A new study has found that an infusion of young blood can reverse some of the effects of aging.
Blood is the life force and we say that “young blood” can rejuvenate an aging culture or company; Dracula refreshes himself with the blood of young victims.
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TVs, toys, and DVD players are getting cheap.
What has gotten more expensive in the last ten years? What has gotten less expensive? Here’s a fascinating snapshot of the last decade in American prices…
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Millennials have embraced multiple ways of getting around.
The automobile was an American icon throughout the 20th century. It was a symbol of freedom and mobility. It gave people choices they never had before — new places to travel, new people to visit, and the like.
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The new DNA test was over 80 percent successful in tracing people from around the world back to their ancestral origins.
Most people can broadly trace our ancestral roots to a country or general region on the planet. But a new DNA test can locate where your relatives lived over 1,000 years ago, and in some cases, even pinpoint the specific village or island your ancestors came from.
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Ununseptium – the 117th element
The discovery of the periodic table’s 117th element has been confirmed after four years of painstaking research. Element 117, otherwise known as ununseptium, was originally discovered back in 2010 by a group of American and Russian physicists with the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR). However, it has taken years for the discovery to be replicated by another independent team, which the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) requires. Now the element, with the approval of the IUPAC, can be named and added to the periodic table, extending our understanding of transuranium elements.
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Combustion engines are likely to persist for quite some time, despite the recent advent of usable, talented electric vehicles. The combustion engine will often persist as a component in plug-in hybrid and range-extended electric vehicles.
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The method could viably produce enough skin samples to be used commercially for drug and cosmetics testing.
The use of animal testing for medical research than for cosmetics testing is much easier to defend. Yet many cosmetics companies continue to test on animals to ensure that their products don’t produce negative outcomes for their human customers.
Lix 3D Pen
The world’s smallest 3D printing pen allows people to write and draw in the air. (Photos and video)
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Play-i robot
Like no other tool, robots can capture a child’s imagination by creating a fun, physical learning process. With robots, kids learn programming via interactive play by moving a robot in various sequences and using intuitive, visual programming on a computer screen. The children also learn STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) by watching and interacting with robots that demonstrate the practical results of the day’s lesson.
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Researchers have created a glass fabric-based thermoelectric generator wearable technology.
A team of South Korean researchers have developed technology that could one day power your smartphone using just body heat.
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When will robots replace our jobs? It will take some time, and there will always be some jobs that will, at least for the near term, always be the exclusive domain of humans, but lots of really smart people are predicting and anticipating a future where robots/automation do many of the jobs that people do today.
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3D printed interactive speaker
What if every object in your life could talk? A door handle warns you when someone has attempted to enter without a key. A desk ticks off your appointments when you sit down. A rubber duck quacks at a child in the tub, then his pillow sings him a lullaby to sleep. (Video)
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By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
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