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Mar 15, 2019

The Nobel Prize

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

Today’s Daily Dose of Science Tu Youyou won the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine with her groundbreaking anti-malarial drug research, saving millions of lives. #womenshistorymonth


Born: 30 December 1930, Zhejiang Ningbo, China

Affiliation at the time of the award: China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China

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Mar 14, 2019

NASA is Everywhere: Farming Tech with Roots in Space

Posted by in categories: food, space

Today is National Agriculture Day! From enabling higher crop yields to maximizing every drop of water for farmers, NASA is working to help transform the agriculture industry. Check out some of the farming tools that have roots at NASA:


Growing plants can be tough, whether you’re on a spaceship or Earth. A special fertilizer made it easier for astronauts on the International Space Station and farmers down below, resulting in just one of the space program’s many contributions to agriculture.

Numerous farming tools have roots at NASA. Over the years, companies large and small have partnered with the agency, honed technologies and delivered innovations to benefit the industry. These are just a few examples:

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Mar 14, 2019

Uranus smells like farts, astronomers have confirmed — and the discovery indicates there was ‘a big shakeup’ early in the solar system

Posted by in category: space

Uranus’ hydrogen-sulfide gas is also extremely toxic.


Scientists had suspected that Uranus had clouds of hydrogen sulfide, a compound that gives rotten eggs and flatulence their pungent smells. But researchers couldn’t be certain until new Gemini Observatory telescope observations.

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Mar 14, 2019

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Posted by in category: futurism

Docked safely ❤️.

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Mar 14, 2019

Looking For Life On Mars? Go Underground, Say Scientists

Posted by in category: alien life

A tantalizing study recommends a new mission to the Red Planet.

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Mar 14, 2019

Harvard University uncovers DNA switch that controls genes for whole-body regeneration

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, life extension

Humans may one day have the ability to regrow limbs after scientists at Harvard University uncovered the DNA switch that controls genes for whole-body regeneration.

Some animals can achieve extraordinary feats of repair, such as salamanders which grow back legs, or geckos which can shed their tails to escape predators and then form new ones in just two months.

Planarian worms, jellyfish, and sea anemones go even further, actually regenerating their entire bodies after being cut in half.

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Mar 14, 2019

Deep-Sea Explorers Discover Wreck of WWII Aircraft Carrier USS Wasp

Posted by in category: military

More than 70 years after it was torpedoed and sunk during the World War II Battle of Guadalcanal, the aircraft carrier USS Wasp has been discovered in the Coral Sea.

Wasp was spotted on the seabed, in 14,000 feet of water, by the research vessel (RV) Petrel, part of a research organization established by Microsoft Corp. co-founder Paul Allen, in January.

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Mar 14, 2019

Aging Analytics Agency Photo 3

Posted by in category: life extension

And Vetek Association’s Mindmap of the 160 companies and 180 investors operating in the Israeli Longevity Industry Landscape.

Link to the Report: https://www.aginganalytics.com/longevity-in-israel

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Mar 14, 2019

This robot gripper looks like a wilted flower, but it can lift 100 times its own weight

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Weird-looking robots are the best robots.

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Mar 14, 2019

Do You Want to Live Forever?

Posted by in category: life extension

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Exploring the appeal of immortality: would you want to live forever?

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