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Feb 1, 2020

Coronavirus Research Is Moving at Top Speed—With a Catch

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

Scientists are posting their papers on the China outbreak as fast as they can write them, skipping traditional journals.

Feb 1, 2020

New Gut Bacteria Research Explains Geographic Location

Posted by in category: biological

New gut bacteria research reveals that gut microbes can differ depending upon what region of the world you live in.

Feb 1, 2020

Campodimele: longevity research

Posted by in categories: food, life extension

I know it is cute to talk about. But the so deemed Longevity secret of this article being amazingly similar to all other studies (again olive oil and wine) then they go on to declare the ages of the village and they then say some of them have even lived past one hundred??? There are many centenarians (I prefer to call them centurians) in all nations that fly under the radar. Such as in Dallas several times a week they wish some one on channel 4 news that is 100 or greater Happy Birthday. But I believe this is a false alarm looking for a place to go off-sound… You be the Judge??? AEWR.


Researchers studying the inhabitants of Campodimele, Italy, who are known for their longevity.

Feb 1, 2020

30 Million-Year-Old Praying Mantis Preserved in Pristine Piece of Amber

Posted by in category: futurism

In 2016, a well preserved praying mantis preserved in Dominican amber sold at auction for $6,000. The amber dates to the Oligocene period, about 33.9 million to 23 years ago.

Feb 1, 2020

CAREFUL! Cybersecurity experts warn of viruses disguised as coronavirus information

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, cybercrime/malcode

Cybersecurity experts are issuing a warning surrounding threats of computer viruses posing online as files about the deadly coronavirus outbreak.

“It’s getting their attention, because everyone’s been in tune, around the world, on this virus,” Raleigh cybersecurity expert Giovanni Masucci said to our NBC affiliate WECT.

Feb 1, 2020

With Google’s Meena, are AI assistants about to get a lot smarter?

Posted by in categories: futurism, robotics/AI

Rasa cofounder Alan Nichol weighs in on Meena, Google’s latest attempt at conversational AI, and what it means for the future of AI assistants.

Feb 1, 2020

SpaceX hopes to launch 15 million rocket flights a year with a business that could upend commercial aviation

Posted by in categories: business, transportation

If the rocket company pulled off a point-to-point transportation business with its Starship rocket, international airline travel could implode.

Feb 1, 2020

Skylab: First U.S. Space Station

Posted by in category: space

Skylab represented the United States’ first effort at long human space missions.

Feb 1, 2020

MRI scans delve into dog-like complexity of squid brains

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience

New research led by Wen-Sung Chung and Justin Marshall of the University of Queensland is shedding new light on the complexity of squid brains. Using MRI scanning to examine the brain of the of the reef squid Sepioteuthis lessoniana, the researchers have produced a new map of neural connections that improves our understanding of their behavior.

The cephalopods are widely recognized as the most intelligent of mollusks, but how do they rate when they are competing against something other than clams? Cephalopods show all sorts of complex behavior, like being able to recognize patterns, solve problems, communicate through signals, and camouflage themselves in different textures and colors, despite being colorblind.

“We can see that a lot of neural circuits are dedicated to camouflage and visual communication,” says Chung. “Giving the squid a unique ability to evade predators, hunt and conspecific communicate with dynamic color change.”

Feb 1, 2020

Elon Musk’s girlfriend Grimes confirms pregnancy and is struggling through her second trimester

Posted by in category: Elon Musk

Musk to be a father;


Grimes has shared candid details about her pregnancy struggles in an Instagram message she shared on Friday.

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