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Nov 17, 2018

Can We Really Live Forever?

Posted by in category: life extension

How close is science to achieving immortality?

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Nov 17, 2018

Michael Fossel — Defeating Aging

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, education, ethics, life extension, neuroscience

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Michael B. Fossel, M.D., Ph.D. (born 1950, Greenwich, Connecticut) was a professor of clinical medicine at Michigan State University and is the author of several books on aging, who is best known for his views on telomerase therapy as a possible treatment for cellular senescence. Fossel has appeared on many major news programs to discuss aging and has appeared regularly on National Public Radio (NPR). He is also a respected lecturer, author, and the founder and former editor-in-chief of the Journal of Anti-Aging Medicine (now known as Rejuvenation Research).

Prior to earning his M.D. at Stanford Medical School, Fossel earned a joint B.A. (cum laude) and M.A. in psychology at Wesleyan University and a Ph.D. in neurobiology at Stanford University. He is also a graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy. Prior to graduating from medical school in 1981, he was awarded a National Science Foundation fellowship and taught at Stanford University.

In addition to his position at Michigan State University, Fossel has lectured at the National Institute for Health, the Smithsonian Institution, and at various other universities and institutes in various parts of the world. Fossel served on the board of directors for the American Aging Association and was their executive director.

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Nov 17, 2018

Why can’t you recharge batteries instantly?

Posted by in category: futurism

Herding electrons into your rechargeable device has it’s limitations.

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Nov 17, 2018

Holy moly, Dubai’s police force is testing hoverbikes

Posted by in category: futurism

Don’t be alarmed, it’s just the cops!


Gosh, they’re so lucky and we’re so jealous.

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Nov 17, 2018

School with major chickenpox outbreak has high vaccination exemption rate

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, education, health

ASHEVILLE, North Carolina — A chickenpox outbreak at a private school now ranks as North Carolina’s largest since a vaccine for the virus became available more than 20 years ago, health officials say.

As of Friday, 36 students at Asheville Waldorf School had contracted the varicella virus, known to most as chickenpox. The school has one of the highest vaccination religious exemption rates in the state.

The viral infection manifests in an itchy rash in most cases and is not typically life-threatening. But the outbreak at Asheville Waldorf should cause concern, said Dr. Jennifer Mullendore of Buncombe County Department of Health and Human Services.

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Nov 17, 2018

Brain stimulation could let some blind people ‘see’ shapes made of light

Posted by in category: neuroscience

Sequential electrical stimulation allowed researchers to transmit complex patterns.

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Nov 17, 2018

Nitrogen-Based Life Might Swim On Saturn’s Largest Moon

Posted by in category: alien life

Researchers at Cornell University theorize life might exist on Saturn’s largest moon as nitrogen-based organisms.

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Here’s a theory for finding extraterrestrial life: look for stuff that doesn’t resemble organisms on Earth.

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Nov 17, 2018

Harvard Researchers Identify Which Diet Burns More Calories

Posted by in category: food

This might be a big win for low-carb devotees.

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Nov 17, 2018

A new lead on a 50-year-old radiation damage mystery

Posted by in categories: nuclear energy, particle physics

For half a century, researchers have seen loops of displaced atoms appearing inside nuclear reactor steel after exposure to radiation, but no one could work out how.

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Nov 17, 2018

Infinite-dimensional symmetry opens up possibility of a new physics—and new particles

Posted by in category: particle physics

The symmetries that govern the world of elementary particles at the most elementary level could be radically different from what has so far been thought. This surprising conclusion emerges from new work published by theoreticians from Warsaw and Potsdam. The scheme they posit unifies all the forces of nature in a way that is consistent with existing observations and anticipates the existence of new particles with unusual properties that may even be present in our close environs.

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