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Brain-to-brain interfaces: Brain Scientists control rat’s movements with their minds

Mind control is no longer science-fiction. Brain-to-brain interfaces are an exciting but extremely rudimentary development in neurotechnology.

How to Control the Capabilities of Superintelligence?

People, like Nick Bostrom, one of the top experts on Superintelligence, think we need to invent some controlling methods to minimize the risk of AGI.

Battling Parkinson’s disease by rejuvenating ageing cells

Fixing body tissues by knocking out genes that prevent bad mitochondrial from being ousted in a timely fashion might sound like science fiction.

Heart Health: 5 Ways Healthy Living Impacts Your Heart

Relaxed blood vessels allow blood to flow efficiently and nourish the heart, which it stimulates Nitric Oxide (NO) production in the body.

To protect us from the risks of advanced artificial intelligence, we need to act now

There is an opportunity to create safe and efficient AGI systems that can have far reaching benefits to society and humanity.

We’re not prepared for the genetic revolution that’s coming

As computing power has increased, scientists have been able to link many individual molecular differences in DNA with specific human characteristics.

Can genetic engineering save disappearing forests?

Releasing genetically engineered trees into forests to counter threats to forest health represents a new frontier in biotechnology.

Understanding Our AI Future

Major theoretical breakthroughs in AI have finally yielded practical applications that are poised to change our lives.

Artificial Intelligence Is Powerful –  And Misunderstood

One thing we don’t have to worry about is the fevered warnings of utopians and dystopians about AI making humans obsolete.

Should We Use Genetic Technology to Boost Human Intelligence?

Gene editing and embryo selection still elicit a good deal of resistance. But in the next decades, humanity will need highly-intelligent visionaries.

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