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Scientists are learning how to cryopreserve living tissues, organs, and even whole organisms, then bring them back to life.
Learn more in the latest issue of Science: scim.ag/3aS
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They found the cause of SIDS
THEY FOUND THE CAUSE OF SIDS
Excuse me while I cry for all the parents, including lead researcher Dr Carmel Harrington, who lived with guilt. And cry happy tears for parents in the future who will have access to screening and prevention. 😭
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It is misleading to say that we have found the cause of SIDS; one study has identified an enzyme that might be a potential biomarker for SIDS vulnerability (correlation not causation). The correlation is statistically significant but relatively weak.
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The study itself: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35533499/
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The US is much weaker domestically, economically, diplomatically, militarily than Mearsheimer assumes it to be.
It cannot win a military conflict with China over Taiwan and should not get into one. But liberalism shouldn't surrender either. What then?
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"We must endeavor to see American cities and towns as our homes and our neighborhoods. They are not 'battle spaces' to be dominated, and must never become so," Mike Mullen, the former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, writes theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv…
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"Their message is coherent. “Justice for George Floyd.” “Justice Can’t Wait.” “Black Lives Matter.” “I Can’t Breathe.” That is not chaos. To dismiss the protests in that way, as swirling eddies of inscrutability, is to erase their message." -@megangarber
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Thank you to everyone who tuned in today! We appreciate you sticking with us and hope to see you back here again tomorrow for Day 2 of the virtual #COVID19SUSummit. We hit 20,800+ registrations today. su.org/covid19 A big thank you to all of our amazing speakers.
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For those of you who were inspired to take on global humanitarian challenges, we're excited to share an opportunity to access funding: buff.ly/2HMbLoe @HumanitarianGC - #CreatingHope, #Humanitarian, #GrandChallenge #innovation #socialgood
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This was a 1TB hard drive in 1937.
It was the largest vertical letter file in the world. 4000 SqFt. with over 3000 drawers 10 feet long managed by 20 workers.
Access speed was ~3 minutes per KB.
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“This program is going to enable a new generation of young girls, like my daughter, to see themselves in a way that they wouldn’t otherwise.” @JimBridenstine reflects on how #Moon2024 will shape the future of @NASA when we send the 1st woman to the Moon: go.nasa.gov/2Q2emzz
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Here at #WorldGovSummit to share passion in identifying connectivity gaps at global scale and work on initiatives to improve this. For example @UNICEF’s #projectconnect which aims to map every school in the world and show its available bandwidth.➡️ bit.ly/PROJconnect”
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Hey, it's Friday night. How about a twitter thread of unpopular opinions about climate policy generally, and the #GreenNewDeal specifically. Ready? Here we go. 1/
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Ray Kurzweil’s “Danielle: Chronicles of a Superheroine” is about empowering the next generation to harness their intelligence and change the world. on.su.org/2ORRelQ
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S/O to SU Venture company @BeMyEyes for reaching 🎉1,000,000 🎉sighted volunteers! If you aren’t a volunteer already, we encourage you to take a step toward inclusion and download the #BeMyEyesApp. on.su.org/2PnKiQR
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In honor of our 10 year anniversary today, we’re kicking off the #10xImpactChallenge. We challenge you to join us in a commitment to creating positive impact using exponential technologies. Take the challenge at on.su.org/2C0qyMn #10x #BeExponential
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⚡️ Highlights from SingularityU South Africa Summit // Global Virtual Reality Press Conference here bit.ly/AltVR-SUSouthAfrica-0…. #futureproofAfrica #socialvr
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"It’s getting harder and harder to talk about anything controversial online without every single utterance of an opinion immediately being caricatured by opportunistic outrage-mongers" nytimes.com/2018/01/11/opini…
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Happy Birthday, Dr. King. You inspired many to do what’s right, to tackle discrimination and poverty, to want to bend the arc of the moral universe toward justice. May your legacy live on and inspire many more. #endpoverty #martinlutherkingday
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Wonderful thread about the immense progress being made in Africa. teapawt.net/Noahpinion/status/9518…
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I am very excited to announce the selection of the #100Coaches in our pay-it-forward project! This is an amazing group of talented people. @SenCarmichaelWV @Jamescitrin Brown Johnson, Paul Hill @EricSchurenberg @RobNail @davidmeltzer @chihow linkedin.com/pulse/introduci… #MG100