Lifeboat News #276

• AGI-25
• International Longevity Summit Africa
• 7th Middle East and Africa Regional IAU Meeting
• 6th TimePie Longevity Forum
• TransVision Madrid 2025
• Reports
• Papers
• Blog
• Growing Membership

AGI-25

AGI-25 will be held Aug 10–13 in Reykjavík, Iceland.
 
Our Pulin Agrawal, Joscha Bach, Ben Goertzel, Patrick Hammer, Marcus Hutter, Matt Iklé, Robert Johansson, Anton Kolonin, Alex Ororbia, Alexey Potapov, Pei Wang, and Robert Wray will be speaking.
 
Learn more at https://agi-conf.org/2025

International Longevity Summit Africa

International Longevity Summit Africa (ILSA 2025) will be held Sep 10–11 in Durban, South Africa.
 
Our Chogwu Abdul, Aubrey de Grey, Nadine Hoosen, Ósìnàkáchì Ákùmà Kálù, Joel I. Osorio, Brenda Ramokopelwa, Jasmine Smith, James Strole, and Natasha Vita-More will be speaking.
 
If you want 15% off your Qatar Airways ticket, send an email to [email protected] with the subject “Lifeboat Foundation ILSA 2025”.
 
Learn more at https://conference.taffds.org

7th Middle East and Africa Regional IAU Meeting

The 7th Middle East and Africa Regional IAU Meeting (MEARIM7) will be held Nov 11–13 in Amnan, Jordan. The abstract submission deadline is Sep 20.
 
MEARIM7 is the triennial regional conference convened under the auspices of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) and hosted by the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in November 2025. Co-organised by the Arab Union for Astronomy and Space Sciences (AUASS), the University of Jordan, the University of Sharjah and the Network of Researchers on the Chemical Emergence of Life (NoRCEL led by our Sohan Jheeta), this landmark event brings together leading voices in astronomy, space science, education, and science policy from across the Middle East, Africa, and the wider global community.
 
Learn more at https://norcel.net/norcel-and-mearim7

6th TimePie Longevity Forum

The 6th TimePie Longevity Forum will be held Sep 20–21 in Shanghai, China.
 
Our David Barzilai, Vadim N. Gladyshev, Vera Gorbunova, Jing-Dong Jackie Han, Steve Horvath, Alexander Paziotopoulos, and Jan Vijg will be speaking.
 
Learn more at https://www.timepielongevityforum.com

TransVision Madrid 2025

TransVision Madrid 2025 will be held October 1–2 in Madrid, Spain and in Cyberspace.
 
Our José Luis Cordeiro, Aubrey de Grey, João Pedro de Magalhães, Rodolfo Goya, Steve Horvath, Andrea B. Maier, Phil Newman, Elizabeth Parrish, Sergio M.L. Tarrero, and Sabinije von Gaffke will be speaking.
 
Our Felipe Debasa, Ben Goertzel, Ramón Risco, Anders Sandberg, and Natasha Vita-More are on this conference’s scientific committee.
 
Learn more at https://transvisionmadrid.com/es/index.html

Reports

Read “Robotto-san becomes Prime Minister: Democratized ASI is born in 2035” by our José Cordeiro at https://lifeboat.com/ex/robotto-san.bec....in.2035
 
This Lifeboat Foundation Special Report is a scenario that was written to be presented at the next UN General Assembly.

Papers

Read “David Horton: A Polymath of Science, Culture, and Memory” — An Academic Essay with Critical Reflections on His Life, Work, and Memoir by our Dr. Lydia Allison Fucsko at https://lifeboat.com/pdfs/dr.david.hort...2025.pdf
 
Read “The Existential Risk of Failing to Build Democratic Power” by our Ahmed Bouzid at https://lifeboat.com/pdfs/the.existenti...ower.pdf

Blog

Recent interesting blog posts include:
 
“A Downside of Taurine: It Drives Leukemia Growth” by Omuterema Akhahenda at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/06/a-dow...a-growth
 
“A New Geometry for Einstein’s Theory of Relativity” by Paul Battista at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/07/a-new...lativity
 
“AI Is Breaking Into a Higher Dimension—Literally—to Mimic the Human Brain and Achieve True Intelligence” by Rx Sobolewski at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/07/ai-is...lligence
 
“AI tool spots hidden heart disease using routine electrocardiogram data” by Natalie Chan at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/07/ai-to...ram-data
 
“Artificial light in big cities is extending the growing season of urban plants, satellite observations show” by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/06/artif...ons-show
 
“Can space and time emerge from simple rules? Wolfram thinks so” by Dan Breeden at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/06/can-s...hinks-so
 
“Companies That Replaced Humans With AI Are Now Regretting It—Here’s Why” by Magaly Santiago at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/06/compa...eres-why
 
“CU Denver Develops Quantum Tool that May Lead to Gamma-Ray Lasers and Access the Multiverse” by Cecile G. Tamura at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/07/cu-de...ltiverse
 
“Damaged DNA no more? Scientists build shield for mitochondria” by Genevieve Klien at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/07/damag...chondria
 
“Doctors Find They Can Detect Cancer in Blood Years Before Diagnosis” by Shubham Ghosh Roy at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/06/docto...iagnosis
 
“Excessive oleic acid, found in olive oil, shown to drive fat cell growth” by Natalie Chan at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/06/exces...l-growth
 
“Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt warns of AI superintelligence outpacing Earth’s energy limits: ‘Chips will outrun power needs’” by Kelvin Dafiaghor at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/07/forme...er-needs
 
“German scientists create material that never existed before and could transform semiconductors, lasers, and quantum technology” by Jose Ruben Rodriguez Fuentes at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/07/germa...chnology
 
“Glass nanostructures reflect nearly all visible light, challenging photonics assumptions” by Yuta Aoki at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/06/glass...umptions
 
“Google Introduces Flow: A New AI Filmmaking Tool Powered by Veo 3” by Omuterema Akhahenda at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/06/googl...by-veo-3
 
“Heart valve for young children shines in early-stage preclinical testing” by Yuta Aoki at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/06/heart...-testing
 
“Humans will achieve immortality by 2030, says futurist” by Shailesh Prasad at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/06/human...futurist
 
“I Tried the World’s First Tesla Diner (11 Hour Wait)” by Chris Smedley at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/07/i-tri...our-wait
 
“In a first, transmon qubit achieves a coherence time of one millisecond” by Yuta Aoki at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/07/in-a-...lisecond
 
“Is Gravity Just Entropy Rising? Long-Shot Idea Gets Another Look” by Paul Battista at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/06/is-gr...her-look
 
“Let’s Build an Automated Abundance Economy” by Zoltan Istvan at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/07/lets-...-economy
 
“Longevity Starts in Your Head: How to Train Your Mind to Extend Your Life” by Better Than Yesterday: Biohacking & Healthy Aging at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/06/longe...our-life
 
“MIT creates a pocket-sized 3D printer that prints objects in seconds” by Rx Sobolewski at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/07/mit-c...-seconds
 
“Neuroscientists discover biological mechanism that helps the brain ignore irrelevant information” by The Neuro-Network at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/06/neuro...ormation
 
“New Diamond Magnetometer Paves the Way for GPS-Free Navigation” by Genevieve Klien at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/06/new-d...vigation
 
“New ‘Mind-Reading’ AI Predicts What Humans Will Do Next, And It’s Shockingly Accurate” by Paul Moscarella at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/07/new-m...accurate
 
“Physicists Found a New Clue That Could Reveal the Fifth Force” by Paul Battista at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/06/physi...th-force
 
“Physicists use terahertz light to manipulate electronic properties in 2D materials” by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/07/physi...aterials
 
“Q&A: Physics and the value of scientific disappointment” by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/06/qa-ph...ointment
 
“Researchers discover link between key protein and brain synapse development” by Dan Breeden at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/07/resea...elopment
 
“Restoring youth: Scientists use engineered cells to restore vitality in primates” by John Davies at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/06/resto...primates
 
“Scientists Are Building a Quantum Computer With Chips Made out of Glass” by Rx Sobolewski at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/07/scien...of-glass
 
“Scientists Crack the 500-Million-Year-Old Code That Controls Your Immune System” by Jose Ruben Rodriguez Fuentes at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/06/scien...e-system
 
“Scientists create biological ‘artificial intelligence’ system” by Dan Breeden at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/07/scien...e-system
 
“Scientists give robots a sense of touch with fabric that mimics human skin” by Shailesh Prasad at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/08/scien...man-skin
 
“Scientists make jaw-dropping find after drilling more than 1,500 feet into Antarctic ice: ‘We even discovered a school of lobster-like creatures’” by Genevieve Klien at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/06/scien...reatures
 
“Scientists transform pee into material fit for medical implants” by Jose Ruben Rodriguez Fuentes at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/07/scien...implants
 
“Sohu AI chip claimed to run models 20x faster and cheaper than Nvidia H100 GPUs” by Cecile G. Tamura at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/06/sohu-...100-gpus
 
“Universe emerged from time, not from space? New theory shows how” by Shubham Ghosh Roy at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/06/unive...hows-how
 
“Wearables, AI and the future of personalized care: Rice experts available to speak on digital health topics” by Omuterema Akhahenda at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/07/weara...h-topics
 
“Why human empathy still matters in the age of AI” by Shubham Ghosh Roy at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/06/why-h...ge-of-ai
 
“Your Brain Is Glowing, and Scientists Can’t Figure Out Why” by Cecile G. Tamura at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/06/your-...-out-why