The Uplift Prize — Uplifting 1 Billion People by 2020
If you are familiar with the X Prize, then what if there were a prize dedicated to poverty reduction through the diffusion of advanced technologies?
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Risks
Diabetes Drug RAMP2 Could Increase Rather than Reduce Blood Sugar
RAMP2 can, under specific conditions, activate the molecules in the body’s cells that recognize the signal from the hormone glucagon. Were this to happen in the liver, it could promote the release of sugars into the blood -– precisely the process that it is supposed to prevent.
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Why haven’t robots taken our jobs?
You’ve probably noticed the trend. The doomsayers are yelling once more. They are telling us that technology poses a threat to human employment — that the robots are coming for our jobs. This is a thesis that has been defended in several academic papers, popular booksand newspaper articles. It has been propounded by leading figures in the tech industry, and repeatedly debated and analysed in the m...
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Video Friday: DIYSECT — DIY Biology and Bioart
The excellent DIYSECT web-series covers the DIY biohacking scene. Watch the first four parts online today.
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DISRUPTIVE EVOLUTION — Transhumanism and Survival of the Quickest
Is Transhumanism an exercise in Unnatural Selection?
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Video Friday: SHEPARD Novel System for Safe Asteroid Capture
This is an animated depiction of the novel SHEPHERD spacecraft concept on a mission to gently stop a small asteroid from spinning.
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Roko’s Basilisk Meets Okor’s Basilisk
This article presents a new counterargument to Roko's Basilisk.
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Who’s to Blame When Artificial Intelligence Systems Go Wrong?
We’ve already started discussions around driverless cars, but there’s so much more to deal with when it comes to artificial intelligence.
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Researchers carefully protect dangerous pathogens – but how secure are all their data?
Even the most physically secure research lab could be the site of a devastating data security breach.
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Hacking Satellite Tracking Systems for $1000
A security researcher demonstrated how to hack a satellite tracking technology with a $1,000 device made of off the shelf components.
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