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Feb 28, 2020

Ancient Greece Revisited : Did the Greeks Trip on LSD?

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For nearly 2000 years, as many as three thousand Greeks shared similar visionary experiences in the town of Eleusis while celebrating the great Eleusinian Mysteries.

In this inaugural video of “Ancient Greece Revisited” we explore the possible use of psychedelics in the Greek world. We follow a thread connecting the most sacred of rituals, the “Great Mysteries of Eleusis,” to the discovery of LSD by Albert Hofmann in the midst of WW2, and from there, to a new, psychedelic view of the entirety of Greek culture.

Feb 28, 2020

Awakened Beginnings: How to Talk to Higher Self

Posted by in category: futurism

This is part 3 of our Awakened Beginnings Series: Part 1 Signs We’re Starting to Wake up Part 2 Tapping into the Energy World Part 3 {You are Here} How to Talk to Higher Self Part 4 Opening the Heart to Freedom Part 5 Making Peace with The Past Part 6 Why is 11:11 Haunting Me.

Feb 28, 2020

FDA Identified 20 Drugs With Shortage Risks Due to Coronavirus Outbreak

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Feb 28, 2020

New sense discovered in dog noses: The ability to detect heat

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Sensory ability may help canines track their prey.

Feb 28, 2020

Coronavirus news and live updates: Markets take historic tumble as virus spreads

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Lagos, Nigeria is officially part of the Wuhan Coronavirus Pandemic.

“Coronavirus in Africa: The first confirmed novel coronavirus case in Nigeria is an Italian citizen who traveled to Lagos. Nigeria is the third African nation to report the virus, and the first in sub-Saharan Africa. The others are Egypt and Algeria, which both have one case each.”


The first confirmed novel coronavirus case in Nigeria is an Italian citizen who traveled to Lagos. Follow here for the latest.

Feb 28, 2020

New Experiment With Human Stem Cells Ends Up Rapidly Curing Diabetes in Mice

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, futurism

A new technique to convert human stem cells into insulin-producing cells could hold huge promise for future diabetic treatments, if results seen in an experiment with mice can be successfully replicated in humans.

In a study, researchers figured out a new way to coax human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) into pancreatic beta cells that make insulin. When these insulin-producing cells were transplanted into mice induced to have an acute form of diabetes, their condition was rapidly cured.

“These mice had very severe diabetes with blood sugar readings of more than 500 milligrams per decilitre of blood – levels that could be fatal for a person,” explains biomedical engineer Jeffrey R. Millman from Washington University.

Feb 28, 2020

Two Guys Create ‘Leather’ From Cactus, Will Save 1 Billion Animals Killed For Fashion

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The company’s called Adriano Di Marti and they’ve formulated a new technique to create a fabric using cactus leaves called Desserto. Cactus, known for its rugged nature is quite hard and thick and pointy, however, when fully processed, it not only feels like actual leather, but since it is made from cactus — a plant that can grow in the desert with minimum moisture — it doesn’t consume as much water.

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Feb 28, 2020

Tesla’s secret battery project could finally push EVs to overtake gas cars

Posted by in categories: sustainability, transportation

Tesla’s secret project could make electric cars cheaper and boost range.

Feb 28, 2020

AI-Powered Wearable Predicts Heart Failure Before It Happens

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

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A new wearable sensor could save the lives of heart-failure patients.

The artificially intelligent technology helps doctors remotely detect critical changes days before a crisis occurs.

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Feb 28, 2020

Scientists show how caloric restriction prevents negative effects of aging in cells

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

If you want to reduce levels of inflammation throughout your body, delay the onset of age-related diseases, and live longer—eat less food. That’s the conclusion of a new study by scientists from the US and China that provides the most detailed report to date of the cellular effects of a calorie-restricted diet in rats. While the benefits of caloric restriction have long been known, the new results show how this restriction can protect against aging in cellular pathways, as detailed in Cell on February 27, 2020.

“We already knew that calorie restriction increases life span, but now we’ve shown all the changes that occur at a single-cell level to cause that,” says Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte, a senior author of the new paper, professor in Salk’s Gene Expression Laboratory and holder of the Roger Guillemin Chair. “This gives us targets that we may eventually be able to act on with drugs to treat aging in humans.”

Aging is the highest risk factor for many human diseases, including cancer, dementia, diabetes and metabolic syndrome. Caloric restriction has been shown in animal models to be one of the most effective interventions against these . And although researchers know that undergo many changes as an organism ages, they have not known how caloric restriction might influence these changes.