ISDC 2023
The ISDC 2023 (International Space Development Conference) will be held
May 25–28 in Dallas-Frisco, Texas.
Our Isaac Arthur, Gary Barnhard, Sherry Bell, Al Globus, Michelle L.D. Hanlon, Janet Ivey, David Livingston, Holly Melear, Rod Pyle, Martine
Rothblatt, Peter A. Swan, Dylan Taylor, and Madhu Thangavelu will be
speaking/participating.
Learn more at https://isdc2023.nss.org
International Longevity Summit
The International Longevity Summit will be held August 23–24 in South
Africa.
Our Maria Entraigues Abramson, Alexandra Bause, Evelyne Yehudit Bischof,
José Luis Cordeiro, Stephanie Dainow, Goffredo Giordano, Aubrey de Grey,
Nadine Hoosen, Ósìnàkáchì Ákùmà Kálù, Andrea B. Maier, Martin O’Dea,
Elizabeth Parrish, Brenda Ramokopelwa, Paul Spiegel, and Natasha
Vita-More will be speaking.
Learn more at https://conference.taffds.org
Papers
Read “Building Commercial Space Infrastructure” (PDF) by our Alex
Thatcher and Keith Taggart at
https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/bmjopen...full.pdf
Read “Drug Screening Implicates Chondroitin Sulfate as a Potential
Longevity Pill” by our Collin Ewald at
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10...843/full
Read “The Ethics of Human Enhancement and Ferrando’s Philosophical
Posthumanism” by our Kevin LaGrandeur at
https://journals.tplondon.com/jp/articl...718/1378
Read “Intelligence Explosion – Part 1/3” by our Henrique Jorge at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2023/04/intel...part-1-3
Read “On the Controllability of Artificial Intelligence: An Analysis of
Limitations” by our Roman V. Yampolskiy at
https://journals.riverpublishers.com/in...19/13167
Read “Osteopontin: Building Skeletons in Aging’s Closet” by our Clinton
‘Cosmo’ Mielke at
https://blog.infino.me/osteopontin-buil...s-closet
Read “A Reputation System for Artificial Societies” (PDF) coauthored by
our Ben Goertzel, Matt Iklé, and Anton Kolonin at
https://arxiv.org/pdf/1806.07342
Read “Shingles, Zostavax vaccination and risk of developing dementia: a
nested case-control study — results from the UK Biobank cohort” (PDF)
coauthored by our Ruth Itzhaki at
https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/bmjopen...full.pdf
Read “Read What is Grover’s Search Algorithm and why will you use it?”
by our Guido Putignano at
https://medium.com/yealthy/what-is-grov...fbb89028
Books
Read “A First Course in Network Science”, coauthored by our Filippo
Menczer at https://amzn.to/40bb3JP
Networks are everywhere: networks of friends, transportation networks
and the Web. Neurons in our brains and proteins within our bodies form
networks that determine our intelligence and survival. This modern,
accessible textbook introduces the basics of network science for a wide
range of job sectors from management to marketing, from biology to
engineering, and from neuroscience to the social sciences.
Read “How does Quantum Teleportation work?” by our Guido Putignano at
https://medium.com/yealthy/how-does-qua...23f94969
Read the free “QRI Guidebook to Super Happiness”, coauthored by our
Andrés Gómez Emilsson at https://superhappiness.xyz
Podcasts
Listen to the “Everything Epigenetics” podcast with our Hannah Went on Apple at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...70455778, Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/show/2uD4PF21q...KEvNx0xw, and YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9_t9B...r0Fnghog. Connect with the show on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/EverythingEpigenetics and Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/everythingepigenetics.
Videos
Watch “Brain, Meet Computer” by our Nuno Martins at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoJJIHpIXc8
Watch “Using Data Science for Crisis Management and Response” with our
David A. Bray at
https://www.cxotalk.com/episode/using-d...nagement
Blog
Nonthapat ‘Brave’ Pulsiri joins our blog team with the post “How can we
make the space sector more sustainable?” at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2023/04/how-c...tainable
Recent interesting blog posts include:
“3D Printing of Body Parts Gets an Upgrade” by 21st Century Tech Blog at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2023/04/3d-pr...-upgrade
“80,000 Mouse Brain Cells Used to Build a Living Computer” by Jose Ruben
Rodriguez Fuentes at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2023/03/80000...computer
“A new measurement could change our understanding of the universe” by
Shailesh Prasad at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2023/04/a-new...universe
“Astronomers Discover Missing Link: Water on Earth Is Even Older Than
Our Sun” by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2023/03/astro...-our-sun
“Bill Gates says A.I. like ChatGPT is ‘every bit as important as the PC,
as the internet’” by Kelvin Dafiaghor at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2023/02/bill-...internet
“Biologists Figured Out How to Generate New Neurons in the Adult Brain,
Revolutionizing Neurodegenerative Disease Research” by Genevieve Klien
at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2023/03/biolo...research
“Black holes and the multiverse could account for all dark matter,
astronomers claim” by Quinn Sena at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2023/04/black...rs-claim
“Can trees talk to each other with fungal networks? Study raises doubts”
by Gemechu Taye at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2023/02/can-t...s-doubts
“ChatGPT gets ‘eyes and ears’ with plugins that can interface AI with
the world” by Jose Ruben Rodriguez Fuentes at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2023/03/chatg...he-world
“Chimpanzees have their own language — and scientists just learned how
they put ‘words’ together” by Dan Breeden at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2023/03/chimp...together
“Compound in Mushrooms Discovered To Magnify Memory” by Quinn Sena at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2023/02/compo...y-memory
“Computational biology in rare disease research” by Shubham Ghosh Roy at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2023/02/compu...research
“‘Counterportation’ — Landmark Quantum Breakthrough Paves Way for
World-First Experimental Wormhole” by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2023/03/count...wormhole
“DARPA wants a Spec Ops plane with a set of insane characteristics —
and it wants it fast” by Genevieve Klien at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2023/04/darpa...-it-fast
“Electrons’ magnetism confirms particle physics’ most precise
prediction” by Shubham Ghosh Roy at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2023/02/elect...ediction
“Elon Musk recruits team to develop OpenAI’s ChatGPT rival” by Raphael
Ramos at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2023/02/elon-...pt-rival
“European Space Agency Calls for Giving Moon its Own Time Zone” by
Alberto Lao at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2023/03/europ...ime-zone
“Flex Your Artificial Muscles: The New Low-Voltage Breakthrough” by Paul
Battista at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2023/04/flex-...kthrough
“Fmr. Google CEO Eric Schmidt on the Consequences of an A.I. Revolution”
by Sergio Tarrero at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2023/04/fmr-g...-company
“Former Google engineer predicts humans will achieve immortality within
eight years” by Joseph Barney at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2023/03/forme...ht-years
“How Music Helps to Heal the Injured Brain” by Joseph Barney at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2023/03/how-m...ed-brain
“Is reverse aging already possible? Some drugs that could treat aging
might already be on the pharmacy shelves” by Kelvin Dafiaghor at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2023/03/is-re...-shelves
“Jury finds Elon Musk did not defraud Tesla investors with infamous
‘funding secured’ claim” by Omuterema Akhahenda at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2023/02/jury-...ed-claim
“Machine Learning Expert Calls for Bombing Data Centers to Stop Rise of
AI” by Joseph Barney at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2023/04/machi...se-of-ai
“Meteorologist uses Starlink RV to live stream tornadoes and save lives”
by Tristan Hambling at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2023/04/meteo...ve-lives
“NASA’s Asteroid Smashing Mission Was a Huge Success for Planetary
Defense” by Atanas Atanasov at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2023/03/nasas...-defense
“New AI model can ‘cut out’ any object within an image—and Meta is
sharing the code” by Shailesh Prasad at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2023/04/new-a...the-code
“New controversial theory: Past, present, future exist simultaneously”
by Dan Breeden at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2023/02/new-c...aneously
“Newly discovered enzyme that turns air into electricity, providing a
new clean source of energy” by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2023/03/newly...f-energy
“Now AI Can Be Used to Design New Proteins” by Jose Ruben Rodriguez
Fuentes at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2023/03/now-a...proteins
“Protons seem to be a different size depending on how you look at them”
by Shubham Ghosh Roy at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2023/04/proto...-at-them
“Researchers Say They Managed to Pull Quantum Energy From a Vacuum” by
Paul Battista at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2023/02/resea...a-vacuum
“Scientists engineered a wood that gets stronger as it captures CO2” by
Daniel Sunday at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2023/02/scien...ures-co2
“Scientists grow plants in real lunar soil for the first time” by Daniel
Sunday at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2023/02/scien...rst-time
“Scientists Have Just Found An Untouched Civilization In The Amazon
Jungle” by Genevieve Klien at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2023/04/scien...n-jungle
“Scientists unveil plan to create biocomputers powered by human brain
cells” by Josh Seeherman at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2023/03/scien...in-cells
“‘Strong chance’ life could exist on newly discovered planet ‘nearly
identical’ to Earth” by Paul Battista at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2023/02/stron...to-earth
“Surprise! Jupiter officially has 92 moons, as 12 new moons discovered”
by Gemechu Taye at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2023/02/surpr...scovered
“‘They look alien’: NASA uses AI to design complex spacecraft parts” by
Gemechu Taye at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2023/02/they-...ft-parts
“This Bonkers 130-Foot Solar-Electric Trimaran Concept Is Shaped Like an
Ancient Roman Home” by Shailesh Prasad at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2023/04/this-...man-home
“This Startup Is Building Computer Chips With Real Neurons” by Dan
Breeden at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2023/03/this-...-neurons
“The Xaver 1000 is a next-gen radar that can actually ‘see’ through
walls” by Shane Hinshaw at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2023/03/the-x...gh-walls
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