Humans In Different Buildings Linked Brain-To-Brain
• popsci.comInterface lets a person read another's thoughts
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5 Teams Share First Round of NASA Cubesat Prizes
• http://www.space.com, by Jeff FoustFive teams, ranging from university students to a group of engineers dispersed across the country, received $20,000 each from NASA in the first milestone of a competition to develop deep space cubesat technologies.
Researcher's experimental ion drive outperforms NASA's HiPEP engine
• http://www.gizmag.com, David SzondyIt seems as if the age of the bench-top breakthrough in rocket science is not a thing of the past.
Hydrogel boosts uptake of stem cells in repairing damaged hearts
• http://www.gizmag.com, Nick LavarsWith their ability to help repair damaged muscle, stem cells have shown promise as tools for rebuilding the body's organs, but their potential is yet to be fully realized – especially when it comes to the heart.
Scientists break distance record for quantum teleportation
• gizmag.comA new record distance has been set for the quantum teleportation of information over optical fibers. Researchers working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) claim to have transmitted the quantum information carried in light p
International collaboration of researchers releases "tree of life" for 2.3 million species
• gizmag.comThe largest "tree of life" ever created has been released, spanning 3.5 billion years and 2.3 million species.
Paralyzed man uses own brainwaves to walk again - no exoskeleton required
• gizmag.comA man suffering complete paralysis in both legs has regained the ability to walk again using electrical signals generated by his own brain.
DARPA Tests Exoskeletons On Soldiers
• popsci.comIs it possible to carry a backpack that makes walking...easier?
When and Where to Watch This Weekend's Total Lunar Eclipse
• http://www.wired.comLate on Sunday evening, September 27, the Earth will slide precisely between the sun and the moon, throwing the satellite into a rusty red shadow.
How Prescription Drugs Get So Wildly Expensive
• http://www.wired.comMartin Shkreli is the Internet's villain of the week. After buying and then immediately jacking up the price of a drug that treats a potentially deadly parasite, he's become a sneering meme in social media, a think-piece punching bag, and a polic
This Glider Will Study Weather At The Edge Of Space
• http://www.popsci.com, By Kelsey D. AthertonIts first test flight is on Wednesday
There Is New Evidence That Football Destroys Brains--and It's Terrifying
• http://www.motherjones.comJoint study by the US Department of Veterans Affairs and Boston University found that 87 out of 91 former NFL players who donated their brains for examination showed signs of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, the degenerative brain disease also known
Former Merck rep explains how mandatory vaccination is pushed for Big Pharma profit
• http://www.naturalnews.comUpon hearing the news in 2003, one sales rep decided to quit, disillusioned by the corruption she had become an acolyte for. As her eyes were opened and her life journey pressed on, it became apparent that her greatest desires for truth in medicine w
Samsung wants to deliver the internet via thousands of satellites
• http://www.extremetech.comMobile Internet from the Heavens imagines a constellation of Samsung satellites orbiting the Earth, providing unlimited mobile internet to every corner of the planet.
British Scientists Want Permission To Genetically Edit Viable Human Embryos
• http://www.popsci.comIf granted, this would allow them to directly study humans' earliest stage of development and would mark the first approval by a national regulatory body to employ the CRISPR/Cas9 system on viable human embryos.
IVF embryos to be genetically manipulated as scientists investigate repeated miscarriages
• independent.co.ukThe genetic manipulation of human IVF embryos is set to start in Britain for the first time following a licence application by scientists who want to understand why some women suffer repeated miscarriages.
3D Printed 'Scaffolds' May Help Damaged Nerves Grow Back
• popsci.comBecause nerves can't do it alone
This Cloaking Device Is Less Harry Potter, More Predator
• http://www.wired.comBut you know what it does sound like? The cloaking device used by the Yautja--that's the actual name of the predatory aliens in the Predator movies.
DARPA rumored to be genetically modifying humans to create zombie super soldiers
• Natural NewsThe Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, better known by the acronym DARPA, is the Pentagon's super-secret entity responsible for developing all kinds of advanced weapons and other systems, including your ability to read this story.
Quantum Computing Will Bring Immense Processing Possibilities
• arcleinImagine a computer processor able to harness super-position, to calculate the result of an arbitrarily large number of permutations of a complex problem simultaneously. Imagine how entanglement could be used to allow systems on different sides of the
Scientists Say That They Have Created Yeast That Produces THC
• True ActivistLast month, researchers at Stanford University announced that they were able to create a form of yeast that produce a number of different psychoactive compounds, including THC, one of the primary components found in marijuana.
Revolutionary mechanical hand adds a sense of touch to mind-controlled prostheses
• http://www.gizmag.com, Anthony WoodA mechanical hand utilizing DARPA-developed neural technologies has become the first to allow a paralyzed patient to feel physical sensations through a prosthesis.
A visual history of human knowledge
• popularliberty.comHow does knowledge grow? Sometimes it begins with one insight and grows into many branches; other times it grows as a complex and interconnected network.
"The Alternative" puts the brakes on bullets fired from police sidearms
• gizmag.comAiming for a leg or shooting a weapon from a criminal's hands may be an option for cops in the movies, but real police officers are trained to shoot for the center of mass, not necessarily to kill, but to stop – although the end result can often be
Online flight-tracking provides revealing details about Russian air bridge to Syria
• Business InsiderSome days ago we explained how everyone (including low-tech terrorists "armed" with a mobile device and an internet connection), could have the operational equivalent of a ground-based radar-detection system to predict (and avoid) US airstrikes a
How Technology Can Create Political Change
• fff.orgJeffrey Tucker opens with the story of Fereshteh Forough, who set up a chain of clinics in Afghanistan to empower women by teaching them coding, design, and other computer skills that they could market directly on the web.
High-efficiency, semi-transparent perovskite/graphene solar cells created at low cost
• gizmag.comWith the continued rise in the uptake of solar cells, consumers are now looking at less obtrusive ways to incorporate these in buildings and vehicles.
Study: Bones in South African cave reveal new human relative
• myway.com, By LYNSEY CHUTEL and MALCOLM RITTERScientists say they've discovered a new member of the human family tree, revealed by a huge trove of bones in a barely accessible, pitch-dark chamber of a cave in South Africa.
Scientists built the most powerful physics machine on earth to study the fate...
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Jessica OrwigScientists built the most powerful physics machine on earth to study the fate of our universe, and it may break the laws of physics
Forget Cable Vs. Internet: The Real Winner Will Be Virtual Reality
• http://www.forbes.comThe current fretting over who will win the battle between cable and over-the-top on the internet ("OTT") reminds me of the battle between Blu-ray and DVDs; it was a battle between dinosaurs just before extinction,
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