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Patrick Dougherty’s Mind-Blowing Nest Houses Made of Living Trees

Feb 10
2019

No, this isn’t the work of some gigantic bird. The living art you see before you was actually done by man — more specifically, artist and branchbender extraordinaire Patrick Dougherty. Crafting human-sized nest houses made by actually weaving growing trees into the shapes of houses, cocoons, pagodas, huts, giant water pitchers and even people, Dougherty has traveled the world with his truly extraordinary sculptures. Click through our photo gallery for images of some of his coolest work.

Scientists Studying Near-Death Experiences Predict What Happens After Death

Posted by Genevieve Klien in futurism

Feb 10
2019

A third of people who’ve had a brush with death report having one.

Drug combo makes neurons to replace damaged ones

Posted by Paul Battista in biotech/medical, neuroscience

Feb 10
2019

A new drug cocktail could turn cells near damaged neurons into fully functional new ones.

New Pill can Deliver Insulin Through the Stomach

Posted by Paul Battista in biotech/medical

Feb 10
2019

An MIT-led research team has developed a drug capsule that could be used to deliver oral doses of insulin, potentially replacing the injections that people with type 2 diabetes have to give themselves every day.

About the size of a blueberry, the capsule contains a small needle made of compressed insulin, which is injected after the capsule reaches the stomach. In tests in animals, the researchers showed that they could deliver enough insulin to lower blood sugar to levels comparable to those produced by injections given through skin. They also demonstrated that the device can be adapted to deliver other protein drugs.

“We are really hopeful that this new type of capsule could someday help diabetic patients and perhaps anyone who requires therapies that can now only be given by injection or infusion,” says Robert Langer, the David H. Koch Institute Professor, a member of MIT’s Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, and one of the senior authors of the study.

DNA Methylation Plays Important Roles in Plant Biology

Posted by Quinn Sena in biotech/medical

Feb 10
2019

Unlike animals, plants stably pass on their DNA methylomes from one generation to the next. The resulting gene silencing likely hides an abundance of phenotypic variation.

#131 Nikola Danaylov: The Singularity, Doing Futurism, and the Human Element

Posted by Mark Larkento in singularity

Feb 10
2019

The Dissenter

America is going back to the Moon — to stay!

Posted by Michael Lance in space travel

Feb 10
2019

As we look to explore our nearest celestial neighbor, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine tells OZY how we’ll partner with U.S. companies to design and develop landers to send astronauts to the lunar surface. Read Bridenstine’s op-ed: https://go.nasa.gov/2SKGQS2

There will be no cost to mine a Bitcoin in future

Posted by Klaus Baldauf in bitcoin, futurism

Feb 10
2019

It looks like we heading type 1 civilizations for Bitcoin not for earth. The blockchain industry is very new for mankind and we have not seen this industry exponential growth yet.

Stem cell therapy helping once-paralyzed dogs walk again

Posted by Genevieve Klien in biotech/medical

Feb 10
2019

LEAGUE CITY, Texas (FOX 26) — It was his own illness that got Dr. Steven Dale Garner hooked on stem cell therapy.

“I went into a coma for seven weeks,” said Dr. Garner. “When I woke up from the coma, I myself was paralyzed.”

The veterinarian knew stem cell therapy was being used to treat arthritis in dogs, but could it help the nervous system?

House Passes Bill To Create Early Warning System Off West Coast

Posted by Genevieve Klien in futurism

Feb 10
2019

The House of Representatives has approved a bill (Wednesday) that would create an earthquake earthquake early warning system off the west coast.