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Lifeboat News #268

#268

Lifeboat News

This issue published on 11/01/24. Copyright 2024 Lifeboat Foundation. All Rights Reserved.

Facebook Donates to the Lifeboat Foundation

Our Facebook page at https://facebook.com/lifeboatfoundation has become popular enough that Facebook is going to start donating money to Lifeboat Foundation in return for activity on our page!
 
The key was that we needed to pass 10K followers before they did this. We are making progress and have now passed 11K followers!
 
The source for this page is our Facebook group at https://facebook.com/groups/lifeboatfoundation and we welcome posts there.

New Worlds 2024 Update

New Worlds 2024, the SXSW of Space, will be held November 1–2 in Houston, Texas.
 
Our Barbara Belvisi, Shelli Brunswick, Charles M. Chafer, Ben Haldeman, Christopher S. Jannette, Alexander Layendecker, James S. Logan, Phil T. Metzger, Junaid Mian, Rick N. Tumlinson, Peter Ward, Frank White, Bart Womack, and Pete Worden will be speaking/participating.
 
Learn more at https://newworlds.org

Longevity Summit 2024 Update

The Longevity Summit 2024 will be held December 3–4 in Novato, California.
 
Our David Barzilai, Christin Glorioso, Lorna Harries, and Steve Horvath will be speaking.
 
Learn more at https://longevitygl.org/longevity-summit

iOS App

Get the free iOS app “Supraconscious You” by our Maria Olon Tsaroucha at https://apps.apple.com/in/app/supracons...46135896
 
Are you vision driven? Are you a dynamic soul? Are you an expert in your field or you want to become one? Still, your mind is stuck in some habitual patterns that you have not yet found a way to transform? This app is for you!

Books

Read “After the Fall: Sri Lanka in Victory and War”, authored by Mohan K. Tikku at https://amzn.to/3NxpFyf
 
Read “Bennu 3-D: Anatomy of an Asteroid” at https://amzn.to/3Y3DSrx. This book was coauthored by our Dante Lauretta who is also Principal Investigator of the OSIRIS-REx mission.
 
Read “Intercountry Cultural Differences and Intercultural Nursing Approaches” (in Turkish), coauthored by our David Evans at https://publications.holistence.com/ulk...as%C4%B1
 
Read “Kish Cypher: The Story Of KLJN For Unconditional Security”, authored by our Laszlo B. Kish at https://amzn.to/3tnGrWI
 
Read “Matter Over Mind: Cosmos, Chaos, and Curiosity”, authored by our Elaine Walker at https://amzn.to/3Nw8Mnt
 
Read “Rapamycin: mTOR, Autophagy & Treating mTOR Syndrome” by our Ross Pelton at https://amzn.to/4802lmd
 
Read “Transhuman Citizen: Zoltan Istvan’s Hunt for Immortality”, about our Zoltan Istvan at https://amzn.to/4dHM32r

Papers

Read “Pathways in Governance between Logic, Emotion, Spirituality and Action AI-assisted clarification of contrasting modalities of persuasion” by our Anthony Judge at https://www.laetusinpraesens.org/docs20...cyc3.php
 
Read “World Futures Day 2023 Global futures agenda by The Millennium Project” by our Mara Di Berardo at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/a...2400168X

Blog

Bruce Burke joins our blog team with the post “Google is Reportedly Developing a ‘Computer-Using Agent’ AI System” at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/10/googl...i-system
 
Chavis Srichan joins our blog team with the post “Aging and longevity: Could a cheek swab test predict mortality risk?” at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/10/aging...ity-risk
 
Natasha Vita-More joins our blog team with the post “Where an Anti-Aging Theory Goes Right (and Wrong)” at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/10/where...nd-wrong
 
Recent interesting blog posts include:
 
“A New Gene Therapy Reprograms Cancer Cells to Fight Themselves” by Genevieve Klien at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/09/a-new...emselves
 
“Blood stem cell breakthrough could have ‘massive impact’ on patients” by Paul Battista at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/09/blood...patients
 
“‘Brain dead’ man trapped in body heard debate about turning off his life support” by The Neuro-Network at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/10/brain...-support
 
“The breakthrough AI needs” by Rx Sobolewski at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/09/the-b...ai-needs
 
“Breakthrough Discovery Links Immune System to Parkinson’s Progression” by Paul Battista at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/10/break...gression
 
“China’s Dominance in the Solar Panel Supply Chain” by Zola Balazs Bekasi at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/09/china...ly-chain
 
“Controlling molecular arrangements using selenium doping” by Dan Breeden at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/09/contr...m-doping
 
“Did the building blocks of life replicate on their own?” by Shubham Ghosh Roy at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/10/did-t...heir-own
 
“E5 treatment showing improved health-span and lifespan in old Sprague Dawley rats” by John Davies at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/09/e5-tr...ley-rats
 
“Enchanting Eloquence: The Concerning Case of AI Metaphysics” by Dan Breeden at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/09/encha...aphysics
 
“Enhancing Organoid Complexity With DNA Microbeads” by Shubham Ghosh Roy at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/09/enhan...crobeads
 
“The First Water Engine” by Brent Ellman at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/10/the-f...r-engine
 
“The Forgotten Pandemic” by Logan Thrasher Collins at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/11/the-f...pandemic
 
“Formation of Super-Earths is Limited Near Metal-Poor Stars — New study may help the search for life beyond Earth” by Natalie Chan at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/10/forma...nd-earth
 
“The Future of Lunar Resource Extraction: Teleoperation and Simulation” by Laurence Tognetti at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/10/the-f...mulation
 
“Graphene-based wearable strain sensor can detect and broadcast silently mouthed words” by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/09/graph...ed-words
 
“How Conscious Thought Fades Under Anesthesia” by Jose Ruben Rodriguez Fuentes at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/10/how-c...esthesia
 
“Japan’s Magnetic Levitation Cars Could Revolutionize The Automotive Industry” by Josh Seeherman at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/10/japan...industry
 
“Leapfrogging Super-Apps with AI Super-Agents” by Bruce Burke at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/10/leapf...r-agents
 
“Mathematicians Surprised By Hidden Fibonacci Numbers” by Quinn Sena at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/09/mathe...-numbers
 
“Meet Geoffrey Hinton: Winner of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics” by Chris Smedley at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/10/meet-...-physics
 
“Memory Breakthrough: Helical Magnets Pave the Way for Next-Gen Storage” by Genevieve Klien at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/09/memor...-storage
 
“Microtubules and Consciousness: Exploring Energy Transfer and Quantum Theories” by Scott Bleackley at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/10/micro...theories
 
“The Milky Way May Host A Massive Wormhole — New Research Paper Reveals” by Arthur Brown at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/10/the-m...-reveals
 
“MIT team takes a major step toward fully 3D-printed active electronics” by Omuterema Akhahenda at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/10/mit-t...ctronics
 
“New insights into exotic nuclei creation using Langevin equation model” by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/10/new-i...on-model
 
“New Insights into how Mars became Uninhabitable” by Natalie Chan at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/11/new-i...abitable
 
“Newly discovered Antibody Protects Against All COVID-19 Variants” by Natalie Chan at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/09/newly...variants
 
“The Nobel Prize in Physics 2024” by Quinn Sena at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/10/the-n...ics-2024
 
“Nvidia just dropped a bombshell: Its new AI model is open, massive, and ready to rival GPT-4” by Cecile G. Tamura at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/10/nvidi...al-gpt-4
 
“Original Art Stimulates the Brain More Than Reproductions, Study Finds” by The Neuro-Network at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/10/origi...dy-finds
 
“Presentation by Kallum Robinson on Theories of consciousness, Seth & Bayne 2022 Nat Rev Neuroscience” by Dan Breeden at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/10/prese...oscience
 
“Qualcomm CEO Reveals Smart Glasses Partnership With Google and Samsung” by Shailesh Prasad at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/09/qualc...-samsung
 
“Scientists Find Evidence Of Dyson Spheres And Alien Civilizations” by Jose Ruben Rodriguez Fuentes at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/10/scien...izations
 
“Scientists mapped every neuron of an adult animal’s brain for the first time” by Jose Ruben Rodriguez Fuentes at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/10/scien...rst-time
 
“Silicon Valley billionaire says AI will take over 80% of work in 80% of jobs” by Mike Diverde at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/09/silic...-of-jobs
 
“Targeting Glucose May Spark Neurogenesis” by Paul Battista at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/10/targe...ogenesis
 
“Wearable brain imaging device shines a light on how babies respond in real-world situations” by The Neuro-Network at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/09/weara...tuations
 
“Webb Telescope Unveils New Chemical Insights on Pluto’s Moon Charon” by Laurence Tognetti at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/10/webb-...n-charon
 
“Why a ruling against the Internet Archive threatens the future of America’s libraries” by Robin Indeededo at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/09/why-a...ibraries
 
“Your Consciousness Can Connect With the Whole Universe, Groundbreaking New Research Suggests” by Arthur Brown at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/09/your-...suggests
 
“Zirconium metals under extreme conditions found to deform in surprisingly complex ways” by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/09/zirco...lex-ways

Growing Membership

We now have over 5,900 donors!
 
Recent donations/pledges we have received since our last newsletter:
 
Timothy Wass: $260, John Wsol: $260, Lois Huneycutt: $100, Gerald Rutherford: $100, Glow Yoga + Juice: $85, Mike Ritter: $85, Frank Smith: $25, Rebecca R. Cooper: $10, Susan Cutforth: $10, Labrum Law Firm Personal Injury Lawyers: $10, Patrik Sandin: $10, Roland Schiefer: $10, David Shumaker: $10, Online Kasiino: $5, Target Pest Control: $5, Moving Service Directory: $2, Bellingham Tile Install: $1, Comfort & Style Construction: $1, Dutch Times: $1, EliteVita: $1, EmbdyHealth: $1, Expert Law Attorneys: $1, FHL: Fitness & Healthy Lifestyle: $1, Heinlein Supply: $1, Konn LLC: $1, Mani Ellis & Layne Accident & Injury Lawyers: $1, Movers Directory USA: $1, Moving Experts Network: $1, Streamrecorder: $1, Things With Fur: $1, and Trusted Movers Guide: $1.