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Tabby’s Star has dimmed by 5% – the lowest dip seen since it was first observed in 2013.

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A new study challenges the traditional view that learning in the brain is synaptic, or link-based, proposing instead that it is dendritic, or node-based.

In an era of artificial eggs and Crispr, anyone could become a biological parent to the healthiest baby.

Elevation — How Drones Will Change Cities

Drones will transform cities, revolutionising how people travel, how goods are delivered and how buildings look and are constructed, according to a documentary by Dezeen.

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By Jessica Hamzelou

A newly discovered network of fluid-filled channels in the human body may be a previously-unknown organ, and it seems to help transport cancer cells around the body.

This discovery was made by chance, from routine endoscopies – a procedure that involves inserting a thin camera into a person’s gastrointestinal tract. Newer approaches enable doctors to use this procedure to get a microscopic look at the tissue inside a person’s gut at the same time, with some surprising results.

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This is huge: Chinese scientists have successfully cloned monkeys (via NowThis Future)

Space Development Nexus will span 6 continents, and serve as the water cooler for the New Space industry as we all make our way to LEO and beyond, Networking individuals and companies from every aspect of the industry from launch vehicles to communications to astrogeology. Where social networking takes constant management, these meetups, Activities, workshops, seminars and other interactive activities will make our message available across the industry, and to the public, with one coherent voice – “Space is for everyone, and we’re bringing it down to Earth.”

When it first announced the project, the company said it could have a working prototype of the revolutionary power source as early as 2019.

Transhumanist thinking has gained a remarkable amount of traction and publicity this year. Powerful Silicon Valley interests have been mounting a charm offensive designed to persuade us of both the value and the inevitability of this transformation.

In a startling leap towards a future that many thought only existed in sci-fi, a Wisconsin high-tech company, Three Square Market, started microchipping its employees last year.

The announcement followed on the heels of a similar move by Swedish company Epicenter, the first to begin this practice. While Three Square Market’s approach is voluntary, the company is financially subsidizing the procedure.

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