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A stroke occurs when an artery in the brain becomes blocked or bursts. The brain cells beyond the blockage or bleed are deprived of oxygen and nutrients, so are damaged or die.

Scientists have been trying to find ways to minimize the damage following a stroke and speed up recovery.

Now, a study led by scientists from Weill Cornell Medicine has found changes in gene activity in small blood vessels following a stroke. The findings suggest that these changes could be targeted with existing or future drugs to mitigate brain injury or improve stroke recovery.

Hopefully the future.

Official Audio for New World Man performed by Rush.

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Story of the distant Future.

“Able to journey “out of the body” the time traveller whirls through space and time seeking the Starmaker of the cosmos. He visits many worlds, often during periods of social and political crisis, and finally joins others travellers in developing an unusual mental community.“
Chapter list:
00:00:00 — (i) Book info.
00:04:00 — (00) Preface.
00:10:39 — (01) The Earth.
00:30:35 — (02) Interstellar Travel.
00:55:20 — (03) The Other Earth.
02:05:33 — (04) I Travel Again.
02:26:05 — (05) Worlds Innumerable.
03:18:04 — (06) Intimations of the Star Maker.
03:31:22 — (07) More Worlds.
04:38:07 — (08) Concerning the Explorers.
04:48:59 — (09) The Community of Worlds.
06:14:26 — (10) A Vision of the Galaxy.
06:35:13 — (11) Stars and Vermin.
07:21:35 — (12) A Stunted Cosmical Spirit.
07:27:46 — (13) The Beginning and the End.
08:07:41 — (14) The Myth of Creation.
08:15:30 — (15) The Maker and His Works.
09:01:25 — (16) Epilogue: Back.

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Japanese inventor Hideyasu Ito’s hovercraft invention went viral after British YouTube creator Tom Scott featured it in a video in early April.

Jean-Michel Jarre’s official music video for “Revolutions“
Listen to Revolutions: https://lnk.to/jmj_rvltns!rev.

Equinoxe Infinity out now: https://lnk.to/jmj_ei!rev.

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Here’s how biology creates electronics.

As Google looks to maintain pace in AI with the rest of the tech giants, it’s consolidating its AI research divisions.

Today Google announced Google DeepMind, a new unit made up of the DeepMind team and the Google Brain team from Google Research. In a blog post, DeepMind co-founder and CEO Demis Hassabis said that Google DeepMind will work “in close collaboration… cross the Google product areas” to “deliver AI research and products.”

As a part of Google DeepMind’s formation, Google says that it’ll create a new scientific board to oversee research progress and the direction of the unit, which will be led by Koray Kavukcuoglu, VP of research at DeepMind. Eli Collins, VP of product at Google Research, will join Google DeepMind as VP of product, while Google Brain lead Zoubin Ghahramani will become a member of the Google DeepMind research leadership team, reporting to Kavukcuoglu.

The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has successfully tested long-range artillery that can hit a bullseye from almost 10 miles away, says report.

According to the South China Morning Post (SCMP), China has tested an AI-powered, long-range artillery piece that is so accurate, it could hit a single person from 9.95 miles (16 km) away.

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One of the most difficult issues in space exploration is extending the lifespan of satellites. Even if the satellite’s system is operational, it can run out of fuel and become defunct.

Enter Orbit Fab. This startup is working on an innovative solution to make satellites reusable by developing gas stations in space to refuel them. We had written about them in 2021.