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Nov 3, 2016

Male birth control study halted due to ‘mood swings’ in participants

Posted by in category: neuroscience

However, researchers halted the study when 20 men dropped out complaining of adverse side effects including depression, mood disorders, pain at injection site, muscle pain, increased libido and acne. Despite these issues, more than 75 per cent of participants said they would be willing to use this form of birth control.


The male birth control method had showed a stunning 96 per cent success rate.

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Nov 3, 2016

Who really invented Iraq’s ‘Al Robot’ combat drone?

Posted by in categories: drones, robotics/AI

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Iraqi militia forces debuted an unmanned ground combat vehicle this week — but was it really invented by two nameless Iraqi brothers?

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Nov 3, 2016

Glucosepane Crosslinks and Routes to Cleavage (Yale University)

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, life extension

This was a huge step forward for rejuvenation biotechnology earlier this year. Synthetic glucosepane can now be created on demand in the lab thanks to SENS research foundation and the work at Yale it is funding. Glucosepane is thought to be involved in hypertension and diabetes and so this research has important implications for these diseases as well as aging in general.


At Yale, we’re funding Dr. Spiegel’s essential work to characterise the molecular crosslink glucosepane, which stiffens blood vessels and skin as we age.

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Nov 3, 2016

A Plan to “Write” the Human Genome

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, genetics

George Church on the frontline of genetics once again!

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Nov 3, 2016

New Bionic Eye That Connects to The Brain Successfully Restores a Woman’s Sight

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, cyborgs, neuroscience, transhumanism

In Brief:

  • A new visual implant from SecondSight may help restore useful sight in more than 6 million additional people who aren’t candidates for the company’s previous implant model.
  • Recently, there are more options being developed to restore both hearing and sight in affected patients, such technology has the potential to improve the quality of life of countless people.

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Nov 3, 2016

Scientists May Have Identified the Particles That Make Up Dark Matter

Posted by in categories: cosmology, particle physics, supercomputing

In Brief:

  • Using an advanced supercomputer, scientists came up with a profile for dark matter, concluding that it may be made of axions of a specific type.
  • With this new information, the race is on to be the first to prove the existence of dark matter particles.

Understanding what dark matter is has proven to be amazingly difficult. Of course, one might expect this from a thing that is, for all intents and purposes, entirely invisible. Scientists have come to the conclusion that dark matter exists by observing the way gravity behaves—either our model of gravity is in need of an update, or dark matter exists. The latter is the most likely conclusion.

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Nov 3, 2016

Scientists Made Nanorobots That Can Release Drugs in The Body Using Mind-Control

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, nanotechnology, neuroscience

Who would have thought that roaches, that’s right, C-O-C-K-R-O-A-C-H-E–S, could actually do something good for humanity? Well, it seems that they are helping out quite a lot.

Bar-Ilan University scientists, together with the Interdisciplinary Center in Israel, designed injectable nanobots, and they are testing them on these little critters. Remarkably, the technology controls the release of drugs that are needed for the brain using the brain itself. That’s right, using only brain power!

And down the road, this extra mind boost could be a lifesaver for many. The work was published in the journal PLOS ONE.

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Nov 3, 2016

International Space Station project partners are inching ever closer toward an agreement to begin the development of a new human outpost in the vicinity of the Moon

Posted by in category: space travel

If successful, the cis-lunar space station (a space station in the vicinity of the Moon) will be the largest international space project to date, influencing the direction of human space flight for decades to come.

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Nov 3, 2016

Revolutionary Politics Are Necessary for Transhumanism to Succeed

Posted by in categories: geopolitics, transhumanism

Here’s my new Vice Motherboard story on my experience running the Transhumanist Party for 2 years, before its leadership changes next week.


Transhumanist Party presidential candidate Zoltan Istvan explains his thoughts on how to move forward.

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Nov 3, 2016

World’s Largest Floating Solar Test Bed Comes Online in Singapore — By Within Coca | Triple Pundit

Posted by in categories: economics, energy, solar power, water

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“A new floating solar photovoltaic system in Singapore is just one hectare in size and is meant as a prototype. But it could help usher in a new wave of PV placements on water resources globally.”

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