Posts Tagged ‘FuturePundit’

Foresight Links for Apr 25,6:00 am

// April 25th, 2011 // No Comments » // Digests, Foresight

  • The Green Health Movement for Earth Day 2011, Lisa Mumbach @ Institute For The Future:
    teaser:  Air pollution and asthma, climate change and natural disasters, drought and crop failures, wasteful practices and water shortages. Human health is directly tied to our planet’s health and Insti…
  • Brain Region Deltermines Embarrassment Level, Randall Parker @ FuturePundit:
    If you could suppress your brain’s “pregenual anterior cingulate cortex” you could probably avoid the feeling of embarrassment. The twist to the experiment was that most of the subjects had neurodegenerative diseases, which helped scientists identify a thumb-sized bit of tissue in the right hemisphere of the front part of …
  • Cut Carbs To Cut Liver Fat, Randall Parker @ FuturePundit:
    Another reason to eat a more paleo diet: DALLAS – April 19, 2011 – Curbing carbohydrates is more effective than cutting calories for individuals who want to quickly reduce the amount of fat in their liver, report UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers. “What this study tells us is that if …
  • Elon Musk: I’ll Put a Man on Mars in 10 Years, Michael Anissimov @ Accelerating Future:
    I find such statements inspiring whether they are meant seriously or not, and whether they come true or not. Elon Musk shows that you can be rich and spend a lot of money without increasing net existential risk. Not increasing it, not decreasing it, just… risk-free behavior. Space travel does …

Foresight Links for Sep 6, 6:00 am

// September 6th, 2010 // No Comments » // Digests, Foresight

  • Oesophageal Cancer Rising In Men, Anuradha Menon @ TFOT – The Future Of Things:
    Oesophageal cancer rates in men have risen by 50 per cent over the last 25 years, according to a study by Cancer Research UK. Researchers, who analysed latest available data on the disease, found around 2,600 men were diagnosed with oesophageal cancer …
  • Japan: Men Take Virtual Girlfriends On Vacation, Randall Parker @ FuturePundit:
    You might find this pathetic. In the first month of the city’s promotional campaign launched July 10, more than 1,500 male fans of the Japanese dating-simulation game LovePlus+ have flocked to Atami for a romantic date with their videogame character girlfriends. The men are real. The girls are cartoon characters …
  • Eternal Black Holes, Anuradha Menon @ TFOT – The Future Of Things:
    If you wanted to hide something away for all eternity, where could you put it? Black holes might seem like a safe bet, but Stephen Hawking famously calculated that they leak radiation, and most physicists now think that this radiation contains informat…
  • Future Of Solar Panels Is Bright, Anuradha Menon @ TFOT – The Future Of Things:
    Nine in ten Canadian homeowners are aware that using green energy reduces a household’s environmental impact, yet only five per cent are generating electricity by installing rooftop solar panels, according to a new survey from TD Canada Trust. The surv…
  • World’s Largest Tidal Power Turbine, Anuradha Menon @ TFOT – The Future Of Things:
    The oil and gas fields of the North Sea have been meeting the power needs of the UK population for a number of years but such things have a finite lifespan and there are different ways to get power from the sea. The world’s largest and most powerful ti…