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Jun 27, 2019
Storing sperm in a freezer for a decade hardly affects birth rates
Posted by Paul Battista in category: futurism
Many countries impose time limits on storing frozen sperm, but a sperm bank study has found this may not be necessary as it has little effect on birth rates.
Jun 27, 2019
Mapping the mind with nanotechnology
Posted by Richard Christophr Saragoza in categories: genetics, mapping, nanotechnology, neuroscience
Genetic Brain-Mapping of Autism.
The Brain Initiative is combining neuroscience with nanotechnology in the world’s biggest project to understand the mind. By Katharine Sanderson.
Jun 27, 2019
Scientists create “artificial life” — synthetic DNA that can self-replicate
Posted by Richard Christophr Saragoza in categories: biotech/medical, innovation
In one of the biggest breakthroughs in recent history, scientists have created a synthetic genome that can self-replicate. So what does this mean? Are we about to become gray goo?
Led by Craig Venter of the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI), the team of scientists combined two existing techniques to transplant synthetic DNA into a bacteria. First they chemically synthesized a bacterial genome, then they used well-known nuclear transfer techniques (used in IVF) to transplant the genome into a bacteria. And apparently the bacteria replicated itself, too, thus creating a second generation of the synthetic DNA. The process is being hailed as revolutionary.
Jun 27, 2019
Balanced single-pixel camera with noiselet sampling
Posted by Richard Christophr Saragoza in category: electronics
Is your television watching you?
Single-pixel cameras (SPC) are image capturing devices, which use only a single detector to collect information about the entire image, by making use of it.
Jun 27, 2019
To Clean Drinking Water, Just Add Microbes
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: biological, sustainability
A new approach to water treatment could be cheaper, produce less waste and possibly help fix nitrate pollution in California.
- By Meg Wilcox on June 27, 2019
Jun 27, 2019
My next discussion on the future of technology and society is focused on freedom of expression and governance
Posted by Michael Lance in categories: governance, law
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I’m joined by Jenny Martinez, the Dean of Stanford Law School, and Noah Feldman, a Professor at Harvard Law. They’re both experts in constitutional law, and Noah is also an advisor to Facebook helping us define the independent oversight board where people will be able to appeal our content decisions. The idea is to create a separation of powers so that while Facebook is responsible for enforcing our policies, we aren’t in the position to make so many decisions about speech on our own. This board will be tasked with upholding the principle of free expression while ensuring we keep our community safe.
This morning we also released a report with all the feedback we’ve gotten from experts about how to best set up this board based on almost 30 workshops we’ve hosted around the world. It also covers many of the questions asked in our live discussion, including how the board members should be selected to ensure independence, what the scope of their decision-making should be, the importance of publishing their deliberations, and more. You can check out the full report here: https://fbnewsroomus.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/oversight-b…port-1.pdf
Jun 27, 2019
The golden asteroid that could make everyone on Earth a billionaire
Posted by Michael Lance in category: cosmology
Whether it was the Big Bang, Midas or God himself, we don’t really need to unlock the mystery of the origins of gold when we’ve already identified an asteroid worth $700 quintillion in precious heavy metals.
If anything launches this metals mining space race, it will be this asteroid—Psyche 16, taking up residence between Mars and Jupiter and carrying around enough heavy metals to net every single person on the planet close to a trillion dollars.
The massive quantities of gold, iron and nickel contained in this asteroid are mind-blowing. The discovery has been made. Now, it’s a question of proving it up.
Jun 27, 2019
How Russia’s Citizens Can’t Escape Their Largest Tech Company
Posted by Derick Lee in categories: business, food, habitats, media & arts
Five years ago, Yandex was just a search engine trying hard to fend off Google in its local market. Since then it has bought Uber Technologies Inc.’s Russia business, built its voice assistant into cars and home appliances, and more than doubled its revenue. Yandex now claims to have 108 million monthly users, which is about 75% of Russia’s population.
I’m woken up by an alarm on a home speaker designed by Yandex NV. I go to work in Yandex taxi listening to the company’s music-streaming service. My lunch is delivered by Yandex. Eats. I buy sneakers on the company’s Beru marketplace, and catch up on a series on its Kinopoisk smart-TV app in the evening.
You get the picture. Not so long ago, most decisions in Russia were decided by the state. Now, Russia’s largest tech company can cater to your every need.
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