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Oct 28, 2024

Meet the Eukaryote, the First Cell to Get Organized

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

Organization runs deep in our family tree, if we use the literal definition of “organize”: to be furnished with organs. Eukaryotes emerged billions of years ago, bringing with them the copious benefits of compartmentalization.


All modern multicellular life — all life that any of us regularly see — is made of cells with a knack for compartmentalization. Recent discoveries are revealing how the first eukaryote got its start.

Oct 28, 2024

This ‘biohacker’ spends $70,000 a year to try to reverse aging

Posted by in category: life extension

At 81, however, Scott maintains that he does not have time to wait for the FDA to approve the age-reversal treatments needed to achieve his goal of immorality.

“My concern is me, not the regulations which have been created,” he said.


Kenneth Scott travels internationally for experimental treatments, doesn’t use soap, and spends hundreds of thousands of dollars on his quest for immortality.

Oct 28, 2024

A Giant Structure in Space Challenges Our Understanding of The Universe

Posted by in category: space travel

A colossal structure in the distant Universe is defying our understanding of how the Universe evolved. In light that has traveled for 6.9 billion years to reach us, astronomers have found a giant, almost perfect ring of galaxies, some 1.3 billion light-years in diameter. It doesn’t match any known structure or formation mechanism.

Oct 28, 2024

‘During the launch of Denmark’s inaugural AI supercomputer

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, supercomputing

‘During the launch of Denmark’s inaugural AI supercomputer, Gefion, alongside Jensen Huang, King Frederik of Denmark remarked, ‘I am not the only king in this room; the other one is wearing a leather jacket.’‘

Oct 28, 2024

Daily Learning Facts (@daily_learningfacts) • Instagram reel

Posted by in category: drones

8,794 likes, — daily_learningfacts on October 20, 2024: ‘Drone Show in China #dailylearningfacts #shortvideo #facts #fyp #usa #viral’

Oct 28, 2024

ISS astronauts warned of urgent evacuation over cracks and leaks

Posted by in category: life extension

ASTRONAUTS aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have been told to prepare for an urgent evacuation.

The ISS is aging, and is due to be retired by the end of the decade.

Oct 28, 2024

Computers normally can’t see optical illusions — but a scientist combined AI with quantum mechanics to make it happen

Posted by in categories: information science, particle physics, quantum physics, robotics/AI

The AI system is dubbed a “quantum-tunneling deep neural network” and combines neural networks with quantum tunneling. A deep neural network is a collection of machine learning algorithms inspired by the structure and function of the brain — with multiple layers of nodes between the input and output. It can model complex non-linear relationships and, unlike conventional neural networks (which include a single layer between input and output) deep neural networks include many hidden layers.

Quantum tunneling, meanwhile, occurs when a subatomic particle, such as an electron or photon (particle of light), effectively passes through an impenetrable barrier. Because a subatomic particle like light can also behave as a wave — when it is not directly observed it is not in any fixed location — it has a small but finite probability of being on the other side of the barrier. When sufficient subatomic particles are present, some will “tunnel” through the barrier.

After the data representing the optical illusion passes through the quantum tunneling stage, the slightly altered image is processed by a deep neural network.

Oct 28, 2024

Innovative Water Harvester Offers Hope for Water-Scarce Regions

Posted by in categories: food, neuroscience, security, sustainability

Can water be harvested from the air to help mitigate water scarcity across the globe? This is what a recent study published in Technologies hopes to address as a team of researchers from The Ohio State University have developed a novel device that can provide faster and more efficient methods for harvesting water from the air compared to longstanding devices, also called atmospheric water harvesting (AWH). This study holds the potential to help regions around the world mitigate the need for access to clean drinking water, as approximately 2 billion people suffer from lack of clean drinking water in their respective regions.

“You can survive three minutes without air, three weeks without food, but only three days without water,” said Dr. John LaRocco, who is a research scientist in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at The Ohio State University and lead author of the study. “But with it, you can begin to solve a lot of problems, like national security, mental health or sanitation, just by improving the accessibility of clean drinking water.”

For the device, the researchers designed a nickel titanium-based dehumidifier with temperature-sensitive materials, resulting in harvesting greater amounts of water at 0.18 milliliters per watts per hour compared to 0.16 milliliters per watts per hour for traditional harvesters after 30 minutes. Additionally, the temperature-sensitive materials help regulate the amount of heat used during the harvesting process, resulting in approximately half the power needed to use the harvester. Finally, the reduced size of the harvester provides mobility to be used anywhere in the world, whereas traditional harvesters tend to be large and require significant amounts of energy to operate.

Oct 28, 2024

Physicists Think The Infinite Size of The Multiverse Could Be Infinitely Bigger

Posted by in categories: cosmology, quantum physics

Not only does God play dice, that great big casino of quantum physics could have far more rooms than we ever imagined. An infinite number more, in fact.

Physicists from the University of California, Davis (UCD), the Los Alamos National Laboratory in the US, and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne have redrawn the map of fundamental reality to demonstrate the way we relate objects in physics could be holding us back from seeing a bigger picture.

For about a century, our understanding of reality has been complicated by the theories and observations that fall under the banner of quantum mechanics. Gone are the days when objects had absolute measures like velocity and position.

Oct 28, 2024

Getting Closer To Understanding Consciousness ⚡️

Posted by in category: neuroscience

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In this Lightning Round video, we consider the difference between consciousness and sentience, I talk about the planet I’d want to visit, and what’s the deal with pheromones?

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