Dec 18, 2020
The Aztecs Constructed This Tower Out of Hundreds of Human Skulls
Posted by Quinn Sena in category: futurism
Researchers in Mexico City recently discovered a new section of a macabre late 15th-century structure.
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US Army’s mechanical engineer Dan Baechle carefully planned out a device that doesn’t need batteries, is light-weight and can evenly distribute the load.
Dec 18, 2020
US Air Force deploys first automated quadcopter for airbase security
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: military, robotics/AI
The US Air Force has deployed its first automated unmanned air vehicle security system for an airbase.
Dec 18, 2020
Sibongile Mongadi, STEM Innovator, Founder, Uku’hamba, Improving The Lives Of Amputees Across Africa
Posted by Ira S. Pastor in categories: biotech/medical, cyborgs
On today’s episode we are going to continue our virtual global road trip over to the country of South Africa, to the Soweto township of the city of Johannesburg, and meet up with Ms. Sibongile Mongadi, Founder of Uku’hamba Pty Ltd, a start-up company that focuses on biotechnology and healthcare manufacturing with a goal of improving lives of amputees across Africa.
Uku’hamba is a 100% black youth women owned company and Uku’hamba means “To Walk” in Zulu.
Dec 18, 2020
Astrobiology’s Biggest Stories of 2020
Posted by Dirk Schulze-Makuch in category: alien life
The three biggest news items in astrobiology in 2020:
A lot has been achieved, even in an awful year.
Dec 18, 2020
NASA Suggests Sending Boston Dynamics Robodog to Mars
Posted by Dan Lovy in categories: robotics/AI, space travel
Dec 18, 2020
Cellular Connections Found Between Nervous and Immune Systems
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience
Summary: Researchers have identified a direct cellular interaction between the nervous system and the immune system. Pain sensing neurons around the lymph nodes can modulate lymph node activity.
Source: Broad Institute.
The nervous and immune systems have long been thought to be separate entities in the body, but new research has uncovered a direct cellular interaction between the two. Scientists from Harvard Medical School, the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, MIT, and the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard have found that pain-sensing neurons surround lymph nodes in mice, and can modulate the activity of these small organs, which are key parts of the immune system.
Dec 18, 2020
Microsoft confirms it was also breached in recent SolarWinds supply chain hack
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: cybercrime/malcode
Microsoft denies that hackers pivoted to production systems and abused its software to attack customers.
Dec 18, 2020
C1-23152: An ancient galaxy that built itself
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: space
A popular theory of galaxy formation suggests that small galaxies merged to form larger ones. But galaxy C1-23152 — 12 billion light-years from Earth — apparently formed itself from gas in the early universe, via exceedingly rapid star formation.
Dec 18, 2020
China is opening the world’s largest radio telescope up to international scientists
Posted by Alberto Lao in category: space
Following the collapse of the historic Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, China has opened the biggest radio telescope in the world up to international scientists. In Pingtang, Guizhou province stands the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST), the largest radio telescope in the world, surpassing the Arecibo Observatory, which stood as the largest in the world for 53 years before the construction of FAST was completed in 2016. Following two cable failures earlier this year, Arecibo’s radio telescope collapsed in November, shutting down the observatory for good. Now, FAST is opening its doors to astronomers from around the world.
