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May 23, 2020

Addiction Statistics

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, economics

“Almost 21 million Americans have at least one addiction, yet only 10% of them receive treatment. Drug overdose deaths have more than tripled since 1990. From 1999 to 2017, more than 700,000 Americans died from overdosing on a drug. Alcohol and drug addiction cost the U.S. economy over $600 billion every year.”


Addiction is more common than many realize. Millions of Americans of all walks of life struggle with drug and alcohol addiction every day.

May 23, 2020

Elon Musk Is the Hero America Deserves

Posted by in category: Elon Musk

I want to meet my hero.


Ashlee Vance interviews the billionaire entrepreneur on his Twitter usage, selling off his possessions, and the historic upcoming launch.

May 23, 2020

Laser cooling a nanomechanical oscillator close to its ground state

Posted by in categories: energy, quantum physics

Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) and IBM Research Europe recently demonstrated the laser cooling of a nanomechanical oscillator down to its zero-point energy (i.e., the point at which it contains a minimum amount of energy). Their successful demonstration, featured in Physical Review Letters, could have important implications for the development quantum technologies.

May 23, 2020

Coronavirus vaccine developed in China shows promise after early study in 100 people

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

A potential coronavirus vaccine developed in China appeared safe and able to generate an immune response after an early trial in more than 100 people.

May 23, 2020

Earth’s magnetic field is mysteriously weakening, causing chaos for satellites

Posted by in category: satellites

A localised region of weakness is ‘developing vigorously’, scientists warn.

May 23, 2020

If Rockets were Transparent

Posted by in category: space travel

Video shows four American heavy lift rockets as if they were transparent.


Launch to orbit in real time Fuel Burn and Staging of the Saturn V.
Space Shuttle, Falcon Heavy and the Space Launch System (SLS) rockets Launching from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39.

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May 23, 2020

How This CEO Is Using Artificial Intelligence To Treat Addiction

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Sam Frons, CEO and founder of Addicaid, uses artificial intelligence and predictive analytics to drive her new app for addiction recovery.

May 23, 2020

This Chinese AI start-up can tell how much you crave drugs

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, information science, robotics/AI, virtual reality

Beijing start-up develops AI algorithm to determine how prone the VR participant is to drug use by tracking their pulse, brainwaves and electrical conductance of the skin.

May 23, 2020

This Lickable Screen Can Recreate Almost Any Taste or Flavor Without Eating Food

Posted by in categories: electronics, food

No matter how they may make you feel, licking your gadgets and electronics is never recommended. Unless you’re a researcher from Meiji University in Japan who’s invented what’s being described as a taste display that can artificially recreate any flavor by triggering the five different tastes on a user’s tongue.

May 23, 2020

Prisoners Could Serve ‘1,000 Year Sentences In 8.5 Hours’ In The Future

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, law enforcement

Future biotechnology could make prison a lot less expensive.