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The flagship paper of the ICGC/TCGA Pan-Cancer Analysis of Whole Genomes Consortium describes the generation of the integrative analyses of 2,658 cancer whole genomes and their matching normal tissues across 38 tumour types, the structures for international data sharing and standardized analyses, and the main scientific findings from across the consortium studies.
Feb 7, 2020
Life on board an O’neill Cylinder
Posted by Roderick Reilly in categories: biotech/medical, habitats, space
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O’Neill Cylinders space stations are examples of large rotating habitats able to be constructed in space in which people and even a complex ecology might be transplanted. But what would it be like living in one and how would civilizations based inside them in the future tend to operate?
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Feb 7, 2020
OneWeb launches 34 internet satellites into orbit to boost broadband megaconstellation
Posted by Roderick Reilly in categories: internet, satellites
A Soyuz rocket carrying 34 of OneWeb’s broadband satellites lifted off today (Feb. 6) from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, rising off the pad at 4:42 p.m. EST (2142 GMT).
Feb 7, 2020
Dr Tara O’Toole: The CIA, National Security And Preventing The Next Pandemic
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in categories: biotech/medical, health, security
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXo5BVdzZQE
Ira Pastor, ideaXme exponential health ambassador interviews Dr. Tara O’Toole, Executive Vice President and Senior Fellow at In-Q-Tel.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/intelligence-history/in-q-tel
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Feb 7, 2020
Robots at Work and Play
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: health, robotics/AI, space
Advancements in robotics are continually taking place in the fields of space exploration, health care, public safety, entertainment, defense, and more. These machines—some fully autonomous, some requiring human input—extend our grasp, enhance our capabilities, and travel as our surrogates to places too dangerous or difficult for us to go. Gathered here are recent images of robotic technology, including a machine built to draw portraits, battle robots, a dance performance, an autonomous mobile vending machine, an art installation, an agri-bot, a robotic priest, a Mars rover, a grocery-store bot, and much more.
Feb 7, 2020
Ben & Jerry’s Is Testing a Drone Delivery System for Ice Cream
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: drones, food
Feb 7, 2020
5 reasons to stay up late to watch ULA Atlas V launch of NASA, ESA Solar Orbiter
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: space
Feb 7, 2020
Chinese Doctor Who Raised Alert on Coronavirus Has Died, While The Outbreak Continues
Posted by Prem Vijaywargi in category: biotech/medical
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A Chinese doctor, among the first to raise the alert about China’s new coronavirus, himself died from the pathogen on Friday, emphasizing the depth of a worsening crisis that has killed more than 560 people.
Global panic also spread, with thousands trapped on quarantined cruise ships.