporting astronauts to and from the International Space Station, clearing the way for a Nov. 14 launch.

Agency officials completed the certification of the spacecraft by signing a document known as a Human Rating Certification Plan during a flight readiness review for the Crew-1 mission Nov. 10. That confirmed that SpaceX met all of NASA’s requirements for safely carrying astronauts on the Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 launch vehicle.

“It’s just a tremendous day that is a culmination of a ton of work,” said Kathy Lueders, NASA associate administrator for human exploration and operations, at a Nov. 10 briefing about the flight readiness review. Lueders managed the commercial crew program at NASA for several years before being promoted to her current position in June. “It’s NASA saying to SpaceX you have shown us you can deliver a crew transportation capability that meets our requirements.”

Nov 11, 2020

Physicists say they’ve found a ‘tetraquark’

Posted by in categories: cosmology, particle physics

The finding marks a major breakthrough in a search of almost 20 years, carried out in particle physics labs all over the world.

To understand what a tetraquark is and why the discovery is important, we need to step back in time to 1964, when particle physics was in the midst of a revolution. Beatlemania had just exploded, the Vietnam war was raging and two young radio astronomers in New Jersey had just discovered the strongest evidence ever for the Big Bang theory.

On the other side of the U.S., at the California Institute of Technology, and on the other side of the Atlantic, at CERN in Switzerland, two particle physicists were publishing two independent papers on the same subject. Both were about how to make sense of the enormous number of new particles that had been discovered over the past two decades.

Nov 11, 2020

Longevity Genes

Posted by in category: life extension

Here’s my latest video, “Longevity Genes: APOE”!


A reduced mortality risk and an increased lifespan has been reported for people who have APOE2 alleles, when compared with APOE3 or APOE4, but beyond associations, data for lifespan in APOE-expressing mice was recently reported, evidence that supports a causative role for APOE on longevity.

Nov 11, 2020

First-Ever Hyperloop Passenger Test

Posted by in categories: futurism, transportation

For those interested in the hyperloop. Here is a video of some people testing it out.

Very interesting. Could it be the future of transportation? How will it fair against trains and aircraft?


The first-ever hyperloop passenger test has just been conducted by Virgin Hyperloop.

Nov 11, 2020

Compassion in World Farming: Protecting Animals Means Protecting People and the Planet

Posted by in category: food

Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador and CEO of Bioquark, interviews Philip Lymbery, award winning author of books Farmageddon and Dead Zone and CEO of Compassion in World Farming.

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Nov 11, 2020

BMW RiderLess Self-Balancing MoToRBike wiTH SuPeRCaR BLonDiE

Posted by in category: futurism

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Nov 10, 2020

Solar Tubes Slash Your Power Bill

Posted by in category: energy

Would you like to have this in your home?

They are maximizing natural light for your home. I think this would help anyone’s electricity bill.