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Jan 27, 2018
A new model for planet formation: Solar ejections
Posted by Johan Nygren in category: space
Jan 27, 2018
Microbes may help feed astronauts on future deep-space missions
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: biological, food, space
Jan 27, 2018
The Men Who Want to Live Forever
Posted by Derick Lee in categories: biotech/medical, life extension
Would you like to live forever? Some billionaires, already invincible in every other way, have decided that they also deserve not to die. Today several biotech companies, fueled by Silicon Valley fortunes, are devoted to “life extension” — or as some put it, to solving “the problem of death.”
Some very wealthy people are serious about outsmarting mortality.
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Jan 26, 2018
The venue for Grand futures and existential…
Posted by Amnon H. Eden in category: futurism
Jan 26, 2018
El Sueño de Andrómeda — Bioquark Inc. — Regenerage
Posted by Ira S. Pastor in categories: aging, bioengineering, biological, cosmology, cryonics, DNA, futurism, genetics, health, life extension
Jan 26, 2018
Google’s Calico Labs announces a new discovery: “a non-aging mammal.”
Posted by Brady Hartman in categories: biotech/medical, life extension
Summary: Google’s ultra-secretive Calico Labs announces a significant discovery – the naked mole rat is the first and only non-aging mammal and shows little signs of aging as it gets older. [This article first appeared on the website LongevityFacts.com. Author: Brady Hartman. ]
With wrinkly skin and completely bald, the naked mole rat is one of the ugliest creatures around but lives an exceptionally long life for a small mammal. It rarely develops the chronic diseases of aging such as cancer and lives 10 times longer than regular rats.
The First Non-Aging Mammal
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Jan 26, 2018
European Electricity Industry Pledges to Deliver on Paris Agreement | UNFCCC
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in categories: business, energy, environmental, governance
“EURELETRIC, the association representing the interests of the electricity industry in Europe, has said the region’s power companies intend to be both part of a competitive European economy and reliably powered by clean, carbon-neutral energy.”
Jan 26, 2018
Digital Transformation: Interview with David Edgerton, King’s College London | Manuel Stagars
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in category: media & arts
“In conversations with visionaries, decision makers, technologists, leading scientists, entrepreneurs, artists, and others around the world, the film gives insight into the global digital future, its most pressing challenges, and biggest opportunities. Interviews from the project are available in long form. This conversation took place in June 2017 with David Edgerton, Hans Rausing Professor of the History of Science and Technology and Professor of Modern British History at King’s College London.”
Jan 26, 2018
500 Companies to Commit to Science-Based Climate Targets | UNFCCC
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in categories: business, environmental
“In an effort to spur further climate action at this year’s Global Climate Action Summit in September and at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP24) in December, Summit co-chair and Mahindra Group Chairman, Anand Mahindra today challenged businesses around the world to join the growing number of companies committed to setting greenhouse gas reduction targets in line with climate science.”
