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Oct 3, 2019

Asteroid fears: NASA’s last-ditch system in place for Earth impact ONE week away exposed

Posted by in category: space

A SCIENTIST revealed how NASA has a last-ditch system in place in the event a huge space rock is “due to impact Earth in one to three weeks” during a planet-saving warning.

Oct 3, 2019

In the Pancreas, Common Fungi May Drive Cancer

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

A new study found that certain fungi can settle in the pancreas, where they spur the growth of tumors.

Oct 3, 2019

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon arrive at Cape Canaveral ahead of key test for crew flight

Posted by in category: space travel

SpaceX’s facility at Cape Canaveral just received a crucial new delivery: a Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon capsule that it will be using for an upcoming in-flight abort test. This test, which will demonstrate the spacecraft and launch system’s ability to abort the launch mid-flight in case of any emergencies, is an important and necessary step before SpaceX can fly Crew Dragon with any actual people on board.

This test will replicate a “worst-case scenario” of sorts, by staging a crew capsule separation at the point of “Max Q,” which is the part of the launch where the rocket is exposed to the most severe atmospheric forces prior to making it to space. At this point during the abort test, the Crew Dragon will show that it can detach from the Falcon 9 rocket and propel itself away to a safe distance in order to protect the astronauts on board.

Oct 3, 2019

First-Ever Image of the ‘Cosmic Web’ Reveals the Gassy Highway That Connects the Universe

Posted by in categories: space, transportation

A groundbreaking new image provides direct evidence of a ‘cosmic web’ of gas that links every galaxy in the universe.

Oct 3, 2019

Predicting the future is now possible with powerful new AI simulations

Posted by in categories: futurism, robotics/AI

If you thought Cambridge Analytica had scary tech, wait until you see this. A new form of AI modelling promises accurate simulation of the behaviour of entire cities, countries and one day perhaps, the world.

Oct 3, 2019

Aubrey DE GREY, An overview of recent progress in projects of SENS Research Foundation, EHA 2018

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, life extension

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Oct 3, 2019

Loop Quantum Gravity

Posted by in category: quantum physics

The inability of scientists to create a theory of quantum gravity arises from long-standing tensions between general relativity and quantum mechanics. There have been few approaches with any success. In this video, Fermilab’s Dr. Don Lincoln explains one of the few promising ideas, called loop quantum gravity.

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Oct 3, 2019

Printed electronics open way for electrified tattoos and personalized biosensors

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, electronics

Electrical engineers at Duke University have devised a fully print-in-place technique for electronics that is gentle enough to work on delicate surfaces including paper and human skin. The advance could enable technologies such as high-adhesion, embedded electronic tattoos and bandages tricked out with patient-specific biosensors.

The techniques are described in a series of papers published online July 9 in the journal Nanoscale and on October 3 in the journal ACS Nano.

“When people hear the term ‘printed electronics,’ the expectation is that a person loads a substrate and the designs for an into a printer and, some reasonable time later, removes a fully functional electronic circuit,” said Aaron Franklin, the James L. and Elizabeth M. Vincent Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke.

Oct 3, 2019

Your Brain Chooses What to Let You See

Posted by in category: neuroscience

Beneath our awareness, the brain lets certain kinds of stimuli automatically capture our attention by lowering the priority of the rest.

Oct 3, 2019

This won’t end well. Microsoft’s AI boffins unleash a bot that can generate fake comments for news articles

Posted by in categories: food, robotics/AI, sustainability

Please no, we don’t need a machine-learning troll farm.