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Jul 16, 2018

Lightning-powered app lets you play roulette on the blockchain

Posted by in categories: bitcoin, climatology

Blockchain developers won’t be at peace until every single thing in the world is on blockchain. Or, so it seems.

Web developer Rui Gomes has created Lighting Spin — a web app that lets you play roulette over Bitcoin Lightning Network.

The app lets you wager anywhere between 1,000 Satoshi (approximately 6¢) to 100,000 Satoshi (approximately $6) per round. All you need to play the game is load your balance using a wallet service with support for the Lightning Network – like Eclair, for instance.

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Jul 16, 2018

Worried About Dementia? You Might Want to Check Your Blood Pressure

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, health, neuroscience

Keeping Blood Pressure Down Can Help Lower Dementia Risk : Shots — Health News A new public health campaign says controlling high blood pressure is among the best ways to keep your brain sharp. The neurologist in charge aims to lead by example.

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Jul 16, 2018

A Photonic Circuit for Quantum Computers

Posted by in categories: computing, quantum physics

Getting photons to interact is a key step toward using them as qubits.

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Jul 16, 2018

The Father of the Big Bang Theory

Posted by in categories: cosmology, engineering, military, particle physics

Monsignor Georges Lemaître was a Belgian Roman Catholic priest, physicist and astronomer. He is usually credited with the first definitive formulation of the idea of an expanding universe and what was to become known as the Big Bang theory of the origin of the universe, which Lemaître himself called his “hypothesis of the primeval atom” or the “Cosmic Egg”.

Georges Henri Joseph Édouard Lemaître was born on 17 July 1894 at Charleroi, Belgium. After a classical education at a Jesuit secondary school, the Collège du Sacré-Coeur in Charleroi, he began studying civil engineering at the Catholic University of Leuven (Louvain) at the age of 17. In 1914, he interrupted his studies to serve as an artillery officer in the Belgian army for the duration of World War I, at the end of which he received the Military Cross with palms.

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Jul 16, 2018

Where Is Alien Life? Six Of The Top Theories

Posted by in category: alien life

Aliens might be out there. Or, perhaps, they might not.


For nearly a century, humans have been searching for alien life. Scientists have come up with theories for why we have not yet succeeded. Here are six of the most popular explanations.

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Jul 16, 2018

British caver considering legal action after Elon Musk ‘pedo’ tweet

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, law

A British caver who helped rescue 12 boys from a Thai cave said Monday he may take legal action against Elon Musk after the entrepreneur called him a “pedo.”


Tesla CEO Musk launched the extraordinary tirade against Vernon Unsworth without providing any justification or explanation, after the cave expert slammed his offer of a miniature submarine to extract the footballers from the Tham Luang cave as a ‘PR stunt.’ Current top breaking Philippine headlines regarding the nation, world, metro manila, regions and exclusive special investigative reports.

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Jul 16, 2018

Aston Martin

Posted by in categories: law, policy, security, transportation

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Jul 16, 2018

New PET scan for Alzheimer’s disease directly measures synaptic loss

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience

Exciting new research from Yale University has revealed a new method that could potentially objectively diagnose if a person is suffering through the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease using a non-invasive PET scan.

A major roadblock slowing down effective Alzheimer’s research is our inability to easily, or clearly, diagnose the disease at its early stages. Several blood tests are being explored that can identify biomarkers signaling the early presence of the disease, but nothing has proved conclusive enough to move into general clinical use.

The new Yale University innovation uses PET imaging technology to evaluate cognitive decline by effectively measuring how much synaptic loss or degradation has occurred in a patient’s brain. To quantify a person’s “synaptic density” the researchers homed in on a protein called SV2A. This protein is found in nearly all healthy synapses, but as those connections degrade, so does the presence of SV2A.

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Jul 16, 2018

The Pillars Of Creation Haven’t Been Destroyed, Say New NASA Images

Posted by in category: space

A new set of images from NASA’s Chandra X-ray observatory shows us what we’ve never seen before.

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Jul 16, 2018

Four ways the electric system can better integrate microgrids

Posted by in categories: solar power, sustainability

The U.S. electric system is adapting to a new wave of distributed energy resources, such as solar panels and energy storage. Some of these work together in localized networks known as microgrids—nearly 2,000 are now operating or planned across the country, according to one estimate.

Prized for their flexibility, microgrids can run in an “island” mode or connect to the main grid. Although microgrids can potentially enhance reliability, the current electric system needs upgrading in order to synchronize with them properly.

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory study the impact of microgrids and analyze ways to assimilate them smoothly within the larger electric system. Part of this work focuses on the distribution system—the last leg of electricity’s journey from source to outlet.

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