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ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst shot this photo from the International Space Station showing what a sunset on Earth looks like from high above in space.
The photo shows a long stretch of clouds bathed in red and orange sunlight as the shadow of nighttime follows close behind.
Jun 3, 2019
CRISPR baby mutation significantly increases mortality
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: biotech/medical, genetics
Six months ago, a Chinese scientist announced that he had edited the genomes of two babies born last year. The germline edits with CRISPR-Cas9 supposedly changed the CCR5 gene to prevent HIV from invading immune cells. An analysis of records in the U.K. Biobank shows that having two copies of this mutation is associated with a 21 percent increase in mortality.
Jun 3, 2019
Daily briefing: Stunning science images shortlisted for the Wellcome photography prize
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: biotech/medical, education, science
Amazing science, technology and medicine photography, how to explain a bad year to grad schools and a call to make research misconduct reports public.
Top-80 longevity influencers in california by aging analytics agency.
Anne Corwin Atul Butte, M.D., Ph.D. Aubrey de Grey William Faloon Bill Andrews Cynthia Kenyon David A. Kekich David Botstein Eric Topol Eric Verdin Gordon J Lithgow Gregory Fahy Jim Strole
Link to Report: https://www.aginganalytics.com/longevity-in-california
Jun 3, 2019
Can The Science and Philosophy of Information Solve The Problem of Time?
Posted by Alex Vikoulov in categories: biotech/medical, entertainment, science, space travel
In our day and age when the science and philosophy of information start to eclipse traditional disciplines on all fronts, the importance of asking the right kinds of questions in light of a new rhetoric cannot be overestimated. Hereafter you can find three videos with their transcripts related to D-Theory of Time, or Digital Presentism, that I cover extensively in my new book The Syntellect Hypothesis: Five Paradigms of the Mind’s Evolution, as well as in my just-released ebook The Physics of Time: D-Theory of Time & Temporal Mechanics.
Will We Transcend The Temporal Dimension?: If you’re like me who loves thought-provoking sci-fi literature and movies, Interstellar and Arrival are both about transcending temporality, one through physics and the other through language. Arguably, these two outlooks on TIME reflect our current understanding as the most plausible ways to overcome the grips of impermanence.
If we look back at evolutionary emergence on our planet, the simplest organisms like primordial mitochondria, the front-runners at the onset of biological life, were able to perceive and move towards nutrients and away from environmental threats in an essentially one-dimensional existence.
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Jun 3, 2019
Google’s DeepMind Can Support, Defeat Humans in Quake III Arena
Posted by Quinn Sena in category: robotics/AI
Google has trained its DeepMind AI to compete in a team environment in order to calculate winning strategies that can both defeat and support human players in Quake III Arena.
Jun 3, 2019
Why Quantum Computing Requires Quantum Cryptography
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: computing, encryption, internet, quantum physics
Quantum computing is cool, but you know what would be extra awesome — a quantum internet. In fact if we want the first we’ll need the latter. And the first step to the quantum internet is quantum cryptography.
Aired: 05/31/19
Jun 3, 2019
Quantum leaps are real – and now we can control them
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: computing, quantum physics
Quantum leaps are generally assumed to be instantaneous, but researchers have figured out how to intercept them midway, which may be useful in quantum computing.