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May 25, 2020

SpaceX Is About to Launch Two Astronauts Into Space in a Historic First

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, space travel

In the beginning, everyone was skeptical. But Elon Musk’s SpaceX defied expectations — and on Wednesday hopes to make history by ferrying two NASA astronauts into space, the first crewed flight from US soil in nine long years.

May 25, 2020

Who Controls the Gates Family?

Posted by in category: futurism

Ladies Monday with ReallyGraceful.

May 25, 2020

Dr. Michael R. Rose presents “Biological Immortality is REAL”

Posted by in categories: biological, education, evolution, life extension

Dr. Michael R. Rose is Professor at Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at University Of California, Irvine. His main area of work has been the evolution of aging.
“Our task is to make nature, the blind force of nature, into an instrument of universal resuscitation and to become a union of immortal beings.“
- Nikolai F. Fedorov

We hold faith in the technologies & discoveries of humanity to END AGING and Defeat involuntary Death within our lifetime.

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May 25, 2020

Giant new offshore wind turbine to debut in 2024

Posted by in categories: engineering, sustainability

Spanish engineering company Siemens Gamesa has revealed a new offshore wind turbine, set to become the world’s largest and most powerful, with serial production planned for 2024.

May 25, 2020

This ‘robot nose’ can sniff bombs and drugs, just like sniffer dogs

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, robotics/AI

An artificial ‘robo-nose’ made from living mouse cells can replace sniffer dogs’ job of smelling narcotics like cocaine, marijuana, missing people and explosives.

May 25, 2020

Galactic crash may have triggered solar system formation

Posted by in categories: mapping, space

The formation of the Sun, the Solar System and the subsequent emergence of life on Earth may be a consequence of a collision between our galaxy, the Milky Way, and a smaller galaxy called Sagittarius, discovered in the 1990s to be orbiting our galactic home.

Astronomers have known that Sagittarius repeatedly smashes through the Milky Way’s disc, as its orbit around the galaxy’s core tightens as a result of gravitational forces. Previous studies suggested that Sagittarius, a so called dwarf galaxy, had had a profound effect on how stars move in the Milky Way. Some even claim that the 10 000 times more massive Milky Way’s trademark spiral structure might be a result of the at least three known crashes with Sagittarius over the past six billion years.

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May 25, 2020

Global leader in harvesting energy and data from footfall

Posted by in categories: energy, innovation

https://youtube.com/watch?v=PkEGoBe-EdA

“Pavegen creates high engagement with citizens by converting their footsteps into energy, data and rewards.

As pedestrians walk across the Pavegen system, the weight from their footsteps compresses electromagnetic generators below, producing 2 to 4 watt seconds of off-grid electrical energy per step.”

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May 25, 2020

New soliton laser pulses deliver high energy in a trillionth of a second

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, engineering

Scientists have developed a new type of laser that can deliver high amounts of energy in very short bursts of time, with potential applications in eye and heart surgery or the engineering of delicate materials.

The Director of the University of Sydney Institute of Photonics and Optical Science, Professor Martijn de Sterke, said: “This laser has the property that as its duration decreases to less than a trillionth of a second, its could go through the roof.

”This makes them ideal candidates for the processing of materials that require short, powerful pulses. One application could be in corneal surgery, which relies on gently removing material from the eye. This requires strong, short light pulses that do not heat and damage the surface.”

May 25, 2020

Surgeon Transfers Nerves to Let Paralyzed Patients Use Hands

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

There’s a new hope for people suffering from paralysis.

May 25, 2020

40-year-old Cold Case Solved With New Genetic Genealogy Technology

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, genetics

It was January of 1980 when 21-year-old Helene Pruszynski was kidnapped, raped and murdered in Douglas County, Colorado. Her body was found in a field, but police never identified a suspect. Pruszynski’s murder became a cold case.

“We consider a case that does not have any viable leads after one to two years a cold case,” cold case detective Shannon Jensen said.

However, Jensen says the case was never forgotten. Detectives continued to re-open it for 40 years. Then, with the help of new DNA technology, the suspect was identified in December of last year as James Curtis Clanton. He will be sentenced on April 10, based on the first-degree murder laws in 1980.