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Jan 9, 2019

If an AI became sentient, would it gain human (or equivalent) rights?

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

I find this subject very fascinating.


AI can fake their emotions but whether they can feel those emotions is another matter.

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Jan 9, 2019

Scientists discover a process that stabilizes fusion plasmas

Posted by in category: futurism

Scientists seeking to bring the fusion reaction that powers the sun and stars to Earth must keep the superhot plasma free from disruptions. Now researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have discovered a process that can help to control the disruptions thought to be most dangerous.

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Jan 9, 2019

‘ANYmal’ robot stalks dark sewers to test its navigation

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Researchers are testing a four-legged robot’s ability to find its way through the sewers under Zurich.

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Jan 9, 2019

Drug to clear ‘zombie cells’ from body could be first anti-ageing treatment after ’impressive‘ human trial

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, life extension, neuroscience

A drug to fight ageing may finally be on the horizon after the first trial in humans showed ‘impressive’ results.

For many years scientists have known that an accumulation of senescent cells in the body is linked to ageing symptoms such as frailty and arthritis, as well as diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.

Senescent cells — also known as zombie cells — are not completely dead so are not cleared out by the body, but are too damaged to repair tissue or carry out normal functions. Unable to repair itself or clear out the waste, the body gradually deteriorates.

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Jan 9, 2019

Diabetes: Can we teach the body to heal itself?

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

In a new study in an animal model, researchers investigate the body’s potential to replace insulin-producing cells and thus heal itself of diabetes.

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Jan 9, 2019

Hyundai’s walking car concept unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show

Posted by in categories: electronics, transportation

The electric vehicle is designed to shift to “reptilian” or “mammalian” walking mode when terrain turns tough.

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Jan 9, 2019

Supermoon Lunar Eclipse To Become The First Pan-American Total Eclipse In 19 Years

Posted by in category: futurism

On January 20/21, half of Earth will experience a total lunar eclipse. For the first time in 19 years, this includes all of North and South America.

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Jan 9, 2019

Mysterious radio signals have reached Earth from a galaxy 1.5 billion light years away

Posted by in category: space

Signals of this type have only been found once before.

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Jan 9, 2019

NMN Enters Cells via Newly Discovered Pathway

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, life extension

A new study published in Nature Metabolism finally reveals the answer to how NMN enters the cell in order to become NAD+ and that it does not need to convert into NR to do so.


In the last few years, there has been considerable interest in restoring levels of the nicotinamide adenine dinclueotide (NAD+) coenzyme to combat age-related diseases. Evidence suggests that NAD+ systemically declines with age in a variety of organisms, including rodents and humans, which contributes to the development of many age-related diseases and metabolic conditions.

What is NAD+?

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Jan 9, 2019

Futurist Forecasts 2019 Politics & Tech

Posted by in categories: futurism, innovation

Futurist and political talk with a British twist.


What does 2019 hold for POLITICS and TECHNOLOGY?

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