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Self-driving cars are just around the corner, but working out the rules that should govern them is proving tricky. Should they mimic often self-interested human decision making, or be programmed to consider the greater good?
Programming Self-Driving Cars Makes People Less Selfish
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The researchers found the people who programmed their cars in advance were consistently more cooperative than those who made their decisions on the fly.In the next 6 years, 4 billion “new minds” are about to be connected to the world wide web, at gigabit connection speeds, at near zero-cost.
4 Billion New Minds Online: The Coming Era of Connectivity
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As the population of online users doubles, we’re about to witness perhaps the most historic acceleration of technological innovation known to man.The plethora of bacteria and other tiny organisms that live in your gut, often referred to as the gut microbiome, don’t just help you digest food and fight disease. As detailed in a new study, they also provide a very accurate biological clock that shows your physical age—a fact that may open up wide-ranging possibilities for health and longevity studies.
This AI Can Tell Your Age by Analyzing Your Gut Microbiome
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Our gut microbiomes change over time. While some microbes’ numbers dwindle as we age, others seem to become more abundant.It’s going to be quite the task to measure the success of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals that were established by the United Nations in 2015. This study demonstrates that using satellite data could help the process.
Can the Sustainable Development Goals Be Measured by Satellite?
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The SDG monitoring framework could cost as much as $1.5 billion per target. Exploring more cost-effective measurement options is essential.If this new project sponsored by the U.K. government is a success, microbots may have a very bright future. suhub.co/2FY2z2m
How Microrobots Will Fix Our Roads and Save Us Billions
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Worker bots will be capable of carrying out repairs with cement and adhesives or cleaning out blockages with a high-powered jet.These identical twin astronauts spent nearly a year apart – one in space and one on earth. A rare research was conducted to see how conditions on the International Space Station changes in gene expressions by comparing these identical twins.
Twins in Space: The Impact of Space Travel on Gene Expression
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Studies of astronauts’ genetic backgrounds might explain why some are more susceptible to health problems when they come back to Earth.Mouse model indicates that epigenetically controlling gene expression - by removing or adding methyl groups to histones - might help recover some brain function in Alzheimer's patients. "Epigenetic dysregulation, which leads to the alteration of gene expression in the brain, is suggested as one of the key pathophysiological bases of ageing and neurodegeneration... the impaired recognition memory, working memory, and spatial memory in aged FAD mice were rescued by the treatment with EHMT1/2 inhibitors." Hopefully these results will soon lead to clinical trials for humans.
Inhibition of EHMT1/2 rescues synaptic and cognitive functions for Alzheimer’s disease
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Abstract. Epigenetic dysregulation, which leads to the alteration of gene expression in the brain, is suggested as one of the key pathophysiological bases of aBig things coming...
www.precisionvaccinations.com/rutgers-new-jersey-medical-school-attempting-develop-multi-gene-the...
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Researchers from the Rutgers New Jersey Medical School are attempting to defy and reverse the biological aging process by developing a therapeutic vaccine that would bolster the essential repair and regeneration processes of cells. This is potentially important research since the current life expect...
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