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Summary of living forever news from Ray Kurzweil 21-June-2013
Restoring lost synapses, new cancer approach based on naked mole rat HMW-HA, and fruit fly lifespan increased by 24% with Rhodiola rosea
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Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART)
Planetary defense mechanism demonstration and test to be carried out in 2021
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Electric propulsion engine composed of a thruster and a power-processing unit
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NASA News
A tiny robot arm, MIRA, is heading to the ISS to see if it can do surgeries in space
Gizmodo - 29-Jan-2024
If it works well, MIRA could help keep astronauts healthy on long space trips
Read more...Lab-grown human liver tissue functioning for 30 days
Space - 10-Jun-2021
we'll gain the knowledge to keep astronauts healthy as they journey further into space
Read more...Probes intended to intercept asteroids for planetary defence
SYFY Wire - 16-Apr-2020
Threat of asteroid collision is real - who wants to be wiped out like the dinosaurs?
Read more...Planning ahead to save Earth - moving big rocks out of Earth's pathway
Interesting Engineering - 30-Mar-2020
We humans definitely don't want to end up like Dinosaurs did!
Read more...Digital twins to revolutionize personalized medicine
Medical Futurist - 19-Mar-2020
Risk prediction and best therapy for a specific patient is a future possibility
Read more...Growing new organs from stem cells out in the space
Independent - 10-Mar-2020
Gravity on earth spatially restricts growth of stem cells into actual 3D organs
Read more...Lettuce grown in space vs one from Earth: very similar nutrient levels
New Scientist - 06-Mar-2020
Research suggests astronauts could soon produce their own food in space
Read more...Experts look at new techs to enable faster trip to Mars
BBC - 25-Dec-2019
Speed, maximum load, human safety, and power source, among the main factors considered
Read more...NASA reveals large meteor explosion in December 2018
BBC - 18-Mar-2019
This would have caused damage over a populated city
Read more...NASA's DART planning first planetary defense impact
Space - 02-Jan-2019
We don't want to go the same way as the dinosaurs!
Read more...New Telescope To Scan For Collision Course Asteroids
Space - 30-Jun-2018
NASA's program will scan for all near-earth objects larger than 140 meters in diameter
Read more...NASA's plan to defend the Earth from asteroids
CNET - 20-Jun-2018
NASA is developing a detection and defence system against 50m to 140m asteroids
Read more...NASA's plan for an aerial colony above Venus
NBC News - 05-Jun-2018
HAVOC spacecraft will deploy helium balloons to float above the inhospitable Venus environment
Read more...Asteroid Almost Hit Earth Yesterday
Outer Places - 16-Apr-2018
Asteroid 2018 GE3 passed by Earth at half the distance to the moon. Scientists only had a few ho...
Read more...NASA plans to use nukes against a killer asteroid
Digital Trends - 12-Mar-2018
NASA has designed Hypervelocity Asteroid Mitigation Mission for Emergency Response craft. 8.8-to...
Read more...Humans Could Someday Colonize Jupiter and Venus
Interesting Engineering - 21-Jan-2018
Mars One is hoping to establish a permanent human settlement on Mars. CEO Bas Lansdorp is alread...
Read more...Asteroid Hunter Tasked With Saving Earth from Killer Impacts
Motherboard - 12-Jan-2018
Rare for asteroids to survive passage through the atmosphere to cause damage. Lindley Johnson is...
Read more...NASA Fails To Spot City Destroying Asteroid
Tech Times - 09-Dec-2017
Only spotted the day after it skimmed past the planet. Asteroid 2017 VL2 was just over 100,000 k...
Read more...First international asteroid tracking exercise proves a success
New Atlas - 08-Nov-2017
An international team led by NASA has tested the International Asteroid Warning Network, which su...
Read more...A Timeline for Humanity’s Colonization of Space
Futurism - 30-Oct-2017
Late 2017: Heavy Falcon Launch 2018: Preparing for Space Tourism 2019: Space Tourism and Observ...
Read more...House-sized asteroid narrowly misses Earth
Sky News - 12-Oct-2017
NASA has estimated that "2012 TC4" is 15m to 30m long (45ft to 100ft) - and in space terms, the a...
Read more...Scientists Urge Funding For Armageddon-style Asteroid Mission
Universe Today - 22-Sep-2017
Space agencies from around the world are dedicated to develop techniques for protecting Earth fro...
Read more...Three asteroids give Earth a close shave in a single week
CNET - 20-Sep-2017
Last week three never-before-seen asteroids were discovered whizzing by Earth significantly close...
Read more...Climate Change on Mars
EARTH Magazine - 11-Jan-2002
Severe episodic or catastrophic phenomena are much more common in nature than we have thought. T...
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