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Jun 4, 2019

Pinoy students’ space suit wins gold award at int’l contest in Turkey

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, space

A space suit conceptualized and invented by Filipino students bagged the gold award at an international robotics contest in Turkey last week. Current latest trending Philippine headlines on science, technology breakthroughs, hardware devices, geeks, gaming, web/desktop applications, mobile apps, social media buzz and gadget reviews.

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Jun 4, 2019

It’s 2059, and the Rich Kids Are Still Winning

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, futurism

Editors’ note: This is the first installment in a new series, “Op-Eds From the Future,” in which science fiction authors, futurists, philosophers and scientists write op-eds that they imagine we might read 10, 20 or even 100 years in the future. The challenges they predict are imaginary — for now — but their arguments illuminate the urgent questions of today and prepare us for tomorrow. The opinion piece below is a work of fiction.


DNA tweaks won’t fix our problems.

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Jun 4, 2019

The Elon Musk-Jeff Bezos Feud, Explained

Posted by in category: Elon Musk

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Jun 4, 2019

TYT LIVE: Cenk Predicts House Votes; Trump: ‘When I Can, I Tell the Truth’

Posted by in category: life extension

LEAF President Keith Comito on the channel TYT talking about healthy life extension! smile

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Jun 4, 2019

This Short Film Is Written Entirely By AI

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, space travel

Viva Space Ship Day


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Jun 3, 2019

What’s Up: June 2019 Skywatching Tips from NASA

Posted by in category: space

What’s up in the June night skies? Find out how you can see Jupiter at its biggest and brightest, while Mercury and Mars appear ultra-close + how you can observe the Moon’s tilted orbit. Watch & find out more on the latest episode of NASA’s What’s Up:

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Jun 3, 2019

Stasis Foundatioin — People

Posted by in category: life extension

Stephen Valentine is the architect for Timeship is creating the Timeship Building with Stephen Valentine. Timeship researches life extension and the Timeship Building will be a life extension facility. Read more on Stephen Valentine.

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Jun 3, 2019

This is What a Sunset Looks Like from Space

Posted by in category: space

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.

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Jun 3, 2019

CRISPR baby mutation significantly increases mortality

Posted by 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.

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Jun 3, 2019

Daily briefing: Stunning science images shortlisted for the Wellcome photography prize

Posted by 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.

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