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Aug 24, 2018
Forget “Manned” Missions–Females May Be More Mentally Resilient in Deep Space
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: neuroscience, space
A controversial new study in lab mice hints at sex-based differences in cosmic ray–induced cognitive decline.
- By John Wenz on August 24, 2018
Aug 24, 2018
Just something from Opus to make you smile
Posted by Marcia Wiegand in category: futurism
Aug 24, 2018
If You Use Photoshop, Hackers Can Get Into Your Computer Right Now
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: computing
Aug 24, 2018
IBM Watson Finds Its Way Into Games and Virtual Reality Applications
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: entertainment, robotics/AI, virtual reality
By integrating Watson with the Unity game engine, IBM is pushing its AI services to game and VR developers.
We don’t need the many-worlds of quantum mechanics to have more Universes than we know what to do with.
Aug 24, 2018
Scientists Are Starting to Test Claims About “Microdosing”
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: futurism
Could psychedelics lead to improved antidepressant or anti-anxiety therapies?
- By Sharon Begley, STAT on August 24, 2018
Aug 24, 2018
Scientists Have Discovered The Protein That Enables Hearing And Balance
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: neuroscience
Scientists at Harvard Medical School have discovered that a protein called TMC1 converts sound and head motion into electrical signals, thus enabling hearing and balance.
The findings were published this week in the journal https://www.cell.com/neuron/fulltext/S0896-6273(18)30631...ctitle0120\">Neuron.
Sensitivity to sound has been a powerful evolutionary force, but the precise molecular mechanisms that enable hearing have not been fully identified.
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Aug 24, 2018
Mount Etna volcano roars into action with ash and lava
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: futurism
ROME (AP) — Mount Etna in Sicily has roared back into spectacular volcanic action, sending up plumes of ash and spewing lava.
Italy’s National Institute of Geophysics and Vulcanology (INGV) says that the volcano, which initially “re-awoke” in late July, sprang into fuller action Thursday evening by shooting up chunks of flaming lava as high as 150 meters (500 feet) almost constantly.
On Friday, INGV said the action was continuing, feeding ash plumes several hundred meters (yards) into the air above the crater.
Aug 24, 2018
SpaceX’s New Astronaut Walkway Represents a Step Toward Crewed Flight
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: space travel
SpaceX is another step closer to crewed flight.
On Monday (Aug. 20), the private spaceflight company installed an astronaut walkway at Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida, the jumping-off point for SpaceX’s new Crew Dragon spaceship.
The walkway is like the jetways that connect airport lounges and airliners. Astronauts will use the walkway to get from Pad 39A’s tower to Crew Dragon, which will sit atop SpaceX’s 230-foot-tall (70 meters) Falcon 9 rocket. [Photos: Behind-the-Scenes Look at SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Spaceship].
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