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Dec 3, 2019

How seven kids came back from the dead

Posted by in category: futurism

In 2011 seven Danish students were revived after they fell into ice-cold water, and ‘died’.

Dec 3, 2019

Pyramid-sized asteroid to zoom past Earth on Friday, as scientists warn one day a space rock may hit

Posted by in categories: asteroid/comet impacts, existential risks

Asteroids are coming?


The asteroid, dubbed 2019 WR3, has been directly observed some 74 times by NASA since it was spotted in the skies on November 27, so the space agency could calculate its size, speed and trajectory, and determine the threat level.

NASA now believes the space rock measures between 76 and 170 meters (249 and 557 feet) and is travelling at speeds of 27,036kph (16,799mph).

Dec 3, 2019

World’s first motorcycle aircraft

Posted by in category: transportation

This flying motorcycle is straight out of an action movie.

Dec 3, 2019

Cloud Computing Explained

Posted by in categories: computing, futurism

Big tech firms are investing in data centers as they compete for the $214 billion cloud computing market. WSJ explains what cloud computing is, why big tech is betting big on future contracts.

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Dec 3, 2019

Russia, China Launch ‘Historic’ Gas Pipeline

Posted by in category: energy

Russia on December 2 is set to tap a potentially enormous new natural-gas market outside Europe when its state-run Gazprom opens the 3,000-kilometer Power of Siberia pipeline and starts feeding China with blue fuel.

Dec 3, 2019

Facebook’s new tool lets you transfer pictures to Google Photos

Posted by in category: futurism

Facebook has created a new tool that allows users to transfer photos straight into Google Photos. It will be available today in Ireland, and Facebook is rolling out this new feature to the rest of the world in the first half of 2020.

Dec 3, 2019

Scientists Spot Rare Minimoon Fireball Over Australia

Posted by in category: space

In pouring over data from Australia’s Desert Fireball Network (DFN) — a network of cameras set up across Australia to capture images of minimoon fireballs, or minimoons entering Earth’s atmosphere and burning up — a group of researchers have identified what they think is a minimoon meteor, or fireball.

This is the second time that researchers have identified a TCO blazing through the atmosphere before hitting the ground. In finding the fireball, named DN160822_03, the researchers think that it exploded over the Australian desert on Aug. 22, 2016.

Related: Earth Has ‘Minimoons,’ and They May Solve Asteroid Mysteries.

Dec 3, 2019

Cyrus Biotechnology and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard Launch Multi-Target Collaboration to Develop Optimized CRISPR Gene Editing Technology

Posted by in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical

Cyrus Biotechnology in Seattle and Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard launch collaboration to develop optimized CRISPR gene technology.

Cyrus Biotechnology, Inc. Lucas Nivon, 206−258−6561 [email protected]

Dec 2, 2019

Google DeepMind gamifies memory with its latest AI work

Posted by in categories: futurism, robotics/AI

Google DeepMind scientists built a computer program that gives signals from future to past, in a kind of theoretical model that feels like things people do when they learn from their mistakes. Just remember, it’s only a game.

Dec 2, 2019

Brain-computer interface could be tailored to treat brain disorders

Posted by in categories: computing, neuroscience

Just one hour of brain–computer interface use led to clear changes in neuronal patterns, raising hopes of a potential new therapy for stroke victims.