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Dec 15, 2019
A Hyper-Connected World With 25 Times Faster Travel Will Triple the World Economy
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: economics, education, space travel
Nextbigfuture has looked at the likely future of SpaceX up to 2030 and now recaps the view to 2030 and extends the view to 2050.
The Mars aspect of SpaceX future impact will be less important than how 25X the speed of sound travel transforms our world and has huge economic impacts.
Dec 15, 2019
Researchers develop a new way to regenerate dental enamel
Posted by Paul Battista in category: biotech/medical
Dec 15, 2019
How a protein in your brain could protect against Alzheimer’s disease
Posted by Paul Battista in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience
Summary: White blood cells in the brain are regulated by the CD33 protein. CD33 decreases the likelihood that a person will develop Alzheimer’s disease. Source: University of AlbertaResearch sh.
Dec 15, 2019
Nutritionist Sarah DiLorenzo’s de-bloating smoothie recipe
Posted by Paul Battista in category: futurism
The combination of ingredients in this smoothie is designed to help reduce bloating.
Each ingredient serves a different function: the celery will help with fluid retention; ginger will help reducing swelling; mint will help with gas; banana is great for water retention and provides fibre; coconut water will help with electrolytes; spinach helps detox as well as with water retention; kiwi will help break down protein and the yogurt will provide probiotics.
Dec 15, 2019
A robot read 3.5 million books to see how we describe men and women differently
Posted by Marco Monfils in categories: information science, robotics/AI
About AI bias.
Yet AI bias is by itself a biased term, as if the machine/algorithm were to blame for human bias and/or an incorrect data set.
Dec 15, 2019
Star Wars Prosthetic Arm
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: biotech/medical, cyborgs
This ‘Star Wars’-inspired prosthetic arm gives amputees the ability to feel again.
Dec 15, 2019
Surplus chromosomes may fuel tumor growth in some cancers
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: biotech/medical
Extra copies of some genes on excess chromosomes may keep cancer cells growing. Without those extras, cancer cells form fewer tumors in mice.
Dec 14, 2019
NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover is getting a friend!
Posted by Alberto Lao in category: space
NASA s Curiosity Mars Rover is getting a friend!
Next summer, #Mars2020 will be headed for the Red Planet. While the newest rover borrows from Curiosity’s design, they aren’t twins. Curiosity was designed to learn more about past water on Mars, and Mars 2020 will look for signs of past life.