Friendly 'delivery robots' may be coming to Austin to live and work
• http://www.fox5ny.comThe robots look like coolers on wheels and they don't quite have names yet but the company is called Starship.
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William Shatner Talks Science Fiction vs. Science Fact | Video
• Space.comThe 'Star Trek' alumni talks about science fiction inspiring science and exploration. Captain Kirk Says Space Exploration Leads To Medical Advancements
Scientists sniff out new antibiotic - inside the human nose
• https://www.theguardian.com, Nicola DavisAntibiotic made by nose microbes kills MRSA, say researchers, amid hopes that more weapons in the fight against drug resistance might be found in the body
Frankincense oil kills cancer cells while boosting the immune system, studies show
• http://www.naturalnews.com(NaturalNews) Frankincense is a powerful medicinal oil that can not only boost the immune system but also kill cancer cells, a number of studies have shown.
Dolly the Sheep Clones Are Ageing Just Fine
• motherboard.vice.comA team of researchers at Nottingham University announced on Tuesday that four of Dolly the Sheep's genetic identicals are showing no signs of premature aging--evidence that "somatic cell nuclear transfer," or cloning, can result in healthy adu
Embryonic gene Nanog reverses aging in adult stem cells
• sciencedaily.comThe discovery may lead to treatments for atherosclerosis, osteoporosis, Alzheimer's and other age-related disorders
Spiders spin unique phononic material
• sciencedaily.comResearchers discover band gaps in spider silk
The Science Delusion - banned TED talk
• Rupert SheldrakeHere are the ten core beliefs that most scientists take for granted. 1. Everything is essentially mechanical. Dogs, for example, are complex mechanisms, rather than living organisms with goals of their own. Even people are machines, 'lumbering rob
Superhuman Tech? Most Americans Fear the Worst
• livescience.comA majority of Americans are worried about scientific advances aimed at enhancing humans' natural abilities, according to a new survey from the Pew Research Center.
Belgian scientists make novel water-from-urine machine
• trust.orgA team of scientists at a Belgian university say they have created a machine that turns urine into drinkable water and fertilizer using solar energy, a technique which could be applied in rural areas and developing countries.
New 3D Movie Screen Could Let Viewers Ditch Glasses At The Theatre
• popsci.comNo more awkward head gear
Backyard chicken coops may ward off disease-carrying mosquitoes
• http://www.naturalnews.com(NaturalNews) A major species of malaria-carrying mosquito avoids the smell of chickens, according to a new study conducted by researchers from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia, published in Malar
Solar Impulse Just Completed Its Momentous Flight Around the World
• https://www.wired.comSun haters, to the left. Solar Impulse 2 touched down in Abu Dhabi today, becoming the first fuel-free plane to successfully circumnavigate the globe.
You Don't Like Sharing Your Car. But Can Elon Musk Change Your Mind?
• https://www.wired.comLast week, tech wonderboy Elon Musk released his much-awaited Master Plan, Part Deux, a wildly ambitious blueprint to change American mobility as we know it: autonomous buses that might appear on-demand, and new electric big-rigs, pick-ups and SUVs.
More Nuke Questions: Lies About Trident, Hiroshima, Nagasaki and Now Bikini, Too
• http://www.thedailybell.com/news-analysis/nuke-hoaBritain backs renewal of Trident nuclear programme … Trident programme involves four new vessels at an estimated cost of $54bn over the next 20 years. British prime minister affirms she would order nuclear strike … Despite opposition from the pro
CDC releases new meningitis B vaccine mandate for students, despite...
• http://www.naturalnews.comrecent study showing shot fails to protect. (NaturalNews) This year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is recommending for the first time that low-risk high school students receive the meningitis B (MenB) vaccine, first used in th
Big Pharma prescriptions including painkillers, antidepressants plummeting...
• http://www.naturalnews.comas seniors turn to medical cannabis. (NaturalNews) Use of many prescription drugs has plummeted following the legalization of medical marijuana, according to a study conducted by researchers from the University of Georgia and published in the journa
Verizon Ends Yahoo Independence With $4.83 Billion Deal
• http://www.bloomberg.comVerizon Communications Inc. agreed to buy Yahoo! Inc.'s web assets for $4.83 billion, ending the company's two-decade run as an independent business that took it from Stanford University startup at the dawn of the internet age to also-ran behind
Man-made molecule reverses cirrhosis in rats
Written By:I would like to know if there was follow-up information on this remarkable study. If so, can you send me the info & source? Thank you, Andi Bayer
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Hernia surgery gets the 360-degree interactive treatment
• http://www.gizmag.com, Aaron HeinrichIn 1955 an estimated six to nine million people in the US watched the live broadcast of open heart surgery on a child with a heart malformation.
Germ-inspired microbots shape shift to deliver drugs, unclog arteries
• http://www.gizmag.com, David SzondyAccording to the World Health Organization, up to 20,000 people still suffer from African trypanosomiasis or sleeping sickness, which once made many parts of central Africa almost uninhabitable.
Companies are flooding Earth's orbit with satellites, but no one's directing traffic
• Washington PostIn the past five years, the number of operational satellites has jumped 40 percent, and nearly 1,400 now orbit the Earth. Industry officials say that number could more than double in five years as a revolution in technology has made satellites smalle
Elon Musk Just Outlined Tesla's 'Master Plan' To Take On Uber
• Forbes...it's Musk's fourth goal, following autonomous technology, that will put it into the competitive ridesharing business against the likes of Uber and Lyft.
Musk Hypes New Master Plan to Support Increasingly Ambitious Promises
• The Daily BellThere are increasing elements of an obvious "hustle" about Musk's various endeavors. People are starting to notice. When the stock market finally collapses, Musk will face significant challenges.
Technocrats On Fire: Obama's Brain Mapping Initiative Is Racing Forward
• technocracy.newsIn April 2013, President Obama announced a Federal initiative to map the human brain, in the same manner that the human genome had already been mapped. The initiative was officially called BRAIN, an acronym for "Brain Research through Advancing Inn
Humans and wild birds 'talk' to each other as they hunt for bees' honey
• independent.co.ukResearchers discover birds understand special calls made by honey-hunters to attract their attention
Scientists 'REVERSE' menopause...
• http://www.dailymail.co, By ANNA HODGEKISSScientists 'REVERSE' menopause: Women who'd not had a period in five years are now menstruating again after their ovaries were rejuvenated
World's First Flying Eye Hospital Is Fighting Blindness AND Poverty
• http://www.trueactivist.comThis Flying Eye Hospital is giving people the gift of sight, education, and economic productivity.
Twitter Is Running Out of Time to Get Real About Fighting Abuse
• http://www.wired.comAnother week, another eruption of abuse on Twitter. This time, it was Breitbart writer and self-anointed "supervillain of the Internet" Milo Yiannopoulos, whom the company finally banned after he stoked his followers into flooding Ghostbusters ac
Review: Energica Eva Electric Sportbike
• https://www.wired.comIt's another storybook sunny day in Malibu, and I'm doing one of the things I love most in life. With the Pacific behind me and the canyons ahead, I'm threading a powerful sportbike through tight corners at speed, flicking from apex to apex. Bu
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