New findings show that planets orbiting red dwarf stars are more likely to be habitable than previously believed.
Only about a dozen potentially habitable exoplanets have been detected so far but, scientists say the universe should be teeming with alien worlds that could support life. The Milky Way alone may host 60 billion such planets around faint red dwarf stars, a new estimate suggests. (Video)
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Here’s what an astonishing graph (via Brookings) says. Job growth in America’s non-health-care economy has been dreadful during the last ten years. Just 2.1 percent total — or barely 0.2 percent per year. (Yes, that’s point-two percent annual growth.) In that time, the U.S. health care sector has grown more than ten-times faster than the rest of the economy, adding 2.6 million jobs.
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Futurist Thomas Frey: In 1791 when Mozart died, his 29-year-old wife, Constanze Weber, was forced to earn a living, so she began selling her late husband’s manuscripts and turned the former messy paper scraps lying around the house into a tidy income stream.
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If Wal-Mart picks up your product it can turbocharge your sales. Today, the retail giant announces a crowdsourcing contest for entrepreneurs, business owners and inventors to compete for shelf space.
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Mobile developers are unhappy with app marketing and advertising.
Over 70 percent of developers are dissatisfied with their current options for app marketing and advertising. That’s the results of a survey by Papaya Mobile, which offers the AppFlood service for promoting mobile games and apps. The survey shows that the majority of developers don’t have a clear idea of the benefits of mobile marketing channels. In particular, they don’t trust ad network providers.
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This is a review of the 10 best open source responsive HTML5 frameworks, boilerplates and tools for front-end web development (HTML, CSS, and JavaScript). Included are tutorials and resources related to each of them, and a comparison table at the end.
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A prototype contact lens-and-glasses system that lets you zoom in on something to 2.8X magnification.
New contact lenses have been created that when paired with special spectacles, bestow telescopic vision on their wearers. The contact-lens-and-spectacles combination magnifies scene details by 2.8 times.
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Researcher thinks human head transplant surgery is finally possible.
A neuroscientist in Italy believes he’s figured out how to do a full human head transplant. Or body transplant, depending on your perspective. Dr. Sergio Canavero of the University of Turin explains in a recent paper how the procedure would work, describing how a “clean cut” with an “ultra-sharp blade” could leave the two severed spinal cords in the condition to be re-attached. “It is my contention that the technology only now exists for such linkage,” writes the researcher.
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Winklevoss twins
Bitcoin, an alternative crypto-currency, exists outside the realms of governments and central banks. But now, two backers of the digital money are seeking to bring bitcoin into the investing mainstream — if they win the approval of the United States government.
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Nationwide, vehicle thefts dropped by 3.3 percent in 2011 compared with the previous year.
It’s tough to be a car thief these days. The technology that makes cars harder to steal and that has armed police with better tools has reduced vehicle theft to its lowest level since Lyndon B. Johnson was president.
Mobile raises the showrooming threat to a new level.
The practice of “showrooming,” or viewing an item in a retail store and then buying it online, has brought the e-commerce threat directly to bricks-and-mortar retailers.
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In developed nations people are living longer. There are increases in life expectancy at birth ranging from 2.7 years in Greece to 5.1 years in Ireland, between 1990 and 2010.This longevity rise has been attributed to improving health factors, better lifestyles and medical advances. This is giving us reasons to celebrate, but what are the challenges of living longer?
By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
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