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Nov 24, 2024
The First Tesla Bot Delivery Is Here!
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: Elon Musk, robotics/AI, space
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Nov 24, 2024
Physicists Found an Entirely New Way of Measuring Time
Posted by Paul Battista in category: quantum physics
Determining the passage of time in our world of ticking clocks and oscillating pendulums is a simple case of counting the seconds between ‘then’ and ‘now’
Down at the quantum scale of buzzing electrons, however, ‘then’ can’t always be anticipated. Worse still, ‘now’ often blurs into a haze of vagueness. A stopwatch simply isn’t going to work for some scenarios.
A potential solution could be found in the very shape of the quantum fog itself, according to a 2022 study by researchers from Uppsala University in Sweden.
Nov 24, 2024
Quantum Teleportation: The Next Frontier in Technology and Science
Posted by Paul Battista in categories: computing, quantum physics, science
Explore recent breakthroughs in quantum teleportation, the science of secure communication, and quantum computing.
Nov 24, 2024
Unlocking The Genetic Code: AI Reveals New Insights Into Psychiatric Disorders
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: biotech/medical, genetics, robotics/AI
Recent breakthroughs in genetics research may have uncovered new genes underlying common psychiatric disorders. Schizophrenia and bipolar disorder affect more than 64 million people around the world. These disorders are strongly influenced by genetics. No one gene, however, determines one’s risk of developing schizophrenia or bipolar disorder. Rather, it is likely that a host of genes contribute to risk. Using artificial intelligence, researchers at Stanford University now have uncovered complex variants throughout the human genome that may contribute to these psychiatric disorders. This new study suggests that mutations that occur after fertilization, such as genetic mosaicism, may be responsible for a number of psychiatric disorders including bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.
Think of a genome as a living book with instructions for every cell in the body. Our genes are the chapters. We have approximately 200,000 genes that provide instructions for making proteins, the building blocks of life. The vast majority of our genes, however, are non-coding, meaning that they do not provide instructions for proteins. Nonetheless, these genes play an important role in genetics and regulating cell function.
Genetic variants, or spelling changes, in either a coding or non-coding region can interfere with how the cell translates specific instructions. A small typo may have little to no effect on how the book is read. However, larger spelling changes can lead to the deletion of a sentence or even a whole chapter. Without the correct instructions to produce specific proteins, these spelling changes can contribute to disorders that impact different aspects of our body.
Nov 24, 2024
Two robots debate the future of humanity
Posted by Kelvin Dafiaghor in categories: futurism, robotics/AI
Hanson Robotics Limited’s Ben Goertzel, Sophia and Han at RISE 2017.
Now for something that’s never been done onstage before. While they may not be human, our next guests are ready to discuss the future of humanity, and how they see their types flourish over the coming years.
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Nov 24, 2024
OpenAI is funding research into ‘AI morality’
Posted by Bruce Burke in categories: ethics, information science, robotics/AI
One of the leading AI companies is funding academic research into algorithms that can predict humans’ moral judgements.
Nov 24, 2024
Why We Die: The New Science of Aging and the Quest for Immortality (Audio Summary)
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in categories: life extension, neuroscience, science
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Nov 24, 2024
MIT Longevity, AI, and Cognitive Research Hackathon: Michael Lustgarten, PhD @ekkolapto3
Posted by Mike Lustgarten in categories: biotech/medical, genetics, life extension, robotics/AI
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Nov 24, 2024
Youngest planet ever discovered challenges planet formation timelines
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in category: space
The planet, a very young gas giant, is about 521 light-years away from Earth. Its strange orbit also enables researchers to get exciting information as it transits in front of its parent star with little to no obstructions to Earth-based instruments, like NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), which made the discovery.
IRAS 04125+2902 b is roughly the same age as its parent star, which is far too brief in cosmic terms under our current understanding of planet formation.
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