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Aug 8, 2024
(Ad-free video) Leonard Susskind: Strings, Quarks, Black Holes, and More
Posted by Dan Breeden in categories: cosmology, particle physics
One of the leading theoretical physicists today talks about progress in understanding the open mysteries of the cosmos.
Aug 8, 2024
The Fermi Paradox: Migration
Posted by Dan Breeden in categories: alien life, existential risks, media & arts
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We often wonder where all the vast and ancient alien civilizations are, but could it be that they’ve migrated far away in space or time, or even journeyed beyond our cosmos?
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Aug 8, 2024
Donald Hoffman — Consciousness, Mysteries Beyond Spacetime, and Waking up from the Dream of Life
Posted by Dan Breeden in categories: mathematics, neuroscience, physics
Professor Donald Hoffman is a cognitive neuroscientist and the author of more than 90 scientific papers and three books, including Visual Intelligence and The Case Against Reality.
He is best known for his theory of consciousness, which combines evolutionary theory with mathematics to make a compelling case that the reality we see every day is an illusion created by our minds.
Aug 8, 2024
How the stressed-out brain can weaken the immune system
Posted by Cecile G. Tamura in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience
Stress sensitive neural circuits change the gut microbiome and the duodenal glands.
Precision mapping of a gut-brain circuit w/ functional impact.
Glands in the small intestine (Brunner’s) have GLP-1 receptors, are stress-sensitive, connect to the brain via the vagal nerve, modulate bacterial…
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Aug 8, 2024
The Religious Experience of Philip K. Dick by R. Crumb from Weirdo #17
Posted by Dan Breeden in category: electronics
I have added a link to a.cbr file (Comic Book Archive) to download and read on your electronic device if that would be easier for your enjoyment of the story. The Religious Experience of Philip K.
Aug 8, 2024
Adam Douglas Thompson on Instagram: ‘Mine in this week’s @newyorkermag’
Posted by Liliana Alfair in category: futurism
When an interdisciplinary conference lasts a little longer…
929 likes, — adamdthompson on July 22, 2024: ‘Mine in this week’s @newyorkermag’
Aug 8, 2024
CRISPRi-based circuits to control gene expression in plants
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical, genetics
Programmable and reversible CRISPRi-based genetic circuits function in a variety of plants.
Aug 8, 2024
11 Top-Rated Home Saunas for Longevity
Posted by J.P. Medved in category: life extension
Unfortunately, while the science behind sauna use for longevity seems more convincing than cold plunging, saunas themselves cost a lot more than cold plunges…
Heat therapy seems to be good for longevity, so we looked around for the top-rated home saunas to bring those health benefits to you.
Aug 8, 2024
Images from NASA’s DART spacecraft reveal insights into near-Earth asteroid
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: evolution, space
Images that NASA’s DART spacecraft captured of an asteroid moments before it intentionally collided with the object in 2022 have now allowed researchers to gain fresh insights into the celestial bodies.
The slew of studies published this week using data gathered from the asteroids Didymos and Dimorphos are an indication, researchers say, that the DART mission accomplished far more than just proving that potentially dangerous asteroids can be redirected from a trajectory toward Earth.
The findings published Tuesday across five research papers help to characterize the origin, evolution and physical characteristics of the two asteroids, located within 7 million miles of Earth. What the researchers discovered could help scientists better understand binary asteroids, such as Didymos and Dimorphos, in which the smaller body orbits the other.
