A transhumanism book about your future
Authors Andy Walker and Kay Walker have been signed to write the exciting new book Super You: How Technology is Revolutionizing What it Means to Be Human. To be published by Pearson Education in June of 2016. The project will cover the exciting and sometimes scary world of how humans are…
by Rick Téllez BRAIN DECLINE BEGINS AT AGE 27! Or says a study from the University of Virginia. The seven years study, headed by Timothy Salthouse, indicates adults achieve their peak mental performance around 22 and mental decline starts as soon as age 27. Most of us believe it is inevitable —…
A typical person lives 28,835 days. Each one of us knows what a day (24 hours) feels like, and how long it takes, and how variable any day can feel. But 28,835 days is just a number—unless you count it out in jelly beans. Here’s some cool jelly bean facts…
HARRY ROSEN IS 103. He lives alone in a studio apartment on West 57th Street in Manhattan. His hearing has declined and he a bit far-sighted but his mind is as sharp as most men half his age. Still, he doesn’t remember the last evening he didn’t go out for dinner at…
A fascinating piece from Mental_Floss shows how humans may still be evolving in accordance with Charles Darwin’s theory of natural selection. The piece suggests that the following are traits that show humans are still evolving: non-human milk drinking the slow disappearance of wisdom teeth disease resistance shrinking brains and blue…
One of our esteemed editors David Bunnell posted this on FB: “Google has been reading Death is Obsolete.” You speak the truth David! He is referring to the latest Time magazine cover story that starts… In person, it can be a little hard to hear Larry Page. That’s because he…
A recent study at the University of Western in Ontario, Canada is suggested a second look at coma patients in a vegetative state may be required before “pulling the plug”. Following an experiment with MRI technology, Professor Adrian Owen and Postdoctoral Fellow Lorina Naci have determined that a man in a…
They say bacon is not good for the heart. In Heidelberg, Germany, that is changing. Our porky little friends are being used to produce scaffolds for refreshed hearts infused with human stem cells. This results in transplantable hearts for those that can’t wait for donor human hearts. The first step…
If you are a man and you want to live longer the answer, it seems, is simple. A recent study by German experts revealed that men who marry younger women enhance their chances of longevity. So, if you are a man go ahead and shack up with a woman 15-17…
A new nasal spray may give snake bite victims at shot at survival. As many as 125,000 people die each year from from venomous snake bites. The challenge? Getting to a hospital in time to get a dose of anti-venom. Most victims die on the way. Drugs used to treat…
