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If you’ve ever wanted to imagine yourself younger, older — or a different gender — this new selfie app can help

Posted by Shane Hinshaw in futurism | Leave a Comment on If you’ve ever wanted to imagine yourself younger, older — or a different gender — this new selfie app can help

01.28.
2017

FaceApp can even turn that frown upside down.

Woman Survives After Being Frozen Solid

Posted by Shailesh Prasad in futurism | Leave a Comment on Woman Survives After Being Frozen Solid

01.28.
2017

Here’s the story of a woman who survived after being frozen solid via Graveyard Shift.

The problem of quickest descent

Posted by Shailesh Prasad in futurism | Leave a Comment on The problem of quickest descent

01.28.
2017

Brachistochrone is a Greek word which translates to the shortest time, and it refers to one of the questions posed by one of the Bernoulli’s brothers; Johann Bernoulli. If you want to move from point A to B in the quickest time possible what is the shortest time you can take. Most people will assume that the straight line will be the shortest and will take the least time which isn’t true.

Listen to the solution to this problem by Steven Strogatz here.

You may never have to teach your kids to tie their shoes again

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01.27.
2017

Mass-produced tomatoes are infamous for their bland, disappointing flavour

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01.27.
2017

But there’s hope on the horizon.

#science #newscientist #tomatoes

Go Boldly — Future of Medicine

Posted by Shailesh Prasad in biotech/medical, futurism | Leave a Comment on Go Boldly — Future of Medicine

01.25.
2017

Goboldly.com

Yes, the Eerie Carl Sagan Prediction That’s Going Viral Is Real

Posted by Sean Brazell in employment, futurism | 1 Comment on Yes, the Eerie Carl Sagan Prediction That’s Going Viral Is Real

01.23.
2017

Did Carl Sagan really warn about a time in the future when manufacturing jobs would slip away, when the average person would have virtually no control over their political lives, and when we would all cling to superstitions? Yes, Sagan did predict just that. The screenshot you may have seen floating around social media is real. And plenty of people are worried that Carl was talking about our era.