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Sep 9, 2018
Taking the First Picture of a Black Hole
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: cosmology
Sep 9, 2018
Joe Rogan Experience #1169 — Elon Musk
Posted by Chiara Chiesa in categories: business, Elon Musk
Sep 9, 2018
Methuselah Foundation Cofounder thinks Longevity Escape Velocity could be here by 2030
Posted by Montie Adkins in categories: biotech/medical, life extension
David Gobel was the first to put forward the concept of longevity escape velocity, or LEV. How far are we from LEV, assuming the current pace of research and no serious showstoppers?
Twelve years, or 2030, is David’s best guess based on what is known today.
David Gobel cofounded the Methuselah Foundation with Aubrey de Grey and continues to run the Methuselah Foundation today.
Sep 9, 2018
Another Site For Extraterrestrial Life: Exomoons
Posted by Bill Retherford in category: alien life
Sep 9, 2018
Russian space chief vows to find “full name” of technician who caused ISS leak
Posted by Michael Lance in category: space travel
The Soyuz manufacturing issue represents another significant problem for the Russian space agency’s suppliers and its quality control processes. Already, the manufacturer of Proton rockets, Khrunichev, has had several serious problems that have led to launch failures. Rogozin was recently installed as the leader of Roscosmos to try to clean up corruption and address these kinds of issues.
He has his work cut out for him.
“We want to find out the full name of who is at fault—and we will.”
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Sep 9, 2018
Towards data-driven biotechnology
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical, economics, robotics/AI
Data centers are the new oil refineries, argues The Economist. Where black sludge and steam once marked the beating heart of the economy, now blinking servers laced with fiber optic cables indicate where the action is.
Biotechnology — like all other industries — must adapt. Synthetic biology teams that embrace modern tools like cloud computing, professionally built software, and laboratory automation will save time, reduce errors, streamline complex workflows, and maintain their agility in the digital economy. Those who fail to adopt new tools will be primed for disruption.
Software is already an integral part of biological research, but most scientific apps lag far behind the rest of the digital frontier. As the software giant Autodesk puts it:
By Roy Mabasa
The Philippines will soon be able to send equipment and freight to outer space such as micro and nano-satellites, as well as the establishment of a receiving station for the Global Navigation Satellite System, with assistance from the Russian space program.
Sep 8, 2018
Defense Department pledges billions toward artificial intelligence research
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: military, robotics/AI
The military’s research arm said Friday it will invest up to $2 billion over the next five years toward new programs advancing artificial intelligence, stepping up both a technological arms race with China and an ideological clash with Silicon Valley over the future of powerful machines.
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, part of the Defense Department, said it will fund dozens of new research efforts as part of a “Third Wave” campaign aimed at developing machines that can learn and adapt to changing environments.
DARPA director Steven Walker announced the effort Friday to an audience from American academia, private industry and the military at a symposium outside Washington, saying the agency wants to explore “how machines can acquire human-like communication and reasoning capabilities.”
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Sep 8, 2018
Should we live to be 500? Christians and secularists come together over transhumanism
Posted by Jacob Anderson in categories: education, transhumanism
Locke, though, wasn’t delivering a sermon.
The Texas pastor was moderating a panel at the first-ever Christian Transhumanist Conference, hosted last month by the Christian Transhumanist Association at Lipscomb University, a Church of Christ-affiliated school in Nashville.