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Apr 23, 2019
Hyundai’s Genesis unveils the Mint
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: transportation
Hyundai’s Genesis unveils the Mint, its vision for a teeny electric luxury car. The concept vehicle is designed to be a “city car” that can squeeze through the narrow alleys and dense traffic of packed urban centers. https://cnn.it/2GrFSDv
Apr 23, 2019
Deep inside Earth, scientists find weird blobs and mountains taller than Mount Everest
Posted by Xavier Rosseel in category: mapping
The emerging picture of our planet’s innards is a “complete revolution.”
Scientists are mapping a remarkable landscape of blobs, plumes, and a metal ocean deep inside the Earth. Rost-9D / Getty Images/iStockphoto.
Apr 23, 2019
NASA’s “Hive” Drones Can Deploy Swarms of Tiny Robot Cicadas
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: drones, robotics/AI
Apr 23, 2019
CRISPR gene-editing creates wave of exotic model organisms
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: biotech/medical, genetics
But the practical challenges of breeding and maintaining unconventional lab animals persist.
Apr 23, 2019
Solar power now comes in the form of a flower
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: solar power, sustainability
Click on photo to start video.
Forget rooftop panels. This is the next generation of solar power.
Apr 23, 2019
Woman wakes up from vegetative state after 28 years
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: neuroscience
A woman has regained full consciousness after 28 years in a vegetative state. Munira Abdulla suffered a severe brain injury a car crash in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in 1991 – when she was 32. “I never gave up on her because I always had a feeling that one day she will wake up,” her son Omar Webair.
Apr 23, 2019
‘Marsquake’: first tremor detected on Red Planet
Posted by Quinn Sena in category: space
Scientists said Tuesday they might have detected the first known seismic tremor on Mars in a discovery that could shed light on the ancient origins of Earth’s neighbour.
A dome-shaped probe known as SEIS landed on the surface of Mars in December after hitching a ride on NASA’s InSight spacecraft.
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Apr 23, 2019
Half of all land must be kept in a natural state to protect Earth
Posted by Quinn Sena in category: futurism
New science says land conservation must double by 2030 to prevent dangerous warming and unravelling of ecosystems.
Apr 23, 2019
Keith Comito On Undoing Aging — Interviewed By Adam Ford In Berlin, 2019 : Scifuture : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Posted by Steve Hill in categories: biotech/medical, internet, life extension
Keith Comito, interviewed by Adam Ford at the Undoing Aging 2019 conference in Berlin, discusses why solving the diseases of old age is a powerful cause.
How can solving aging reduce suffering? What are some common objections to the ideas of solving aging? How does Anti-Aging stack up against other cause…