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Aug 25, 2016

Forget ‘great,’ presidential hopeful Zoltan Istvan wants to make America immortal

Posted by in categories: geopolitics, life extension, transhumanism

New feature story on transhumanism out on Digital Trends:


Zoltan Istvan is the Transhumanist party leader and independent candidate for the forthcoming U.S. elections. And he wants you to live forever.

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Aug 25, 2016

Asteroid Redirect

Posted by in category: space

What would we do if an asteroid was coming directly towards Earth?

Don’t worry, NASA has a plan.

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Aug 25, 2016

China Eyes Manned Radar Station on the Moon

Posted by in category: space travel

This is about the only thing that will kick start the US space program back to life.


Even though the #US was the first to make it to the #moon, #China might be the first to have man live there. #spaceexploration

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Aug 25, 2016

Remote-controlled and crewless: is this the cargo ship of the future?

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, transportation

The future of cargo transportation will be autonomous, according to Rolls-Royce, which has revealed plans for a remote-controlled, unmanned ship that could take to the seas as early as 2020.

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Aug 25, 2016

Creepy Humanoid Robot

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Meet Alter, the humanoid robot that controls its own movements.

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Aug 25, 2016

Your Conscious Brain Directs Your Actions Less Than You Think

Posted by in category: neuroscience

From time to time, the Singularity Hub editorial team unearths a gem from the archives and wants to share it all over again. It’s usually a piece that was popular back then and we think is still relevant now. This is one of those articles. It was originally published August 2, 2015. We hope you enjoy it!

Think your deliberate, guiding, conscious thoughts are in charge of your actions?

Think again.

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Aug 25, 2016

ESO Confirms: Earth-Sized Planet Found Around the Closest Star to Earth, Proxima Centauri

Posted by in category: alien life

A new planet that bears striking similarities to our own planet prompts remarkable inroad into the study of space. This also brings a new area to search for the possibility of extraterrestrial life.

Back in 2013, the first signs of a planet over four light-years from our solar system were spotted. Since then, the scientific community has been working to gather more information via further observations, primarily with the help of the European Southern Observatory (ESO).

To study and observe the red dwarf star, which was named Proxima Centauri, the Pale Red Dot campaign was started. Scientists used the HARPS spectograph on the ESO’s 3.6 meter telescope at La Silla in Chile. Combined with data gathered from other telescopes around the world, astronomers, led by Guillem Anglada-Escudé, observed a wobbling star that was apparently caused by the gravitational pull of an orbiting planet.

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Aug 24, 2016

World’s first self-driving taxis debut in Singapore

Posted by in categories: mobile phones, robotics/AI, transportation

SINGAPORE (AP) — The world’s first self-driving taxis will be picking up passengers in Singapore starting Thursday.

Select members of the public will be able to hail a free ride through their smartphones in taxis operated by nuTonomy, an autonomous vehicle software startup. While multiple companies, including Google and Volvo, have been testing self-driving cars on public roads for several years, nuTonomy says it will be the first to offer rides to the public. It will beat ride-hailing service Uber, which plans to offer rides in autonomous cars in Pittsburgh, by a few weeks.

The service will start small — six cars now, growing to a dozen by the end of the year. The ultimate goal, say nuTonomy officials, is to have a fully self-driving taxi fleet in Singapore by 2018, which will help sharply cut the number of cars on Singapore’s congested roads. Eventually, the model could be adopted in cities around the world, nuTonomy says.

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Aug 24, 2016

Climate Study: By 2085 All U.S. Cities Except San Francisco Will Be Too Hot to Host Summer Olympics

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, health

http://democracynow.org — A new article in the medical journal The Lancet has concluded much of the Northern Hemisphere will be too hot by 2085 to host the Summer Olympics. Researchers are projecting only eight cities in the hemisphere outside of Western Europe would be cool enough to host the Games. This includes just three cities in North America: Calgary, Vancouver and San Francisco. The list of cities where it could be too hot is staggering: Istanbul, Madrid, Rome, Paris, Budapest, Tokyo, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles—and the list goes on. Extreme high temperatures have already impacted the athletic world. In 2007, high heat forced the cancellation of the Chicago Marathon. At this year’s U.S. Olympic marathon trials in Los Angeles, 30 percent of the runners dropped out of the race due to the heat. For more, we speak with Kirk Smith, lead author of the article and professor of global environmental health at the University of California, Berkeley.

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Aug 24, 2016

Habitable planet found in solar system next door

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, space

Fantastic news! (for once)


Paris (AFP) — Scientists Wednesday announced the discovery of an Earth-sized planet orbiting the star nearest our Sun, opening up the glittering prospect of a habitable world that may one day be explored by robots.

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