July 2011
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The Game of Life →
NY Times By DENNIS OVERBYE Published: July 27, 2011
Biologists do not agree on what the definition of life should be or whether it is even useful to have one. But most do agree that the ability to evolve and adapt is fundamental to life. And they also agree that having a second example of life could provide insight to how it began and how special life is or is not in the universe, as well as...
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“Evolution is not a theory for us chemists. It’s what molecules do when they have...”
– Gerald F. Joyce, a professor at the Scripps Research Institute who has recently created almost-life.
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Learning & Sleep:
…it would be good for our culture to place more value on the latter, if we’re to enhance the former. Nap pods instead of Starbucks?
How to preserve competing memories by zapping your brain July 12, 2011 by Amara D. Angelica { Kurzweil AI }
Researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) … studied a group of 120 college-age students who performed two concurrent ...
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nothing can exist without motion
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June 8, 2011
Single stem cell capable of regenerating the entire blood system found * Speech-related gene helps wire developing brain Meditation effects on left frontal lobe found Capturing ambient electromagnetic energy to drive small electronic devices * Brain cells made from skin could treat Parkinson’s How America is losing its tech mojo (and how it can get it back) Bionic glasses for poor vision *...
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OCW.MIT: Gödel, Escher, Bach: A Mental Space... →
Course Accompaniment to Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
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A single stem cell, capable of... →
Scientists have isolated a single stem cell capable of regenerating the entire blood system.
“This discovery means we now have an increasingly detailed road map of the human blood development system including the much sought after stem cell,” says principal investigator John Dick, who holds a Canada Research Chair in Stem Cell Biology and is a Senior Scientist at the McEwen...
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Physics, the Universal Language: →
“Babelizing” the sentence, “I’m Interested in quantum physics.” hailed: → Portuguese
Estou interessado em física quântica.
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I’m interested in quantum physics.
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私は、量子物理学に興味がある。
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I am interested in quantum physics.
→ Chinese
我在量子物理的兴趣。
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I am interested in quantum physics.
→ Hungarian
Érdekel a kvantumfizika.
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I am...
