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Dec 30, 2017

Report on Doctor’s Healthiest Diet

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, life extension

The report shows a surprising diet to be healthy and live longer.


Summary: Comparing the Atkins, Rosedale, Paleo, Mediterranean and DASH Diet plans, researchers report on the healthiest options. [This article first appeared on the LongevityFacts website. Author: Brady Hartman.]

Despite all the advances made with lifespan-extending drugs, a healthy diet remains as one of the best ways to stay healthy and live longer. While many dietary regimens can help us lose weight, few people recognize that some of these are downright unhealthy. However, given the multitude of meal plans – such as the Atkins, Rosedale, Paleo, DASH, Mediterranean and the ‘USDA MyFoodPlate’ – which diet is the best for a slim figure and optimal health?

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Dec 30, 2017

Scientists Say Air Pollution Will Be Our Top Killer by 2050

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, life extension, sustainability

Can anyone suggest how we can prevent this from happening to us?


Summary: Air pollution and global warming will ascend to the top cause of death in the next three decades, say researchers from the University of Southern California. The scientists add that the polluted air will lead to a rise in lung disease, heart attacks, and strokes. [This article first appeared on the LongevityFacts.com website. Author: Brady Hartman.]

A pair of expert scientists from the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles says that global warming and air pollution will ascend to the top cause of death due to “ischemic heart disease, stroke, cancer, chronic lower respiratory disease.”

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Dec 30, 2017

To Californians, it looked like a UFO. To Elon Musk, success | Bloomberg | Business Standard

Posted by in categories: business, Elon Musk, satellites, space

“The mission from California’s central coast was Space Exploration Technologies Corp’s 18th this year.”

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Dec 30, 2017

The path to longer and healthier lives for all Africans by 2030: the Lancet Commission on the future of health in sub-Saharan Africa — By Irene Akua Agyepong et al. | The Lancet

Posted by in category: health

“Although there has been real progress on many health indicators, life expectancy and most population health indicators remain behind most low-income and middle-income countries in other parts of the world.”

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Dec 30, 2017

Could a Lunar Fuel Depot Jump-Start Human Exploration of Deep Space? — By Corey S. Powell | Discover

Posted by in categories: space, space travel

“What is the right way to do a lunar gateway, then?”

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Dec 30, 2017

Inclusive Growth: Profitable Strategies for Tackling Poverty and Inequality — By Robert S. KaplanGeorge SerafeimEduardo Tugendhat | Harvard Business Review

Posted by in categories: business, economics, finance

“Our first principle, therefore, is that corporations should search for projects that generate economic benefits for themselves while creating socioeconomic gains for all other actors in the new ecosystem.”

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Dec 30, 2017

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and brother Mark give a rare interview … | Summit

Posted by in categories: business, futurism, space, sustainability

“To adventure and fellowship.”

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Dec 29, 2017

Scientists have found a way to translate brain activity into movement

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

The transhumanist vision of a transformed and technologically enhanced humanity is no longer a science fiction pipe dream. The technological and scientific breakthroughs our society has experienced over the past couple of decades perhaps stand testament to that.

Applied science has certainly come a long way too, but we are yet to crack the brain’s enigma code. How would humanity benefit if we were to crack it? Neuroprosthetics seem to be a window into the future.

Can brain activity be translated into movement?

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Dec 29, 2017

Bioquark Inc. — Cosmos Connection

Posted by in categories: aging, bioengineering, biological, biotech/medical, complex systems, cryonics, DNA, futurism, genetics, health, life extension

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Dec 29, 2017

The Carpetbaggers of Tech

Posted by in category: transhumanism

A The Baffler story, which doesn’t seem very nice to the tech industry. I support tech industry spreading across the heartland, which in my opinion would be very good for America. Nothing is perfect people, but a positive direction is a good thing: https://thebaffler.com/latest/the-carpetbaggers-of-tech-tveten #transhumanism


The faces are different, but the schemes are the same. Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Steve Chase, and J.D. Vance launch tech’s takeover of the heartland.

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