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Jan 21, 2020

20 Predictions for the Next 20 Years

Posted by in category: futurism

So much can happen between now and 2040. Here are our 20 predictions of how technology, society, regulation and markets could evolve.

Jan 21, 2020

Noninvasive Spinal Stimulation Enables Paralyzed People to Regain Use of Hands

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

Paralyzed patients regain use of their hands thanks to noninvasive spinal stimulation.

Jan 21, 2020

Inside the Radical New Hydrogen-Powered Yacht Concept That Could Change the Marine Industry As We Know It

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“Aqua” pushes the envelope in every possible way.

Jan 21, 2020

Psychedelic Drugs Might Actually Tap into a Higher Power

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

A bunch of religious leaders are taking shrooms to find out.

Jan 21, 2020

Scientists Are Building a Real-Life Version of the Starship Enterprise’s Life Scanner

Posted by in categories: chemistry, electronics

A novel method relying on biochemistry could provide an unambiguous signal of life on other worlds.

Jan 21, 2020

Godzilla in real life

Posted by in categories: biological, entertainment

Godzilla is back in cinemas, and he’s big. Since his first awakening the radioactive, fire-spewing kaiju has grown 60 metres and put on more than 150 000 tons. Godzilla is now 30 storeys tall and weighs as much as a cruise ship. s biology. If Godzilla were real, he would be an incredible specimen.

Weight problems Godzilla would weigh 146 000 tons, according to our keen analysis of the 2014 Godzilla toy and a formula developed by palaeontologists to work out the mass of bipedal dinosaurs.

0,00016 x (circumference of femur in millimetres) 2,73 = mass in kilograms 0,00016 x (Godzilla’s femur: 24 200 mm) 2,73 = 148 571 645 kilograms, or nearly 150 000 tons.

Jan 21, 2020

Scientists studying psychoactive drugs accidentally proved the self is an illusion

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

Testing the magical properties of mushrooms led scientists to philosophy’s open secret.

Jan 21, 2020

In China, Hazmat Teams Are Searching Flights For Deadly Outbreak

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

Medical workers have been looking for signs of illness before clearing flights for takeoff.

Jan 21, 2020

The FDA Just Expanded Access to MDMA as a Therapy for PTSD

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience

Under the FDA’s Expanded Access program, more folks can legally get access to medical-grade MDMA for psychotherapy.

Jan 21, 2020

Killer T-Cell Discovery Could Mean ‘Universal’ Cancer Treatment

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

A new type of killer T-cell could serve as “one-size-fits-all” cancer therapy.

Researchers at Cardiff University in Wales discovered a different kind of T-cell receptor (TCR)—one that recognizes and kills most human cancer cells while ignoring healthy ones.

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