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Apr 6, 2019
Sjaak Vink — CEO, TheSocialMedwork — IdeaXme — Ira Pastor
Posted by Ira S. Pastor in categories: aging, biological, biotech/medical, business, chemistry, education, finance, health, innovation, life extension
Apr 6, 2019
Yesterday’s ISS resupply mission broke an incredible record
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: space
A resupply mission for the International Space Station, Progress MS-11, took off yesterday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, eventually docking with the space station and providing its inhabitants with over 5,400 pounds of supplies. In many ways it was exactly like the countless resupply missions carried out before it, but in one way it was very special.
The mission, which was carried out by Russian space agency Roscosmos, took just three hours and 21 minutes to go from Earth to a successful docking with the ISS. That’s incredibly fast, and it’s actually now the fastest trip to the International Space Station ever, beating out the previous record (also set by a Progress resupply spacecraft) by a solid 19 minutes.
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Apr 6, 2019
Scientists set to unveil first picture of a black hole
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: cosmology
The world, it seems, is soon to see the first picture of a black hole.
On Wednesday, astronomers across the globe will hold “six major press conferences” simultaneously to announce the first results of the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), which was designed precisely for that purpose.
It has been a long wait.
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Apr 6, 2019
The Construction Industry Needs a Robot Revolution
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: robotics/AI
Apr 6, 2019
‘Molecular surgery’ gives pain-free operations
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: biotech/medical
Usually, this kind of surgery involves cutting and suturing, which is painful and leaves scars. Now, researchers at Occidental College in Los Angeles and the University of California, Irvine, have reshaped tissue with no incisions or scarring, and minimal recovery time.
It could be useful for cosmetic surgery – such as reshaping a nose or ear – but also for problems such as immobile joints and poor eyesight.
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Apr 6, 2019
Cryonics Institute Members Newsletter — Issue One, 2019
Posted by Heather Blevins in categories: cryonics, life extension
Not sure how to post only a segment, but I found the first segment of this video interesting on the discussion of regulatory oversight of Facebook.
Facebook looks to the government for help censoring viewpoints, the old guard Democrats clash with the socialists, and we check the mailbag!
Apr 6, 2019
How the Army plans to use Microsoft’s high-tech HoloLens goggles on the battlefield
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in category: augmented reality
Apr 6, 2019
Research holds key to China science push
Posted by Derick Lee in categories: food, government, science
Scientists called for a bigger say over research funding under a stifling bureaucratic application system. Yuan Zhiming, an agricultural scientist from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Wuhan, said he spent so much time filling out funding applications that he did not have time for any research. Senior officials responded that they understood the need to speed up research for China to transform itself into an innovation powerhouse. Minister of Science and Technology Wang Zhigang said the government would overhaul funding management to give researchers more incentives.
The country has to address a lot of shortcomings, but when it sets course to remedy them and commits a bigger share of resources, it could become a leading scientific power within a decade.
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