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Mar 14, 2019

Inactive Ingredients in Drugs May Be Less Inactive Than You Think

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, food

Egg protein, gelatin etc, ha. I can imagine loads of curling toes among vegetarians vegans and investors alike…ranging from pure horror to utter excitement…yay vegan and gluten free pills… a hole in the market.


The medicines you take contain a soup of active and inactive ingredients.

Active ingredients are the ones that provide a therapeutic benefit, while inactive ingredients are just that — inactive — meaning they don’t react in the body and are instead there to enhance the properties of the medication itself, such as its taste, appearance and ability to be absorbed by the body. [7 Bizarre Drug Side Effects]

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Mar 14, 2019

Sound by the Pound: Surprising Discovery Hints Sonic Waves Carry Mass

Posted by in category: futurism

Some sounds might possess a tiny but measurable amount of negative gravitational mass.

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Mar 14, 2019

Ethicist Warns: Future AI Could Take Revenge for How We Treat It Now

Posted by in categories: futurism, robotics/AI

If machines become truly intelligent or sentient, an ethicist at Victoria University Wellington named Nicholas Agar is sharing a dire warning: future machines may want payback for how we treat their insentient ancestors today.


Should robots ever become sentient, they may be pissed at how much we insult Alexa today.

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Mar 14, 2019

5 of Einstein’s Most Epic Fails That Prove He Was Human

Posted by in category: futurism

Albert Einstein was one of the world’s most important leading scientists of all time. His work laid the foundations for some of the most important human discoveries of all time. Yet even a man of his talents was not immune from making errors, from time to time.


Einstein was a revolutionary thinker, but even he made mistakes from time to time. Here are 5 of Einstein’s biggest fails.

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Mar 14, 2019

T-Suite Podcast: The dawning of the age of cognitive computing

Posted by in category: computing

In today’s T-Suite Podcast, a talk with “Content Wrangler” Scott Abel shows how far cognitive computing has progressed since 2016.

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Mar 14, 2019

Your “Second Brain” is In Your Gut

Posted by in category: neuroscience

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Mar 14, 2019

Add 15 healthy years to the lives of 1 million people — YoLife.io — Tassilo Weber — Ira Pastor — IdeaXme

Posted by in categories: aging, biotech/medical, business, computing, DNA, genetics, health, life extension, science, transhumanism

Mar 14, 2019

Albert Einstein Birth Anniversary: 15 Rare and Iconic Photos

Posted by in category: futurism

On Albert Einstein’s birth anniversary, we bring you some of his rare and unseen pictures from our photo archives. Take a look at the pictures…

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Mar 14, 2019

Why modern enterprises need to adopt cognitive computing for faster business growth in a digital economy

Posted by in categories: business, economics, robotics/AI, supercomputing

Cognitive computing (CC) technology revolves around making computers adept at mimicking the processes of the human brain, which is basically making them more intelligent. Even though the phrase cognitive computing is used synonymously with AI, the term is closely associated with IBM’s cognitive computer system, Watson. IBM Watson is a supercomputer that leverages AI-based disruptive technologies like machine learning (ML), real-time analysis, natural language processing, etc. to augment decision making and deliver superior outcomes.

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Mar 14, 2019

The Internet Knows You Better Than Your Spouse Does

Posted by in category: internet

The traces we leave on the Web and on our digital devices can give advertisers and others surprising, and sometimes disturbing, insights into our psychology.

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