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Scientists have developed a video game to simulate the effects of approaching light speed, including the Doppler effect and visual changes.
At speeds nearing the speed of light, even tiny atoms in space become dangerous and can cause explosions on a spacecraft's coating.
The theory of relativity suggests that as you approach the speed of light, time slows down for you, and your mass increases, making it impossible to reach or exceed the speed of light.
While there have been observations of objects seemingly moving faster than light, they are due to the expansion of space itself and not a violation of Einstein's laws.
Faster-than-light travel remains a theoretical challenge with many paradoxes.
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Deep sea creatures often evolve into giants due to the scarcity of food below 400 meters, where photosynthesis is no longer possible, and they rely on marine snow, which is composed of dead plankton and other organic matter that sinks from shallower waters.
The pressure of predation in the deep sea is high, leading to the evolution of deep-sea animals into top predators to avoid being preyed upon.
Cold environments in the deep sea, driven by Bergman's rule, can lead to gigantism in certain ectothermic species, as colder water carries more oxygen, allowing for larger body sizes.
Some deep-sea giants, like the Greenland Shark and colossal squid, have slow metabolisms and opportunistic feeding strategies to survive in pitch-black, nutrient-poor, and extremely cold conditions of the deep sea.
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These xenobots were originally created for various purposes, including monitoring radioactivity, combating pollution, and potentially curing diseases.
Xenobots started reproducing spontaneously, a phenomenon never observed before in science, raising questions about the nature of life.
Biorobotics is a field that integrates biology with mechanical design, using living tissue like muscle tissue for robots, offering advantages such as flexibility and self-healing.
Xenobots were created by AI-driven design, combining different types of cells to produce robots that can perform specific tasks, such as collecting particles or potentially carrying out medical procedures.
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π₯ #TikTok #Vine #Success
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This is not science fiction in any way; we could begin constructing this future right now. We don't need novel physics or fancy materials to enable asteroid mining, just a little shove will do.
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Building a natural gas-powered plant would cost only $920 per kilowatt. Each full block unit represents $5.6 million; blocks can be partially filled to represent smaller fractions. If they both run for an hour, they will each generate 1,000 megawatt hours of energy. Because the energy market is complex, it is not easy to calculate the revenue from this number. Nuclear power has one major advantage: its fuel is relatively inexpensive simply by virtue of needing much less of it than natural gas does. Before even talking about the safety concerns, nuclear energy just becomes a tremendously tough investment to justify over time, leading to an even larger run into the negative before income begins.
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Neutron stars could be responsible for the creation of some of the heavy elements in the universe, such as gold, uranium and platinum. Others believe that quarks may turn into strange quarks, creating strange matter with extreme properties. The magnetic fields of neutron stars, when first formed, spin very rapidly, creating pulses due to the emission of beams of radio waves.
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The National Ignition Facility fired a fuel pellet with two million joules of laser energy - about the amount of power needed to run a hair dryer for 15 minutes. The National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is the world's first commercial-scale fusion power plant. Its output of two million joules is 50 times that of the next most powerful laser on the planet. The efficiency of the system could be greatly improved by using more powerful lasers and making them in ways that use less energy.
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This graph shows the evolution of artificial intelligence's perceptual powers over the last nine years. Artificial intelligence is no longer a technology of the future; AI is here, and much of what is currently reality would have appeared sci-fi only a few years ago. The vast range of uses demonstrates that this is a fairly general technology that individuals can employ for some incredibly goodβand some quite badβgoals. Artificial intelligence (AI) systems have become more powerful as the amount of training data has grown. PaLM's training computation was more than 5 million times greater than AlexNet, the AI with the biggest training computation just ten years ago.
Researchers examine long-term trends to determine what is conceivable in the future. An artificial intelligence system could be powerful enough to bring the globe into a "qualitatively different future" It could cause a change as big as the agricultural and industrial revolutions. We are still in the early stages of this history, and much of what will become feasible is still ahead of us.
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Living on the moon or Mars will be difficult and stressful, so first occupants will most likely only stay for a few years. A Dutch company plans to transport a very pregnant woman 250 miles up just long enough to give birth. Orbital Assembly Corporation plans to open a luxury hotel in space in 2027. NASA is exploring permitting a reality television show to send a citizen to the International Space Station.
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The most habitable planet would be nearly twice the mass of Earth and 20 to 30 percent larger in volume. Super-Earths, by definition, exhibit many of the characteristics of a super-livable planet. Astronomers know that the building blocks for life exist elsewhere, but "livable" does not imply "inhabited". Until scientists discover proof of life elsewhere, it's plausible that life on Earth was a one-of-a-kind accident. The next generation of big ground-based telescopes will have the best chance of finding signs of life in the atmospheres of exoplanets.
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But you should still be able to escape if you don't cross the event horizon. The Catch is that you'd have to travel faster than the speed of light.
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The researchers were able to replicate critical brain processesβneuron firing, synapse processing, and learningβat an artificial level. They hope to scale up their system and demonstrate that it can process real-world data.
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π₯ #Quantam #Brain #Computing
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β nature.com/articles/s41565-020-00838-4
β eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/run-tfs012821.php
β scientificamerican.com/article/what-exactly-is-the-spin
β sciencemag.org/news/2018/04/einstein-s-spooky-action-distance-spotted-objects-almost-big-enough-see#:~:text=Albert%20Einstein%20colorfully%20dismissed%20quantum,to%20a%20satellite%20in%20space.
β aps.org/publications/apsnews/199806/quantumcomputing.cfm
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The researchers invited 36 people with the ability to lucid dream into four labs dispersed across France, Germany, and the Netherlands. They tried to communicate with their sleeping participants in somewhat different ways, something that would never be done in a scientific study.
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β npr.org/2021/02/27/971958260/scientists-talked-to-people-in-their-dreams-they-answered
β the-scientist.com/news-opinion/researchers-exchange-messages-with-dreamers-68477
β pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/lucid-dreaming-communication
β pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24171230
β sciencemag.org/news/2021/02/scientists-entered-peoples-dreams-and-got-them-talking
β livescience.com/real-time-communication-while-dreaming.html
β dazeddigital.com/science-tech/article/51985/1/science-sleep-lucid-dream-communicate-from-our-dreams
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π₯ #Earthβs #First #Organisms
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β nature.com/articles/s41467-021-21849-2
β liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/ast.2005.5.515
β nature.com/articles/srep17198
β pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2016/CP/C6CP00836D#!divAbstract
β sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0009254101003631?via%3Dihub
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Scientists believe underground seas exist on Jupiter's moon Europa, Saturn's moons Enceladus and Titan. These inner ocean worlds may be among the greatest areas in the solar system to seek life beyond Earth. If they are frequent, it is significantly less likely that we are alone in the universe, but it may be more difficult to establish the case. Astronomers have found that the Earth's magnetic field is not strong enough to protect it from asteroids, comets, explosives, and dangerous stereos from the host stars of the nearby supernovae. Such planets need little for strong magnetic fields, such as Earth, to be able to withstand them.
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π₯ #Extraterrestrial #Alien #Life
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β sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0094576516311511
β https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2021/pdf/1180.pdf
β space.com/six-exomoons-possibly-discovered.html
β sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0094576516311511
β scientificamerican.com/article/surprise-pluto-may-have-possessed-a-subsurface-ocean-at-birth
β space.com/alien-life-ocean-moons-europa-enceladus.html
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π₯ #Digital #Age #Authoritarianism
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β freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-net/2018/rise-digital-authoritarianism
β csis.org/analysis/promote-and-build-strategic-approach-digital-authoritarianism
β warontherocks.com/2020/02/when-it-comes-to-digital-authoritarianism-china-is-a-challenge-but-not-the-only-challenge
β https://www.brookings.edu/research/exporting-digital-authoritarianism/
β foreign.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/New%20Big%20Brother%20-%20Key%20Findings%20and%20Recommendations.pdf
β defenseone.com/ideas/2021/06/fight-digital-authoritarianism-giving-people-tools-counter-it/174579
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π₯ #Spider #Silk #Material
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β sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180821094234.htm
β wired.com/2015/06/bolt-threads-spider-silk
β sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/how-spin-synthetic-spider-silk
β boltthreads.com
β advances.sciencemag.org/content/5/3/eaau9183
β https://news.mit.edu/2019/spider-silk-humidity-robotic-muscle-0301
β nature.com/articles/s41467-018-07227-5
β sciencemag.org/news/2018/11/spider-silk-five-times-stronger-steel-now-scientists-know-why
β pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsmacrolett.8b00678
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π₯ #Writing #New #Genomes
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β theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/05/we-can-read-genomes-easily-now-what-about-writing-them/526086
β massivesci.com/articles/its-alive-yeast-genome-create-life
β nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00511-9
β cen.acs.org/articles/95/i28/Writing-human-genome.html
β sciencemag.org/news/2016/06/scientists-reveal-proposal-build-human-genome-scratch
β science.sciencemag.org/content/366/6463/310
β http://syntheticyeast.org
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Astrobiologists are searching for traces of carbon as a possible indicator of alien existence. Phosphorus, sulfur, and nitrogen could be substituted for carbon-fixing molecules. Phosphorus is a very important factor that is vital to life on Earth, but it may also be essential to life forms elsewhere. Scientists are concerned that researchers might ignore possible signs of life even though they see them in the face.
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π₯ #NonCarbon #Silicon #Life
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β nbcnews.com/mach/science/silicon-based-life-may-be-more-just-science-fiction-n748266
β blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/why-carbon
β sciencemag.org/news/2016/03/researchers-take-small-step-toward-silicon-based-life
β ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7345352
β daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/S/siliconlife.html
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Some AI rights campaigns are being developed, but they may not be science fiction for much longer. "Mind uploading" is the concept of moving the whole human consciousness to a robotic body or machine. The idea of a human brain in an AI body will naturally lead to a whole new discussion about just what constitutes a "living thing" But it would also cast doubt about what actually constitutes an AI. For many, the real controversy rests in our thoughts of "consciousness" and whether or not it should exist in a system. For others, it is a terrifying prospect that may go so far as to kill human dignity. But who's going to presume that a dystopic, automated apocalypse would really (or need) happen?
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β hrbdt.ac.uk/what-we-do/how-ai-affects-human-rights
β amnesty.org/en/latest/research/2019/06/ethical-ai-principles-wont-solve-a-human-rights-crisis
β tdwi.org/articles/2020/06/29/adv-all-impact-of-ai-on-human-rights.aspx
β natlawreview.com/article/when-to-give-legal-rights-to-ais-when-they-can-dream
β un.org/en/chronicle/article/towards-ethics-artificial-intelligence
β international-review.icrc.org/articles/ai-humanitarian-action-human-rights-ethics-913
β https://carrcenter.hks.harvard.edu/files/cchr/files/humanrightsai_designed.pdf
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The jury is very much interested in whether cloning can ever be completely healthy. Cryonics is a method of freezing a corpse with the intention of resurrecting it in the future. The first human to be cryogenically frozen was James Bedford, back in 1967. There's no chance you'll ever be woken up from cryonics. In 2014, scientists succeeded in bringing another worm's brain inside Lego's shell.
Scientists are looking for cybernetic organs and implants in the human body that are not vulnerable to cancer. In a few decades, we will have a range of choices when it comes to extending our lives.
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π₯ #Immortality #Rejuvenation #Technology
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β sciencefocus.com/future-technology/the-immortalists-can-science-defeat-death
β nbcnews.com/mach/science/these-scientists-have-plan-save-dying-brain-ncna778216
β researchgate.net/post/Can-we-cheat-death-with-the-improvement-in-the-field-of-genomics-in-near-future
β thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/465661-can-science-truly-cheat-death-and-if-it-does-then-what
β cnet.com/features/cryonics-brain-preservation-and-the-weird-science-of-cheating-death-alcor
β livescience.com/2883-cheat-death.html
β medium.datadriveninvestor.com/can-we-really-bring-humans-back-to-life-in-the-future-5644cf96df0f
β aeon.co/essays/is-it-rational-to-think-we-can-cheat-death-with-cryonics
β qz.com/1581441/all-of-humanitys-dashed-attempts-to-cheat-death-and-live-forever
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Holographic theory is by no means a modern concept, but it is not popular science, either. Holographic Universe is a new theory of the universe. If true, it would mean that we were also insubstantial and impermanent. It would lead to confusion and the cause of existential problems all over the world. Holograms are often used as plotting instruments in old-school science fiction films.
The Holographic Theory was born in the 1990s, but experimental research is still ongoing in the twenty-first century. Researchers suggest that some of the anomalies in the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation could be caused by a holographic structure. Let us know what you think by posting a comment below.
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β quantamagazine.org/how-our-universe-could-emerge-as-a-hologram-20190221
β sciencedaily.com/terms/holographic_principle.htm
β wired.co.uk/article/our-universe-is-a-hologram
β https://www.brandeis.edu/now/2018/november/thetake-podcast-hologram.html
β en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holographic_principle
β scientificamerican.com/article/information-in-the-holographic-univ
β vox.com/2015/6/29/8847863/holographic-principle-universe-theory-physics
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Researchers have developed a "bionic nose" that can detect odor molecules. The team hopes to use the device as an inexpensive way to diagnose the early stages of illness. Eventually, the team wants to use their bionic nose for cancer and other health issues. They hope to make the device available to the public soon.
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π₯ #BioEngineering #Mosquitoes #Cells
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β nature.com/articles/nature.2014.14904#:~:text=The%20human%20nose%20has%20roughly,report%20today%20in%20Science1.
β eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-01/uot-hdy011121.php
β advances.sciencemag.org/content/7/3/eabd2013
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The algorithm worked as well or better than other state-of-the-art time-sequence algorithms to predict the next steps in a series of events, says Hasani. He says it could be useful in other applications requiring the analysis of new data such as video processing. Companies like OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft are investing in artificial intelligence AI to improve productivity. Academic scholars are working to address some of the problems with AI's shortcomings. They say it is necessary for them to invest in AI if they want to be successful.
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π₯ #Liquid #AI #ArtificialIntelligence
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β https://news.mit.edu/2021/machine-learning-adapts-0128
β nature.com/articles/s42256-020-00237-3
β https://ist.ac.at/en/news/new-deep-learning-models/
β arxiv.org/pdf/2006.04439.pdf
β hackernoon.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-neural-networks-8988c3ee4491
β venturebeat.com/2021/01/12/google-trained-a-trillion-parameter-ai-language-model
β technologyreview.com/2021/01/29/1017065/ai-image-generation-is-racist-sexist
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The research is being carried out at the University of California, Berkeley. Neutron stars can survive the crippling weight of their own gravity by a quantum mechanical mechanism called degeneracy strain. With fewer normal neutrons, the limit is shrinking. The universe is just too old (13.8 billion years), and we have no idea how long this transition will take.
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China has great talent pools and a tradition of invention building conceived abroad, but it still does not have a fantastic track record in terms of creativity. The country's social credit scheme honors those who obey the laws and punishes those who break the line. It is unclear how profoundly a society of social conformism can have an effect on technical innovation. China is leading investment and the US in innovation, but both nations are struggling with tremendous economic disparities. Will China's leadership be able to loosen its hold on promoting innovation? Will the US market climate be enough to compete with China's data, investment, and educational advantages?
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π₯ #China #AI #Superpower
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β nytimes.com/2017/07/20/business/china-artificial-intelligence.html
β reuters.com/article/us-china-ai-tianjin/chinas-city-of-tianjin-to-set-up-16-billion-artificial-intelligence-fund-idUSKCN1II0DD
β reuters.com/article/us-china-artificial-intelligence/beijing-to-build-2-billion-ai-research-park-xinhua-idUSKBN1ES0B8
β cnbc.com/2019/02/04/what-is-wechat-china-biggest-messaging-app.html
β bbc.com/news/blogs-china-blog-48552907
β inc.com/magazine/201809/amy-webb/china-artificial-intelligence.html
β foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2020-06-19/china-wont-win-race-ai-dominance
β venturebeat.com/2020/09/03/were-entering-the-ai-twilight-zone-between-narrow-and-general-ai
β towardsdatascience.com/gpt-3-the-first-artificial-general-intelligence-b8d9b38557a1
β foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2020-06-19/china-wont-win-race-ai-dominance
β bdtechtalks.com/2020/08/12/what-is-one-shot-learning
β bestlifeonline.com/accidental-inventions
β wired.co.uk/article/china-artificial-intelligence-education-superpower
β bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-17/china-said-to-test-facial-recognition-fence-in-muslim-heavy-area
β businessinsider.com/china-police-using-smart-glasses-facial-recognition-2018-3
β defense.gov/Explore/News/Article/Article/1254719/project-maven-to-deploy-computer-algorithms-to-war-zone-by-years-end
β https://www.brookings.edu/blog/future-development/2020/01/17/whoever-leads-in-artificial-intelligence-in-2030-will-rule-the-world-until-2100/
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How much better depends on how low temperatures impact other facets of the process? (like efficiency) and energy needs for the moon.
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β https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space_Engineering_Technology/ESA_opens_oxygen_plant_making_air_out_of_moondust
β phys.org/news/2019-10-oxygen-metal-lunar-regolith.html
β theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/10/nasa-moon-water/599929
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Social feedback results would come in part from 'residential committees' responsible for tracking and documenting people's behavior. Social credit ratings were already rolled out in 2020 and now due to events of the recent year have only accelerated its widespread adoption. It remains to be seen if the fear of a low score would be enough to alter people's actions outside of limiting travel, regardless of government databases.
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π₯ #Social #Credit #Score #China
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β wsj.com/articles/chinas-new-tool-for-social-control-a-credit-rating-for-everything-1480351590
β ft.com/content/b5194a40-997d-11de-ab8c-00144feabdc0
β nytimes.com/2016/10/11/world/asia/bad-manners-china-tourism-blacklist.html?_r=0
β technologyreview.com/2016/11/29/244155/china-turns-big-data-into-big-brother
β bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-10-24/alibaba-s-jack-ma-urges-china-to-use-online-data-to-fight-crime
β worldometers.info/world-population/china-population
β http://cpc.people.com.cn/n/2015/1103/c399243-27772351.html
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π The artificial heart is developed by a French firm named Carmat and is intended for people with end-stage biventricular heart failure. Like a normal heart, there are two ventricles in the artificial heart, one for hydraulic fluid and the other for blood. There are four "biological" valves, so named because they are also made of cow's heart tissue. Carmat's artificial heart will be commercially introduced in Germany and France in the second quarter of this year. The company has obtained clearance from the US Food & Drug Administration to launch an early feasibility study in the US this year, with plans for a possible commercial launch by the end of this year.
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π₯ #Artificial #Mechanical #Heart
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β carmatsa.com/en
β syncardia.com
β livescience.com/34655-human-heart.html
β livescience.com/34655-human-heart.html
β france24.com/en/business/20210114-artificial-hearts-devices-from-france-s-carmat-to-go-on-sale-in-europe
β https://www.labiotech.eu/trends-news/carmat-heart-failure-trial/
β carmatsa.com/en/press-release/carmat-outlines-commercial-development-plan-total-artificial-heart
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π Stem cells, growth factors, and scaffolding materials are both difficult and costly to acquire. Growing the human ear out of apples might seem irrational. The research is a success. It could be real. . Researchers at the University of California, San Diego, created a new way to grow human cells.
The team used an apple-shaped scaffold. They hope to use it in developing human organs for cancer patients' treatment. Pelling's team is expanding its work to three major fields of tissue engineering: soft tissue cartilage, bone, spinal cord, and nerve repair. They have created a scaffold for three different types of ear, the pointed Spock-shaped one, and the waved one.
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π₯ #Engineering #Human #Tissue
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β pbs.org/newshour/health/the-real-story-behind-the-worlds-first-antibiotic
β cancer.gov/research/progress/discovery/cisplatin
β exponential.singularityu.org/medicine/?utm_medium=web-page&utm_source=hub&utm_campaign=fy18m11-eip&utm_content=11-13-2018
β singularityhub.com/2017/05/17/3d-printed-medical-implants-that-fit-the-body-perfectly-are-on-the-way
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π Dire wolves were extinct at the end of the Pleistocene era, 11,700 years ago. Scientists have no understanding of their evolution or the reasons for their disappearance. Discovery sheds light on mysteries that biologists have pondered for more than 100 years. Researchers recreate the evolutionary history of long-extinct carnivores. Dire wolves were a 'lone wolf' when it came to interbreeding.
Researchers found no evidence of gene flow between the dire wolves and the gray wolves or coyotes. The lack of interbreeding may have exacerbated the dire wolf's demise. It is generally believed that because of its body size, the Dire Wolf was more experienced in hunting big prey. The research was the first ever to publish genome-wide data on dire wolves. The genomic analysisΒ focused on both the nuclear genome and the mitochondrial genome, which is abundant in ancient remains of the species. Researchers hope to use the findings to better understand the evolutionary history of ancient and extinct animals.
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π₯ #Dire #Wolf #DNA
Sources:
β nature.com/articles/s41586-020-03082-x
β wired.com/story/game-of-thrones-dire-wolves-dna-sequenced
β scientificamerican.com/article/dire-wolves-were-not-really-wolves-new-genetic-clues-reveal
β https://today.tamu.edu/2021/01/13/dna-reveals-lineage-of-ancient-dire-wolves/
β nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/dire-wolf-dna-study-reveals-surprises
β sciencemag.org/news/2021/01/legendary-dire-wolf-may-not-have-been-wolf-all
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Astronomers say it may suggest that space might be a little less crowded than previously assumed. Astronomers believe there may be fewer galaxies out there than previously thought. The James Webb Space Telescope is set to launch later this year. This will make it possible to see much farther back and imagine the smaller, smaller first galaxies. If everything is in working order, adding those galaxies could give us an even better image of the entire thing.
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π₯ #Galaxies #Observable #Universe
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β nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/science/xdf.html
β jwst.nasa.gov/content/about/comparisonWebbVsHubble.html
β nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2016/hubble-reveals-observable-universe-contains-10-times-more-galaxies-than-previously-thought
β space.com/pluto-flyby-new-horizons-fifth-anniversary.html
β nasa.gov/feature/far-far-away-in-the-sky-new-horizons-kuiper-belt-flyby-object-officially-named-arrokoth
β imgsrc.hubblesite.org/hvi/uploads/science_paper/file_attachment/622/2011.03052.pdf
β hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2021/news-2021-001
β nytimes.com/2020/12/08/science/astronomy-cosmos-blackness.html
β forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2020/11/24/deep-space-might-not-be-completely-dark-new-study-suggests/?sh=34cc4bfc2639
β rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/james-webb-space-telescope-vs-hubble-space-telescope
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π Stanford University researchers create 3D mini-brain, mini-spinal cord and mini-muscle. The aim is to recapitulate our nervous system, from input to output, within the regulated atmosphere of a Petri dish. Brain organoids are free-floating brain circuits that integrate brain tissue with external production. Brain organoids are made of human tissue, often obtained from real patients and transformed into stem-cell-like states. They share the same genetic structure as their donors, making it easier to research perplexing problems like autism, dementia, or other brain diseases.
A team of scientists created a Frankenstein-like snowman made up of mini-brains and spinal cords. The team found they could contract the muscle component in a way close to how our muscles twitch when required. They hope to use their findings to create a new type of brain organoid. As mini-brains grow more intelligent, at what stage should we consider them to be a kind of AI capable of programming? We don't have a response yet, but the debates are going on. The debate is still going on in the world of artificial intelligence.
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π₯ #Assembloids #Human #Brains
Sources:
β cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(20)31534-8#secsectitle0020
β nature.com/articles/s41587-020-00763-w
β singularityhub.com/2019/04/18/a-lab-grown-brain-twitched-an-isolated-muscle-heres-why-thats-amazing
β eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-04/eb-3tm042220.php
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Coli bacteria. The researchers were able to encrypt the message "Hello World" in 72 bits. Wang says there is plenty of potential for improving the system over the next few years. He says it could be possible to increase capacity by several orders of magnitude. Researchers have developed a way to reprogram DNA cells for our own devices. The technology could be used in the field of biocomputer science.
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π₯ #Data #Transfer #Cells
Sources:
β weforum.org/agenda/2019/04/how-much-data-is-generated-each-day-cf4bddf29f
β sciencemag.org/news/2017/03/dna-could-store-all-worlds-data-one-room
β nationalgeographic.co.uk/history-and-civilisation/2017/11/worlds-oldest-genome-sequenced-700000-year-old-horse-dna
β singularityhub.com/2019/04/01/microsoft-is-building-an-all-in-one-dna-data-storage-device
β nature.com/articles/s41589-020-00711-4
β cnet.com/news/startup-packs-all-16gb-wikipedia-onto-dna-strands-demonstrate-new-storage-tech
β sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1097276519305416
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π The area of artificial intelligence has developed machines that can drive vehicles, fold proteins and track particles. The minds of superhuman AIs are actually out of control of us humans, says Andrew Keen. AI researchers are now trying to build AI algorithms that describe themselves in a way that humans can understand. The Rubik's Cube is essentially a problem of pathfinding: find a path from point A to point B. The algorithm looks at each step and provides suggestions on which steps are feasible, which are difficult, and how the plan might be strengthened.
It will be hard for a human to learn how to solve the cube on this website. In the world of AI, people are intuitive in a way that is unmatched by any AI. But computers are much better at their computing power and algorithmic rigor. This back and forth between a man and a computer exploits the attributes of both men and computers.
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π₯ #Explainable #Artificial #Intelligence
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β nytimes.com/2019/06/20/business/self-driving-cars-cadillac-super-cruise.html
β arxiv.org/pdf/2006.15820.pdf
β nature.com/articles/d41586-020-03348-4
β nature.com/articles/ncomms5308
β en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinforcement_learning
β science.sciencemag.org/content/362/6419/1140
β nature.com/articles/s42256-019-0070-z
β nature.com/news/can-we-open-the-black-box-of-ai-1.20731
β papers.nips.cc/paper/1995/file/45f31d16b1058d586fc3be7207b58053-Paper.pdf
β link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-319-10590-1_53
β proceedings.neurips.cc/paper/2020/file/2c29d89cc56cdb191c60db2f0bae796b-Paper.pdf
β http://deepcube.igb.uci.edu/
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π Synthetic biology uses new and efficient gene-editing techniques, such as CRISPR-Cas9. Gene drive mechanisms have warped the inheritance of a certain genetic variable so that it spreads more rapidly over decades. Scientists hope to use synthetic biology to preserve habitats and restore animals. A synthetic version of the main ingredient in vanilla could be used to make other products. Singaporean scientists have designed a synthetic substitute for horseshoe crab blood cells.
A team at UC San Diego is close to field tests of an engineered gene drive for fruit flies. Synbio experts have been vigorously trying to revive the woolly mammoth and other endangered animals, such as the passenger pigeon. Scientists are introducing parts of ancient DNA code into modern-day relatives. This will expand the range of species to areas that are now shifting due to climate change. IUCN will discuss synbiotics at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in France this summer.
"Most of my colleagues don't see why they should pay a lot of attention to this," Some claim that these genetic methods have the "potential of destroying the natural world"
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π₯ #Engineering #Bugs #Technology
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β journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1008103
β cdc.gov/dengue/about/index.html
β growingproduce.com/fruits/berries/usda-awards-6-7-million-to-stifle-spotted-wing-drosophila
β https://www.ibbr.umd.edu/
β https://www.esf.edu/chestnut/
β scientificamerican.com/article/resurrected-a-controversial-trial-to-bring-the-dead-back-to-life
β portals.iucn.org/library/efiles/documents/2019-012-En.pdf
β unep.org/news-and-stories/press-release/natures-dangerous-decline-unprecedented-species-extinction-rates
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π IBM Q, a pioneering industry effort to introduce quantum computers from laboratories to the real world, unveiled System One at CES. Jeff Welser, vice president and lab director at IBM ResearchβAlmaden, explains what makes quantum computers so powerful. The technology will revolutionize chemistry, pharmaceuticals, materials science, and machine learning. Physicists use microwave pulses to control entangled qubits in quantum computers. They create a state where the qubits can interact with each other at different probabilities.
The results of the experiment could lead to a new type of supercomputer. Scientists hope to solve the problem of quantum computing. Physicists are attempting to make ideal devices out of imperfect bits. Quantum computers are highly susceptible to disruptions, noise, and other external factors. We don't even know all the exciting problems quantum computers can solve yet. The first commercial quantum computer is expected to be commercially available soon.
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π₯ #Quantum #Supremacy #Computing
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β technologyreview.com/2017/04/21/152393/googles-new-chip-is-a-stepping-stone-to-quantum-computing-supremacy
β newscientist.com/article/mg23130894-000-revealed-googles-plan-for-quantum-computer-supremacy
β technologyreview.com/2018/05/17/142848/the-worlds-first-quantum-software-superstore-or-so-it-hopes-is-here
β science.sciencemag.org/content/362/6412/eaam9288
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π Swarm intelligence is present in nature, but researchers have started to use it to transform various areas, such as robotics, data processing, medicine, and blockchains. At least 30 nations are currently developing drone swarms for military operations, including intelligence gathering, missile defense, precise missile attacks, and connectivity. A company named Unanimous AI has created algorithms that enable people to make predictions together. The more people participating in the swarm, the greater their predictive ability. This could revolutionize how doctors evaluate patients or how products are sold to customers.
It may also be an important step in eventually developing AI. Researchers have developed a small swarm of simple robots that can spell and play the piano. The robot swarm operates on the same principles as an ant colony - each participant has a basic set of guidelines to obey, leading to self-organization and self-sufficiency.
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π₯ #Swarm #Intelligence #Robots
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β unanimous.ai
β intechopen.com/books/ant-colony-optimization-techniques-and-applications
β https://www.news.gatech.edu/features/swarm-robotics
β ehang.com/article
β defense.gov/Newsroom/Releases/Release/Article/1044811/department-of-defense-announces-successful-micro-drone-demonstration
β cna.org/CNA_files/PDF/DRM-2017-U-014796-Final.pdf
β nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/small_spacecraft/feature/NASA_Selects_University_Partners_for_Small_Spacecraft_Collaboration
β spectrum.ieee.org/the-human-os/biomedical/devices/the-tiny-robots-will-see-you-now
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π Researchers at the University of Arkansas have developed a system that can process blood in a manner comparable to biological nephrons. They used a porous mesh made of platinum between two ion-exchange wafers to create a wafer that moves ions across membranes using an electrical field. Scientists have failed to produce viable therapies for kidney disease and renal failure. 100,000 people in the US die every year waiting for a kidney transplant. The system was identified in a recent paper published in Nature Communications Materials, which you can check out in the description below.
The machine could function as a stand-alone device or in combination with peritoneal dialysis to monitor the chemistry of treatment solutions. In the US alone, more than 93,000 people are currently on the waiting list for a kidney transplant. A fully functional artificial kidney is probably still years away at best, but scientists are making steady strides in the re-creation of this essential organ.
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π₯ #Artificial #Kidney #BioPrinting
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β nature.com/articles/s43246-020-0016-3
β kidney.org/news/37-million-american-adults-now-estimated-to-have-chronic-kidney-disease
β niddk.nih.gov/health-information/kidney-disease/kidneys-how-they-work
β https://news.uark.edu/articles/53027/device-simulates-filtering-and-ion-transport-functions-of-human-kidney
β http://www.lkdn.org/kidney_tx_waiting_list.html
β llnl.gov/news/researchers-3d-print-living-blood-vessels
β nature.com/articles/srep34845
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π Human existence is based on an interpretation of what we desire as Homo sapiens. In order to decide what we want, we need to consider what we are. The atomic bomb that shocked Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, was a wake-up call so strong that it still resonates in our consciousness decades later. We're obviously never going to know the timing of our eventual divergence from nature. But a crucial recent occurrence in our interaction with the world around us is as well known as abrupt.
It happened on a sunny Monday morning at 8:15am on 6 August 1945. Modern Homo sapiens had evidently developed the powers of the gods, while retaining the psyche of a stereotypical Stone Age murderer. In short, we really didn't know where we came from, but we started to panic about where we were headed. Significant changes are part of our evolution. Sex is nature's way to rapidly create new genetic combinations.
We will have to recognize that what we do, including our unparalleled dominion, is an inevitable result of what we have developed into, and what we will do to nature and ourselves. It is possible that the greater decisions made by our technological advancements make it difficult to consider one of the many directions to follow. There is, in principle, nothing unnatural about extinction, writes David Wheeler. The reasons for protecting biodiversity are typically based on survival, economics or ethics, he says. We simply cannot afford to kill something we don't know about, Wheeler says.
Wheeler: It is fair to assume that most biological alternatives will be able to be synthesized in time. One day we will say goodbye to the last species of Homo sapiens genetica, he writes. This is the final entirely genetically engineered human life in a world increasingly less burdened by our biological form. Author: We are the Gods of Reality. We may be able to turn ourselves into more logical, more effective, and more influential individuals.
"Of course, gossip and sex! " Some might say that. And in essence, I would accept (though I might put it differently) "We are the God of Reality" "We may venture farther, have greater dominion over wider areas of space, and have enough perspective to cross the gap between the issues brought on by our cultural evolution and the brain's ability to cope with far simpler problems".
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π₯ #Human #Evolution #Nature
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β goodreads.com/book/show/996124.Les_Animaux_d_natur_s
β anthropology365.com/2018/01/01/book-review-you-shall-know-them
β theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/dec/12/humans-were-not-centre-stage-ancient-cave-art-painting-lascaux-chauvet-altamira
β theconversation.com/world-politics-explainer-the-atomic-bombings-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki-100452
β theconversation.com/no-giant-leap-for-mankind-why-weve-been-looking-at-human-evolution-in-the-wrong-way-60935
β theconversation.com/human-evolution-secrets-of-early-ancestors-could-be-unlocked-by-african-rainforests-101636
β nature.com/articles/d41586-019-03595-0
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β nature.com/articles/497005b
β cosmosmagazine.com/palaeontology/big-five-extinctions
β journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0117394
β genome.cshlp.org/content/genome/22/9/1599.full.html
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β theconversation.com/biology-and-why-the-most-compelling-argument-for-the-eu-is-as-old-as-life-itself-59317
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π Lidar will be critical to the advancement of a broad variety of new innovations, including automated driving, drone delivery, robots. Lidar marks an eventual transition from rich tech firms producing our planet map data to a more scalable, crowd-sourced solution. Google has recently invested $1-2 billion to create an archive for its Street View Maps product to send cars around continents. Millions of users would soon be scanning everything from bedrooms to cities, culminating in high-quality 3D charts. Some people refer to this concept as a "digital twin" of the earth, a one-to-one software chart of everything.
For Apple's AR devices to function as planned, they would need virtual maps of the globe. Niantic, the $4 billion publishers behind PokΓ©mon Go, is working actively to create a crowd-sourced solution to creating better AR Cloud maps. For drone delivery, driverless vehicles, or to position a Pikachu in a particular spot, say, on a tree branch in a forest, GPS is not precise enough. In the end, this represents the blurring between physical and interactive infrastructure, and public and private areas would be similarly composed of both public and private areas. There is a set of orange cones in a certain area that might one day explain the sense of humor.
The UK-based Facebook, for example, has recently purchased the UK- based Scape, a machine-readable environment, and the way it communicates with the public. As well as the internet, the community is also trying to find out what it can do to make sure it's not just a one-way trip to the movies.
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π₯ #3D #Planet #Mapping
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businessinsider.com/the-argument-for-google-spending-11-billion-on-an-app-that-makes-minimal-money-waze-2013-6
wired.com/story/mirrorworld-ar-next-big-tech-platform
medium.com/scape-technologies/building-the-ar-cloud-part-one-72a7c5cd9697
venturebeat.com/2020/03/30/immersal-maps-helsinki-in-city-scale-ar-using-crowdsourcing-mobile-app
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