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Tesla model Y first ride

Posted by Shailesh Prasad in sustainability, transportation

Mar 16
2019

Taking Tesla’s new Model Y for a test ride.

A disturbing side-by-side look at how much fat, sugar, produce, and grains we eat each day — versus how much we should

Mar 16
2019

The world has more than enough food to eat, but unfortunately, it’s not the right kind. This chart shows what we should be eating, versus the reality.

These concept tires could help cars fly

Posted by Shailesh Prasad in transportation

Mar 16
2019

Goodyear has unveiled a new concept tire that would work as both a propeller for a flying car, and a regular tire https://cnn.it/2F6KBse

Astronomers discover 83 supermassive black holes at the edge of the universe

Posted by Michael Lance in cosmology

Mar 16
2019

A team of international astronomers have been hunting for ancient, supermassive black holes — and they’ve hit the motherlode.

Lurking in the distant corners of space are 83 monster black holes that can teach us about the early days of the cosmos.

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Scientists Kept Rats Sober

Posted by James Christian Smith in futurism

Mar 16
2019

Cntrl Alt Delete #Forgettaboutit

This new therapy has the potential to prevent relapses.

Beto O’Rourke could be the first hacker president

Posted by Michael Lance in cybercrime/malcode, geopolitics, internet

Mar 16
2019

Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke has revealed he was a member of a notorious decades-old hacking group.

The former congressman was a member of the Texas-based hacker group, the Cult of the Dead Cow, known for inspiring early hacktivism in the internet age and building exploits and hacks for Microsoft Windows. The group used the internet as a platform in the 1990s to protest real-world events, often to promote human rights and denouncing censorship. Among its many releases, the Cult of the Dead Cow was best known for its Back Orifice program, a remote access and administration tool.

O’Rourke went by the handle “Psychedelic Warlord,” as revealed by Reuters, which broke the story.

Our Brains Instantly Make Two Copies of Each Memory

Posted by Mary Jain in neuroscience

Mar 16
2019

For decades, we’ve thought that memories were formed in two distinct stages—short-term first, then long-term later.

We might be wrong. New research suggests that our brains make two copies of each memory in the moment they are formed. One is filed away in the hippocampus, the center of short-term memories, while the other is stored in cortex, where our long-term memories reside.

These findings, published yesterday in the journal Science, upend more than 50 years of accepted neuroscience, and they’re being hailed by other neuroscientists. Here’s James Gallagher, reporting for BBC News:

I am Programmer, I have no life

Posted by Michael Lance in futurism

Mar 16
2019

Bahía de Banderas, Nayarit. Programming, Programmer, Funny quotes, photos, videos about software engineers wink hit like if you are a programmer :P.

Changing Newark requires bold ideas. Mayor proposes guaranteed income for all

Posted by Genevieve Klien in economics

Mar 16
2019

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka speaks during his fifth state of the city address at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center on March 12, 2019. (Karen Yi | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com)

MIT research shows brain wave stimulation might help Alzheimer’s

Posted by Genevieve Klien in biotech/medical, neuroscience

Mar 16
2019

Of all the conditions that affect the elderly, one of the hardest for family and medical providers to deal with is Alzheimer’s disease. This condition impairs memory to the point that some afflicted with the condition can’t remember their loved ones. MIT researchers have found a new potential treatment that has shown promise in testing.