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Nov 6, 2020

An Amazonian Tea Stimulates the Formation of New Neurons

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience

Summary: DMT, a natural component of ayahuasca tea, promotes neurogenesis, a new study reports. Researchers found DMT was capable of activating neural stem cells and promoted the formation of new neurons.

Source: Complutense University of Madrid.

One of the main natural components of ayahuasca tea, dimethyltryptamine (DMT), promotes neurogenesis (the formation of new neurons) according to research led by the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM).

Nov 6, 2020

Seeing the Future: Longevity Research and Glaucoma (Video)

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

Dr David Sinclair (Harvard) : “I want to mention one thing that nobody except the insiders would know, is that I was at a conference a couple weeks ago with all 15 of us talking about this reprogramming work, and a lot of it is not published yet. I’ve seen things that make my head spin, the ability to turn back aging in a whole animal,…”


On October 27, 2020, Glaucoma Research Foundation presented the 2020 Weston Lecture featuring a talk by world-renowned Harvard Medical School genetics researcher and best-selling author David Sinclair, PhD, AO discussing longevity research and glaucoma.

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Nov 6, 2020

Photographer Catches the ISS Crossing the Sun and Moon

Posted by in category: space

Photographer Andrew McCarthy is known for shooting incredible astrophotography images from his backyard in Sacramento, California. He recently added two more jaw-dropping images to his portfolio: ultra-clear views of the International Space Station (ISS) crossing the Sun and Moon.

Given that the ISS whizzes across the Sun and Moon in less than a second from the perspective of someone on Earth, capturing a clear view of the transit is not an easy thing to do.

McCarthy first managed to capture the ISS transiting the Sun on Tuesday, October 6th.

Nov 6, 2020

China launches 13 satellites on a single Long March 6 rocket

Posted by in category: satellites

China launched a Long March 6 rocket early Friday (Nov. 6), successfully sending 13 satellites into orbit.

The Long March 6 lifted off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center at 11:19 a.m. local time Friday (0319 GMT; 10:19 p.m. EDT on Nov. 5) carrying 10 remote sensing satellites for Satellogic, an Argentine imagery company.

Nov 6, 2020

DARPA Subterranean Challenge Team Profiles Cave Circuit

Posted by in category: media & arts

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

Nov 6, 2020

Coronavirus Closeup, 1964

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

👽 Covid 1964…

Fyodor R.


Electron microscopy revealed that a deadly disease of birds was not a form of flu, but a different type of virus entirely.

Nov 6, 2020

Julian Beinart: A life of carefully chosen words

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

Professor Emeritus Julian Beinart, an internationally celebrated architect and longtime MIT professor known for his highly influential course on urbanism, died on Oct. 2 due to complications from Parkinson’s disease. He was 88.

“Julian Beinart’s best ideals were the best ideals of this department,” says Nicholas de Monchaux, head of the MIT Department of Architecture. “A tireless student of form, he believed architecture’s role in the city also made it inextricable from politics. His legacy — in South Africa, the U.S., and beyond — also reminds us that the professional obligation of architects to the city stands alongside the civic demands on every one of us, architect or not.”

“Julian’s strengths came from an old-school faith,” says Arindam Dutta, professor of architectural history at MIT. “He believed cities were somehow designed artifacts, and in being so, they could be designed better. It was his task to train designers for this job.”

Nov 6, 2020

Linux version of RansomEXX ransomware discovered

Posted by in category: cybercrime/malcode

This marks the first time a major Windows ransomware strain has been ported to Linux to aid hackers in their targeted intrusions.

Nov 6, 2020

Former SpaceX, Tesla engineer to lead Boeing’s software team

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, space travel

Boeing has hired a former SpaceX and Tesla executive with autonomous technology experience to lead its software development team.

Effective immediately, Jinnah Hosein is Boeing’s vice-president of software engineering, a new position that includes oversight of “software engineering across the enterprise”, Boeing says.

“Hosein will lead a new, centralised organisation of engineers who currently support the development and delivery of software embedded in Boeing’s products and services,” the Chicago-based airframer says. “The team will also integrate other functional teams to ensure engineering excellence throughout the product life cycle.”

Nov 6, 2020

Tesla (TSLA) receives massive new order of Tesla Semi electric trucks — biggest yet?

Posted by in categories: sustainability, transportation

Tesla (TSLA) has received a massive new order of Tesla Semi electric trucks from a truck-leasing company.

It might be its biggest order for the Tesla Semi program yet.

When Tesla launched the Tesla Semi in 2017, the automaker used the same reservation model that made it successful with passenger electric vehicles.