Tag: Science
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106,036 Americans are waiting for an organ transplant. 17 of them die each day. But what if we could give them pig organs? From the Seventeenth Century to Modern Science The first attempted xenotransplantation, or animal-to-human transplant, was done in 1667. Jean-Baptiste Denys gave sheep’s blood to a 15 year…
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Cyan Banister is one of the greatest investors of all time. She’s backed SpaceX, Uber, and more. This morning, she put the word out: hackers could be coming for our brains. Cyan calls it CogSec, and I think the name will stick. Robert Scoble, the earliest of early adopters, seconded…
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Halloween of 2000 was the last time all humans were on earth. Since then, astronauts have occupied the International Space Station (ISS) at all times. In a fascinating talk at the All-In Summit, astronaut Woody Hoburg tells us about life and space and how we’ll get to Mars. Life in…
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What if we had one trillion scientists working 24/7? Sakana AI’s new AI Scientist just might make that happen. The Tokyo research lab released a new AI system that can automate the research process. The AI Scientist can do a literature review, plan and conduct experiments, and write up the…
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Every finger has a unique fingerprint, right? Wrong, according to a new study published in Science Advances. The Columbia University team used an AI model to analyze tens of thousands of fingerprints. It found that fingerprints can actually be shared across multiple fingers. From a Columbia statement: It’s a well-accepted…
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For generations, preventing pregnancy has fallen mostly on women. Men have few ways to help, aside from often ineffective condoms. With abortion now illegal in many states, the need for contraception is the greatest in 50 years. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! So I was excited to learn today…
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A fascinating new device could one provide the elusive male contraceptive: German design graduate Rebecca Weiss has won a James Dyson Award for a male contraceptive device called Coso, which uses ultrasound waves to temporarily halt sperm regeneration. Weiss’s Coso device is designed to be a reversible contraceptive solution. To…
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Harvard researchers have invented a mask that can test the wearer for COVID: Researchers at Harvard University’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering have figured out how to integrate a freeze-dried diagnostic Covid-19 test into a face mask. The test reacts with exhaled particles and gives a diagnosis in 90…
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If you’ve been vaccinated for COVID, can you finally take off the mask? Early data from Israel says yes: Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE said on Wednesday that real-world data from Israel suggests that their COVID-19 vaccine is 94% effective in preventing asymptomatic infections, meaning the vaccine could significantly reduce…
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Merck has come out with great results from a new drug for COVID: Over the weekend, the Big Pharma and its biotech partner Ridgeback announced their drug, molnupiravir, hit one of its secondary objectives from a new trial, namely to reduce time to negativity of infectious SARS-CoV-2 virus isolation from…
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