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Carnosine and anserine are strong antioxidants, previously demonstrated to reduce cognitive decline in animal studies. We aimed to investigate their cognitive and neurophysiological effects, using functional […]

French artists Émilie Brout and Maxime Marion contribute three pieces to The Human Face of Cryptoeconomies exhibition. Gold and Glitter is a painstakingly assembled installation of collaged GIFs. Previous […]

A major component of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Medicine’s Human Gene-Editing Initiative is an international summit to take place December 1-3 in Washington, D.C. Co-hosted w […]

‘You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star.’ ~ Friedrich Nietzsche

I’m going to share a productivity, planning and organizational hack that will change your life. It will yield some u […]

Regarding reality: some consequences of two incapacities

By what empirical means can a person determine whether he or she is presently awake or dreaming? Any conceivable test addressing this question, which […]

There was to have been a conference in Malaysia recently called Love and Sex with Robots but it was cancelled. Malaysian police branded it “illegal” and “ridiculous”. “There is nothing scientific about sex with r […]

During a 1959 television appearance, Jack Kerouac was asked how long it took him to write his novel On The Road. His response – three weeks – amazed the interviewer and ignited an enduring myth that the book was […]

Human beings inherit many genetic traits directly from their parents. However, cultural traits – tools, beliefs and behaviors that are transmitted by learning – can be passed on not only by parents but also tea […]

You have a headache. Do you reach for Tylenol or Advil? Most people have a preference because they have learned over time that one works better than the other at relieving their pain. This type of variability […]

I want to start with a thought experiment: Suppose the most extreme predictions regarding technological unemployment come to pass. The new wave of automating technologies take over most forms of human […]

Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is the main inhibitory neurotransmitter in the human cortex. The food supplement version of GABA is widely available online. Although many consumers claim that they experience […]

Ten years ago, a team lead by Irina Conboy at the University of California at Berkeley showed something remarkable in a Nature paper: if you take old cells and put them in a young environment, you effectively […]

An IndieGoGo crowdfunding campaign has been launched to fund the advancement of Dr.Rider’s DRACOs research. DRACOs have proven effective against 18 viruses in proof-of-concept work. DRACOs, as a potential broad […]

…and sorry I was I could not travel both.

Aging is an accumulation of damage.  If we want to return the body to a more youthful state, we’re going to have to repair that dama […]

The Clock of the Long Now from Public Record on Vimeo.
The Clock of the Long Now is a portrait of Danny Hillis and his brilliant team of inventors, futurists, and engineers as they build The 10,000 Year […]

Why don’t humans have patterned texture like animals?
Humans will be able to get it.

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Direction: Kouhei Nakama (kouheinakama.com/)

Music: “Highway to the Stars” by Kai Engel (kai-engel.com/)

Blockchain technology is at the heart of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. Most people have heard of Bitcoin and some are excited by the prospect it raises of a decentralised, stateless currency/payment system. But […]

By now, you’ve surely heard that Americans aren’t getting enough sleep.

In our always-on society, a solid chunk of nightly rest seems, well, like a dream. We shave the edges of sleep to keep up, exchanging ext […]