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Mar 10, 2021

Scientists Discover Ways of Making Old Blood New Again

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, finance, life extension

Creating 200 billion-plus brand-new red blood cells a day can take a toll on a body. The capacity to replace components charged with the life-sustaining task of carrying oxygen eventually wears out with aging, resulting in health problems, from anemia to blood cancers.

What if we could halt the aging process and maintain young blood cells for life? With blood cells making up a whopping 90% of the body’s cells, it makes sense that keeping them abundant and fit could boost vitality into our golden years.

Now, a group of researchers, including experts at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, has discovered ways to do just that – keep the blood manufacturing process flowing. The work, recently published in the journal Nature, could open doors to everything from disease-preventive therapies to better blood banks.

Mar 10, 2021

SpaceX moves Starship SN11 rocket prototype to its launch pad

Posted by in category: space travel

SpaceX’s Starship SN11 prototype rolled out to its test stand Monday (March 8) at the company’s facility near Boca Chica Village in South Texas.


It’s been less than a week since SpaceX’s epic Starship SN10 rocket landing (and subsequent explosion) and the company is already gearing up for another test flight.

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Mar 10, 2021

The weird long cloud on Mars is finally revealing some of its secrets

Posted by in category: space travel

A European spacecraft is unraveling the secrets of the weird long cloud that has been appearing again and again in the Martian sky for years.

Mar 10, 2021

Electric Airplanes are Coming

Posted by in categories: sustainability, transportation

The aviation industry is a terrible emitter of greenhouse gases. In 2019, it emitted 918 million tons of carbon dioxide into the environment. To solve this problem, aircraft must go green. One solution is battery-powered airplanes. Battery-powered airplanes have existed for decades and with improvements in battery technology, could become widespread in the near future. However, for long-distance intercontinental flights, we will need hydrogen airplanes. Hydrogen airplanes are also very feasible and could be used with turbofan technology, producing only water as emissions.

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Mar 10, 2021

How Scientist Jennifer Doudna Is Leading the Next Technological Revolution

Posted by in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical

A new book from Steve Jobs biographer Walter Isaacson offers an incisive portrait of the gene editing field that is changing modern medicine.

Mar 10, 2021

Over 900 million tonnes of food is thrown away every year

Posted by in category: food

Mar 10, 2021

Rapamycin Anti Aging — Worth The Hype?

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, genetics, life extension

Rapamycin is the drug used to suppress the immune system after organ transplants, but in reduced doses, it appears it may have other health benefits and as such is discussed considerably in the longevity community, and taken regularly my some very famous proponents.

So I thought I would give you some background, alongside the pros and cons, to see what all the fuss is about…

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Mar 10, 2021

Japanese sea slugs regrow new hearts and bodies | Regeneration | Decapitation | English World News

Posted by in category: futurism

Researchers have discovered that two species of Japanese sea slugs can regrow hearts and whole new bodies even after removing their own heads.

#JapaneseSeaSlugs #RegrowHearts #RegrowBodies.

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Mar 10, 2021

Just another day in Texas🚀🤠

Posted by in category: futurism

Just another day in Texas🚀🤠

Mar 9, 2021

Neural network CLIP mirrors human brain neurons in image recognition

Posted by in categories: biological, Elon Musk, robotics/AI

Open AI, the research company founded by Elon Musk, has just discovered that their artificial neural network CLIP shows behavior strikingly similar to a human brain. This find has scientists hopeful for the future of AI networks’ ability to identify images in a symbolic, conceptual and literal capacity.

While the human processes by correlating a series of abstract concepts to an overarching theme, the first biological neuron recorded to operate in a similar fashion was the “Halle Berry” neuron. This neuron proved capable of recognizing photographs and sketches of the actress and connecting those images with the name “Halle Berry.”

Now, OpenAI’s multimodal vision system continues to outperform existing systems, namely with traits such as the “Spider-Man” neuron, an artificial neuron which can identify not only the image of the text “spider” but also the comic book character in both illustrated and live action form. This ability to recognize a single concept represented in various contexts demonstrates CLIP’s abstraction capabilities. Similar to a human brain, the capacity for abstraction allows a vision system to tie a series of images and text to a central theme.