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Aug 9, 2021

Do Coffee Drinkers Live Longer?

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, life extension

Caffeinated coffee might be protective to overall health, but so is decaf. For example, a 2,019 systematic review published in the Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics aiming to “investigate the association of caffeinated and decaffeinated coffee consumption and all-cause mortality” found “similar inverse associations [between] caffeinated coffee and decaffeinated coffee [and all-cause mortality.]”


But is coffee healthy? And do coffee drinkers live longer than non-coffee drinkers?

At the turn of the 20th century, it was considered common knowledge that coffee was unhealthy—there were advertising claims that coffee drinking caused blindness and that “you can recover from any ordinary disease by discontinuing coffee.” And while that may obviously be untrue, there are continuing fears about whether coffee is actually healthy or not. Google receives 4,400 queries a month about” why coffee is bad for you” (for context, “why coffee is good for you” gets only 1,300 queries a month).

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Aug 9, 2021

MIT Researchers Devised a Way To Program Memories Into Bacterial Cells

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, chemistry, engineering

For several years, Lu’s lab has been working on ways to use DNA to store information such as memory of cellular events. In 2,014 he and Farzadfard developed a way to employ bacteria as a “genomic tape recorder,” engineering E. coli to store long-term memories of events such as a chemical exposure.


Technique for editing bacterial genomes can record interactions between cells, may offer a way to edit genes in the human microbiome.

Biological engineers at MIT

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Aug 9, 2021

IPCC climate report: Earth is warmer than it’s been in 125,000 years

Posted by in category: climatology

“The role of human influence on the climate system is undisputed.”

ClimateChange is widespread, rapid, & intensifying – IPCC.


Landmark assessment says greenhouse gases are unequivocally driving extreme weather — but nations can still prevent the worst impacts.

Aug 9, 2021

Technological Singularity Will be the End of Human History

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, singularity

Not necessarily the end of humans, just humans as we recognize the species.


Here’s how Technological SIngularity will lead to an explosion in machine intelligence and the end of human history.

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Aug 9, 2021

Frequent Peanut Consumption May Increase Cancer Spread in Patients

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

The possible impact of heavy peanut consumption by cancer patients on survival will need to be investigated in further population-based epidemiological studies.


Summary: A new study reports cancer patients who frequently eat peanuts may be at increased risk of their cancer spreading. Researchers found Peanut agglutinin (PNA), a carbohydrate-binding protein that enters blood circulation after a peanut is eaten, interacts with endothelial cells to produce cytokines. Some of the cytokines are recognized promoters of cancer metastasis.

Source: University of Liverpool

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Aug 9, 2021

A new scientific theory debunks what we knew about the Moon

Posted by in category: space

Research shows the Moon may not have a magnetic field after all, as samples returned by U.S. NASA astronauts show the true nature of Earth’s moon.

Aug 9, 2021

Which covid-19 vaccine is the most widely accepted for international travel?

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

Not every vaccine-acquired antibody automatically allows you to jet off.


A patchwork of complicated cross-border travel rules is causing confusion | Graphic detail.

Aug 9, 2021

Starship is Stacked on the Super Heavy Booster. The Tallest Rocket Ever Built

Posted by in category: space travel

SpaceX achieved another milestone this week as the Starship and Super Heavy prototype were stacked and fully-integrated for the first time!


Once again, things are gearing up at SpaceX’s South Texas Launch Facility, located just outside the village of Boca Chica, Texas. In recent weeks, the aerospace community has been abuzz about the rollout and Static Fire test of the Super Heavy Booster 3 (B3) prototype. This was the first time a booster was tested, which will be responsible for launching the Starship to space in the near future. Since then, things have only ramped up some more.

First, there was the announcement on Aug. 2nd that the fourth Super Heavy prototype (the BN4) received a full complement of 29 Raptor engines and grid fins. This was followed on Aug. 3rd with news that BN4 was being moved to the launch pad and that the SN20 Starship prototype received a full six Raptor engines. On Aug. 6th, the denouement came with the stacking of both prototypes together, which resulted in the tallest rocket in the history of spaceflight!

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Aug 9, 2021

Homocysteine Update, What’s Optimal For Vitamin B12?

Posted by in category: futurism

Papers referenced in the video:

Association of Plasma Concentration of Vitamin B12 With All-Cause Mortality in the General Population in the Netherlands.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31940038/

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Aug 9, 2021

Perseverance’s first sample collection fails, new science points to subsurface Martian clay lakes

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, science, space

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover recently attempted its first-ever sample collection of the Martian surface on August 6. However, data shows that while the rover’s drill successfully drilled into the surface, no regolith was collected in the sample tube.

Meanwhile, as Perseverance was preparing for the sample collection event, a team of researchers using ESA’s Mars Express orbiter found evidence that previously thought of lakes of water underneath Mars’ south pole might actually be made of clay.

Perseverance’s sample collection failure

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