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Mar 25, 2020

Polis issues statewide stay-at-home order

Posted by in category: futurism

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (KDVR) — Gov. Jared Polis issued a statewide stay-at-home order Wednesday afternoon. It goes into effect 6 a.m. Thursday and will last until April 11.

Many Coloradans, including the vast majority of people in metro Denver, live in counties where stay-at-home orders have already been announced.

Polis said he is issuing the order to save Coloradans’ lives.

Mar 25, 2020

Gene Therapy for Sickle-Cell Anemia Looks Promising—but It’s Riddled With Controversy

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, genetics

The Curious Case of Sickle-Cell Anemia

Even those uninterested in biology have likely heard of the disorder. Sickle-cell anemia holds the crown as the first genetic disorder to be traced to its molecular roots nearly a hundred years ago.

The root of the disorder is a single genetic mutation that drastically changes the structure of the oxygen-carrying protein, beta-globin, in red blood cells. The result is that the cells, rather than forming their usual slick disc-shape, turn into jagged, sickle-shaped daggers that damage blood vessels or block them altogether. The symptoms aren’t always uniform; rather, they come in “crisis episodes” during which the pain becomes nearly intolerable.

Mar 25, 2020

Old human cells rejuvenated with stem cell technology

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, life extension

Old human cells can become more youthful by coaxing them to briefly express proteins used to make induced pluripotent cells, Stanford researchers and their colleagues have found. The finding may have implications for aging research.

Mar 25, 2020

Biowarfare Experts On Coronavirus (COVID19)

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, health, media & arts, military

Excellent interview:


Dr. Gerald Parker Associate Dean for Global One Health at Texas A&M and Professor Andrew S Natsios Executive Professor at The Bush School and Director of the Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs have a sit down with Patrick Bet-David about the Coronavirus Pandemic. About our guests Dr. Gerald Parker https://bit.ly/2IZPRAl Professor Andrew S. Natsios https://bit.ly/2UkWBy6

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Mar 25, 2020

We might be living in a gigantic, intergalactic bubble

Posted by in category: space

The bubble concept could explain one of the strangest mysteries plaguing astrophysics: Why can’t we tell how fast the universe is expanding?

Mar 25, 2020

UC Irvine Accidentally Invents a Battery that Lasts Forever

Posted by in category: innovation

Circa 2016


Joins Play-Doh and champagne as the world’s best unintended innovations.

Mar 25, 2020

Google Play’s malicious app problem infects 1.7 million more devices

Posted by in category: electronics

Apps went undetected by Google and antivirus scanners.

Mar 25, 2020

Another Roundup of Positive Updates on the COVID Outbreaks From Around the World

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

From vaccines being tested around the world to a Nobel prize-winning biophysicist predicting recovery, here are some good updates on the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mar 25, 2020

The Brain Reshapes Our Malleable Senses to Fit the World

Posted by in category: neuroscience

How does experience alter our perceptions? This adapted book excerpt from We Know It When We See It describes how the brain’s visual system rewires itself to make the best use of its neural resources.

Mar 25, 2020

Google and Oxford create ‘The A to Z of AI’ explainer

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

As the use of intelligence proliferate in everyday products, there have been many attempts to make it easy to understand. A Google AI explainer…