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By: Emily Singer — Quanta Magazine

Applying game theory to the behavior of genes provides a new view of natural selection.

In what appears to be the first study of its kind, computer scientists report that an algorithm discovered more than 50 years ago in game theory and now widely used in machine learning is mathematically identical to the equations used to describe the distribution of genes within a population of organisms. Researchers may be able to use the algorithm, which is surprisingly simple and powerful, to better understand how natural selection works and how populations maintain their genetic diversity.

By viewing evolution as a repeated game, in which individual players, in this case genes, try to find a strategy that creates the fittest population, researchers found that evolution values both diversity and fitness.

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By: Natalie Wolchover — Quanta Magazine

Efimov trimers.

More than 40 years after a Soviet nuclear physicist proposed an outlandish theory that trios of particles can arrange themselves in an infinite nesting-doll configuration, experimentalists have reported strong evidence that this bizarre state of matter is real.

In 1970, Vitaly Efimov was manipulating the equations of quantum mechanics in an attempt to calculate the behavior of sets of three particles, such as the protons and neutrons that populate atomic nuclei, when he discovered a law that pertained not only to nuclear ingredients but also, under the right conditions, to any trio of particles in nature.

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By — gizmag
The Philips LED lighting can be controlled and monitored using the CityTouch control panel
LED lighting offers a host of benefits for cities, such as reduced energy usage and costs. For Buenos Aires, which is in the process of having its lighting infrastructure upgraded, one of the benefits is the increased level of control it provides. Gizmag took a look at technology being used.

It was announced towards the end of last year that Philips had been selected to replace 91,000 street lights across Buenos Aires with LED lighting. That’s more than 70 percent of the city’s lighting. Philips says that it is the biggest city deployment of its kind. A total of 28,000 lights have now been replaced and are already being controlled remotely.

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Written By: — Singularity Hub
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Absent an outright cure, it’s thought that early diagnosis of terminal diseases like cancer make treatment more effective and raise the probability of survival. But diagnosis is not always straightforward and often requires costly and invasive tests.

Simple, cheap, and accurate tests looking for the markers of disease may help.

One such method may be a blood test for cancer from University of Bradford researchers. The Lymphocyte Genome Sensitivity (LGS) test observes how DNA in lymphocytes (a type of white blood cell) is damaged under varying intensities of ultraviolet (UV) light.

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A Hologram Might Be Running for the Presidency in 2016
http://betabeat.com/2014/07/a-hologram-might-be-running-for-…z39Afg9QPz

THE ATLANTIC: Just How Likely Is Another World War? http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/07/jus…ar/375320/

We’re heading into a jobless future, no matter what the government does https://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140731045824&#…=prof-post

Nasa validates ‘impossible’ space drive http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-07/31/nasa-vali…pace-drive

Solar Stories Tell Different Tales http://www.21stcentech.com/solar-stories-tales/

Hubble Space Telescope still pushing the frontiers of astronomy http://www.cbsnews.com/news/hubble-space-telescope-still-pus…astronomy/

Engineered biomaterial may regenerate damaged skeletal muscle http://www.kurzweilai.net/engineered-biomaterial-may-regener…tal-muscle

Nanostructured metal-oxide catalyst efficiently converts CO2 to methanol http://www.kurzweilai.net/nanostructured-metal-oxide-catalys…o-methanol

Google Glass app aims to improve surgeon training in Stanford University Medical School www.kurzweilai.net/google-glass-app-aims-to-improve-surgeon-…cal-school

Artificial intelligence identifies the musical progression of the Beatles http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140724134025.htm

Getting the Client’s Board On-board! https://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140801204807&#…d-on-board

Twitter Picked Up 16M Active Users In Q2 http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/29/twitter-q2-user-growth/

NYPD Mission: Develop 35,000 Ethical Protectors http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/column/832035-nypd-mission-d…rotectors/

Worldwide water shortage by 2040 http://phys.org/news/2014-07-worldwide-shortage.html

REUTERS: Gaza truce over, Israel soldier captured, 70 dead in Rafah shelling http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/01/us-mideast-gaza-idUSKBN0G008720140801

REUTERS: Facebook restores service after outage in many countries http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/01/us-facebook-disrup…NL20140801

REUTERS: Tape emerges of Clinton discussing bin Laden day before 9/11 attack http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/01/us-usa-clinton-bin…J720140801

Cellular Surgeons: The New Era of Nanomedicine http://www.exponentialtimes.net/videos/cellular-surgeons-new-era-nanomedicine

Finding quantum lines of desire http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/27133.aspx

Alibaba Is Investing Huge Sums in an Array of U.S. Tech Companies http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/01/technology/alibaba-is-inve…y&_r=0

Judge Rules That Microsoft Must Turn Over Data Stored in Ireland http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/07/31/judge-rules-that-mi…technology

Upstart French Telecom Iliad Bids $15 Billion for a Majority Stake in T-Mobile US http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/07/31/french-upstart-makes-…technology

Stanford creates ‘Holy Grail’ lithium battery, could triple smartphone and EV battery life http://www.extremetech.com/computing/186952-stanford-creates…ttery-life

Lifeboat Foundation Worldwide Ambassador White Swan Update and Published Amazon Author by Andres Agostini at www.amazon.com/author/agostini AND www.linkedin.com/in/andresagostini

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Economist: Social Security Is Insolvent, In Worse Shape Than Detroit’s Pension Funds https://www.trunews.com/economist-social-security-insolvent-…ion-funds/

Nanopropeller could be used for microscopic medicine http://www.kurzweilai.net/nanopropeller-could-be-used-for-microscopic-medicine

A ‘nanosubmarine’ that could deliver drug molecules to cells http://www.kurzweilai.net/a-nanosubmarine-that-could-deliver…s-to-cells

A rice genome to feed the world http://www.kurzweilai.net/a-rice-genome-to-feed-the-world

Brainwaves of a few people predict mass audience reaction to TV programs and ads http://www.kurzweilai.net/brainwaves-of-a-few-people-can-pre…ms-and-ads

Turning Pollution into Plastic http://www.33rdsquare.com/2014/07/turning-pollution-into-plastic.html

“WHAT IS THE CORRECT DIAGNOSIS? (SIC.)” http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140731223140&#4…gnosis-sic

Amazon Launches 3D Printing Services http://www.supplychain247.com/article/amazon_launches_3d_printing_services

A.P.: CIA spied on Senate, internal review finds http://m.apnews.com/ap/db_289563/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=P6fsJyhU

REUTERS: S&P500 index posts worst fall since April; indexes down for July http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/31/us-markets-stocks-…9T20140731

REUTERS: Argentine markets fall post-default, NY hearing on Friday http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/31/us-argentina-debt-…DX20140731

REUTERS: India’s demands block $1 trillion WTO deal on customs rules http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/31/us-india-trade-wto…9R20140731

The Wake-Up Call: Europe Toughens Stance against Putin http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/europe-prepares-t…83224.html

China’s Enforcers http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/141688/deborah-m-lehr…-enforcers

Climate change new engine of China, US ties http://europe.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2014-07/09/content_17683820.htm

Lifeboat Foundation Worldwide Ambassador White Swan Update and Published Amazon Author by Andres Agostini at www.amazon.com/author/agostini AND www.linkedin.com/in/andresagostini

CERN bets the planet on the early Einstein having been wrong. Let me explain.

After having founded special relativity in mid-1905, the early Einstein held fast to the speed of light c being a global constant of nature for another 2 ½ years. Only in December of 1907 did Einstein switch to the view that c was only an everywhere locally, but not globally, valid constant of nature.

In 2008, results proving that the early Einstein of 1905 was right started to appear in the scientific literature. For example, quantum electrodynamics combined with the equivalence principle (Schwinger) shows this. Up until now, no counterproof is in the literature.

In light of this renaissance of the early Einstein, a previously noncontroversial policy of the famous CERN consortium turns out to be problematical: their refusal to update the outdated Safety Report of mid-2008. Demanding this update has become a priority issue for everyone who learns about its lack.

The return after a century to the global constancy of c of the early Einstein implies that man-made black holes – which CERN tries to produce in its soon to be re-started particle collider – are different: They are undetectable to CERN’s detectors. This fact renders the experiment strictly speaking unscientific. Most important, however: if but one specimen of the invisible hoped-for objects is slow enough not to fly away into outer space, it is going to grow exponentially inside earth to turn the planet into a 2-cm black hole after a silent period of a few years in accordance with the laws of exponential growth.

As long as CERN is unable to publicly contradict this scenario in an update of its famous 6 years old Safety Report, they cannot re-start the Large Hadron Collider on logical grounds.

It all boils down to the question: “Who of the two Einsteins – the early one or the 2 ½ years older one – was right?”

(For J.O.R.)

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How big data is going to help feed nine billion people by 2050 http://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-big-data-is-going-to…e-by-2050/

Direct Brain to Brain Communication Between Animals and Humans http://hplusmagazine.com/2014/07/28/direct-brain-to-brain-co…nd-humans/

How Facebook is evolving into a mobile ad giant http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/17562949-how-faceb…e-ad-giant

This Website Advertises A Bunch Of Jobs That Pay In Bitcoin http://www.businessinsider.com/profile-of-coinality-2013-12

Lenovo’s smart glasses prototype has battery at neck http://phys.org/news/2014-07-lenovo-smart-glasses-prototype-battery.html

Tiny UAVs and hummingbirds are put to test http://phys.org/news/2014-07-tiny-uavs-hummingbirds.html

10 Biggest CIO-CMO Relationship Hurdles http://www.cio.com/article/2458472/cio-role/160586-10-Bi…rdles.html

Beyond GPS: five next-generation technologies http://www.kurzweilai.net/beyond-gps-five-next-generation-technologies

Astrocytes — not neurons — found to control the brain’s gamma waves and some forms of memory www.kurzweilai.net/astrocytes-not-neurons-found-to-control-t…-of-memory

Simple vision-correcting overlay and algorithm could replace reading glasses for viewing devices http://www.kurzweilai.net/simple-vision-correcting-overlay-a…ng-devices

BBC: Bank of America’s Countrywide to pay $1.3bn to US http://www.bbc.com/news/business-28570935

Driverless cars will be on UK roads from January 2015 http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-28562591

Robot ‘learns to keep going with broken leg’ http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-28564349

REUTERS: Argentina fails to reach debt agreement, default looms http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/30/us-argentina-debt-…AM20140730

REUTERS: Moscow fights back after sanctions; battle rages near Ukraine crash site http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/30/us-ukraine-crisis-…JF20140730

REUTERS: Liberia shuts schools, considers quarantine to curb Ebola http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/30/us-health-ebola-li…2H20140730

Putin’s Losing Streak http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/141663/stephen-holmes…ing-streak

The Dishonest Broker http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/141667/bilal-y-saab/the-dishonest-broker

An Unnecessary Plague http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/141369/jessica-hatche…ary-plague

Welcome to the Third Intifada http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/141662/khaled-elgindy…d-intifada

Libya on the Brink http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/141666/jason-pack/libya-on-the-brink

The hackers who recovered NASA’s lost lunar photos http://edition.cnn.com/2014/07/30/world/hackers-nasa-lunar-p…?hpt=te_r1

CNN: Number of 9/11-related cancer cases is growing http://edition.cnn.com/2014/07/30/health/911-cancer-increase…?hpt=hp_t3

9 Things to Know About Reviving the Recently Dead http://www.wired.com/2014/07/revive-the-dead/

How much is Los Angeles Tech Booming? Funding up 163% and Deals Up 180% https://www.cbinsights.com/blog/los-angeles-funding-exits

Lifeboat Foundation Worldwide Ambassador White Swan Update and Published Amazon Author by Andres Agostini at www.amazon.com/author/agostini AND www.linkedin.com/in/andresagostini

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CIOs, Companies Sharpen Skills for ‘Internet of Things’ Future http://blogs.wsj.com/cio/2014/07/28/cios-companies-sharpen-s…gs-future/

Freeman Dyson Predicts the Future http://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/aerospace/space-flight/fr…the-future

IPCC climate change report’s findings must be accepted, MPs say http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jul/29/ipcc-clim…ed-mps-say

THE GUARDIAN: Chinese hackers steal Israel’s Iron Dome missile data http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/29/chinese-ha…ssile-data

Google calls for guinea pigs for ambitious ‘Baseline’ health study http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/28/google-baseline-health-study

6 Design Concepts From IDEO That Rethink Aging http://www.wired.com/2014/07/6-design-concepts-from-ideo-for…ng-easier/

An Ingenious Plane Design That Makes Room for Your Carry-Ons http://www.wired.com/2014/07/an-ingenious-plane-design-that-…carry-ons/

Japan’s Nuclear Roadmap To Economic Destruction http://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesconca/2014/07/29/japans-nuc…struction/

A Global Calculator To Help Countries Understand How To Strategize for Climate Change http://www.21stcentech.com/global-calculator-understand-relate-climate-change/

Google’s next map: a healthy human body http://www.marketwatch.com/story/googles-next-map-a-healthy-…;07-25

US is the new Switzerland http://www.cnbc.com/id/101875767

Shanghai Electric, Siemens Invest $226 Million in Wind Ventures http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-12-08/shanghai-el…tures.html

Printing the Metals of the Future http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2014-247

What is the Difference between Posthumanism and Transhumanism? http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/lagrandeur20140729

Man-made ‘breathing’ leaf is an oxygen factory for space travel http://www.cnet.com/news/this-man-made-breathing-leaf-is-an-…ce-travel/

Google Attempts to Map Human Body http://www.exponentialtimes.net/videos/google-attempts-map-human-body

Is Safety Gratuitous and Long-lasting? By the White Swan’s book: http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140730010643&#4…wan-s-book

Bridging The Gap Between The Knowns With The Unknowns And Remained Victorious In The Process! http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140730022851&#4…he-process

Stem cell advance may increase efficiency of tissue regeneration http://phys.org/news/2014-07-stem-cell-advance-efficiency-tissue.html

Lifeboat Foundation Worldwide Ambassador White Swan Update and Published Amazon Author by Andres Agostini at www.amazon.com/author/agostini AND www.linkedin.com/in/andresagostini

by — c/net

One of the persistent challenges of manned space exploration is that pesky lack of oxygen throughout much of the universe. Here on Earth, trees and other plant life do us a real solid by taking in our bad breath and changing it back to clean, sweet O2.

So what if we could take those biological oxygen factories into space with us, but without all the land, sun, water, soil, and gravity that forests tend to require? This is the point where NASA and Elon Musk should probably start paying attention.

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