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May 7, 2016
A breakthrough in science of memory: How a “Spotless Mind” could soon be Reality
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience, science
We could see commercials for the “Spotless Mind” someday and in various releases. However, why stop there?
Recently, scientists did find the gene that ties serial and mass murders together as a cause for their evil deeds and CRISPR could someday eliminate these people from existing which is a great thing. However, what happens if folks in power believe everyone in Europe and the US cannot have any religious belief and/ or values in order (in their own belief) to keep everyone equal; so they use this technolgy to eradicate how people believe or view the world. Just imagine; like John Lennon’s “Imagine”.
Jim Carrey’s role as shy and morose Joel Barish in “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” is deeply memorable in the context of his predominantly comedic repertoire of movie roles. And context is everything when it comes to recollection of memories. Though the kind of memory erasing technologies showcased in Eternal Sunshine may be too farfetched to ever become reality, scientists have nonetheless managed to make astounding progress in understanding and manipulating memories.
May 5, 2016
The Science of Tattoo Removal Cream Just Left the World of Wishful Thinking
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: science
May 3, 2016
US intelligence awards multimillion dollar grant to Sydney University quantum science lab
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: neuroscience, quantum physics, science, security
All I can say is WOW!!!! US Security Intelligence awards contract to University of Sydney who is also partnering with China. Also, this should send a huge message to the university in the US that Sydney is kicking it.
The US office of the director of national intelligence has awarded a mutlimillion dollar research grant to an international consortium that includes a quantum science laboratory at the University of Sydney.
Apr 29, 2016
DARPA Exhibit to Open at Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: bioengineering, biological, chemistry, science
Now, that’s an exhibit!
May 5, 2016, will mark the opening of a new and exciting exhibit at Chicago’s famed Museum of Science and Industry: an in-depth and interactive look behind the curtain at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
DARPA was created in 1958 at the peak of the Cold War in response to the Soviet Union’s launch of Sputnik, the world’s first manmade satellite, which passed menacingly over the United States every 96 minutes. Tasked with preventing such strategic surprises in the future, the agency has achieved its mission over the years in part by creating a series of technological surprises of its own, many of which are highlighted in the Chicago exhibit, “Redefining Possible.”
“We are grateful to Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry for inviting us to tell the DARPA story of ambitious problem solving and technological innovation,” said DARPA Deputy Director Steve Walker, who will be on hand for the exhibit’s opening day. “Learning how DARPA has tackled some of the most daunting scientific and engineering challenges—and how it has tolerated the risk of failure in order to have major impact when it succeeds—can be enormously inspiring to students. And for adults, we hope the exhibit will serve as a reminder that some of the most exciting work going on today in fields as diverse as chemistry, engineering, cyber defense and synthetic biology are happening with federal support, in furtherance of pressing national priorities.”
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Apr 26, 2016
The Science behind the DEA’s Long War on Marijuana
Posted by Sean Brazell in categories: biotech/medical, science
Experts say listing cannabis among the world’s deadliest drugs ignores decades of scientific and medical data. But attempts to delist it have met with decades of bureaucratic inertia and political distortion.
By David Downs on April 19, 2016.
Apr 21, 2016
The Latest in Science Fiction and Fantasy — By N.K. Jemisin | The New York Times
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in categories: media & arts, science
“In the Three Worlds, sentient nonhuman species are a dime a dozen, and the detritus of countless lost civilizations is embedded in a lush, magic-infused landscape.”
Tags: reading, Science Fiction
Apr 21, 2016
Post-Paris: Taking Forward the Global Climate Change Deal | Chatham House
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in categories: environmental, geopolitics, governance, government, law, policy, science, sustainability, treaties
“Inevitably, the compromises of the Paris Agreement make it both a huge achievement and an imperfect solution to the problem of global climate change.”
Apr 19, 2016
A ‘big science’ approach for Australian cybersecurity research?
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: cybercrime/malcode, education, quantum physics, science
Australia should go “Big Science” on addressing Cyber Security. I believe Australia is already making strides in Cyber Security with their own advancements in Quantum.
Australia’s Cyber Security Strategy, to be released this Thursday, will include an emphasis on research and development, as well as education. How might that unfold?