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Mar 27, 2020

Is big tech good for your health? | The Economist

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, health

Tech giants including Google and Microsoft want to work with hospitals and health-care systems to improve lives. But should people trust them with their medical data?

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Mar 27, 2020

Micron’s surprise quarter means a windfall could be in store for AMD and Nvidia, Jim Cramer says

Posted by in category: entertainment

Gaming and data demands offset weakness in other areas. Those two categories could be a boon for industry peers, the “Mad Money” host said.

Mar 27, 2020

5000-Year-Old Papua New Guinea Artifacts Rewrite Neolithic History

Posted by in categories: climatology, sustainability

Scientists unearth ancient Papua New Guinea artifacts in the highlands of the island that settle a longstanding archaeological argument regarding the emergence of complex culture on the island.

About 10,000 years ago, the climate changed to better suit the planting of crops and the Neolithic revolution that brought about agriculture emerged in different parts of the world at different times. In Europe and Asia it is known that at this time cultural complexity developed as people began settling and living together on farms.

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Mar 27, 2020

Amazon’s Jeff Bezos pledges to help WHO flood the world with coronavirus test kits

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

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and the World Health Organization’s director-general are trading ideas on how to get the COVID-19 pandemic under control, using tools ranging from Amazon Web Services’ firepower in cloud computing and artificial intelligence to distribution channels for coronavirus test kits.

Bezos recapped today’s talk with Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in an Instagram post, featuring a screengrab of Bezos’ videoconference view with the billionaire’s own visage in the upper right corner of the frame:

Mar 27, 2020

The Coronavirus Could Reshape Global Order

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

By Kurt M. Campbell and Rush Doshi

KURT M. CAMPBELL is Chair and CEO of the Asia Group and was U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs from 2009 to 2013.

Mar 27, 2020

Chinese Factories Reopen After COVID-19 Lockdown, But Is The World Ready To Trade Yet?

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

Xi Jinping has urged the nations to lift trade barriers.

Mar 27, 2020

How one Scientist Reversed Aging in Humans

Posted by in category: life extension

On this episode of Anti-Aging Hacks, we discuss all about reversing aging in humans! My guest in this podcast is Dr. Greg Fahy, and he is the first scientist to reverse aging in humans. Here is what we discuss in this interview: 1. Why the Thymus is really important for Immune Function 2. How creating a combination.

Mar 26, 2020

The Tentacle Bot

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

I would love to see this on a long handle to grab the stuff I can’t get to. http://robohub.org/ lead me here after seeing Sabine Hauert do a talk on micro-swarms.

Mar 26, 2020

No, the coronavirus wasn’t made in a lab. A genetic analysis shows it’s from nature

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, genetics

Scientists took conspiracy theories seriously and analyzed the coronavirus to reveal its natural origins.

Mar 26, 2020

Sanger Institute Releases Draft Sequence for Tyrannosaurus rex Genome

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

O,.,o.


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