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Feb 14, 2019

Insects Are Dying Off at an Alarming Rate

Posted by in category: life extension

Forty percent of insect populations have seen declines in recent years and will drop even more without immediate action.

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Feb 14, 2019

‘Bioluminescent’ trees that glow like fireflies created at MIT

Posted by in category: futurism

To create their glowing plants, engineers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) turned to an enzyme called luciferase.

Luciferase acts on a molecule called luciferin, causing it to emit light.

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Feb 14, 2019

Amazing New AI Churns Out “Coherent Paragraphs of Text”

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

The system wrote a news article that’s almost good enough to print.

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Feb 14, 2019

We find out more about the inventor behind the jet-powered hoverboard

Posted by in category: transportation

We take a closer look at the amazing turbine-powered hoverboard invented by former jet ski world champ Franky Zapata.

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Feb 14, 2019

A ‘Quantum Radar’ System Will Watch for Stealth Aircraft and Missiles in the Arctic

Posted by in categories: military, quantum physics

Canada is investing $2.7 million to develop quantum radar technology.

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Feb 14, 2019

Diabetes: Could a pill replace insulin injections?

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

Insulin injections are part of daily blood glucose management for many people with type 2 diabetes. Now, a new pill could spell the end for injections.

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Feb 14, 2019

How Titanoboa, the 40-Foot-Long Snake, Was Found

Posted by in category: futurism

Circa 2012


In Colombia, the fossil of a gargantuan snake has stunned scientists, forcing them to rethink the nature of prehistoric life.

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Feb 14, 2019

End of the smashed phone screen? Self-healing glass discovered

Posted by in category: mobile phones

Circa 2017


New type of polymer glass that can mend itself when pressed together is in development by University of Tokyo after a student discovered it.

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Feb 14, 2019

How far out can we forecast the weather? Scientists have a new answer

Posted by in category: futurism

Modern models reveal an upper limit of 2 weeks.

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Feb 14, 2019

Tardigrade: The micro-animal scientists can’t kill

Posted by in categories: existential risks, life extension

They’re little battlers, the greatest survivors on the planet and you may have them in your garden, writes Lana Hart.

They’ve been boiled, frozen, put in vacuums, starved, and exposed to unbearable pressures and radiation — but scientists can’t kill this creature.

They are the only animal to have survived all five of earth’s mass extinctions. This incredible feat is due to their development of unique survival mechanisms not seen in other parts of the animal kingdom.

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