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Apr 15, 2020
Adiv A. Johnson, coauthor of The role of DNA methylation in aging, rejuvenation, and age-related disease, joins our Life Extension Board.
Apr 5, 2020
Read issue #212 of Lifeboat News!
Apr 4, 2020
Theoretical physicist, author, and broadcaster,
Jim Al-Khalili,
joins our Physics Board.
Jim is Professor of Theoretical Physics, Public Engagement in Science, and a Distinguished Chair
at University of Surrey, where he has also held a personal chair in physics since 2005 alongside
a university chair in Public Engagement in Science. He is also
presenter of the long-running weekly BBC Radio 4 programme,
The Life Scientific.
Apr 4, 2020
One of our Lifeboat Foundation Advisory Board members has a solution to the shortage of face masks, and this solution is a design for others to copy and make themselves, for: (1) materials which work well at filtering 100 nm particles (the approximate size of COVID-19), and (2) sealing the mask against inward leakage. Many commonly used homemade materials do not filter viruses very well, so choosing good DIY homemade materials is important. However, if air bypasses a mask, then it needs to be sealed. Learn more!
Apr 1, 2020
Lorna Harries joins our Life Extension Board. She is Professor of Molecular Genetics at the College of Medicine and Health, University of Exeter. Read Small molecule modulation of splicing factor expression is associated with rescue from cellular senescence.
Mar 23, 2020
Bill D’Zio joins our blog team with the post Final NASA Seats on Soyuz in 2020.
Mar 23, 2020
Alex M. Vikoulov, author of The Syntellect Hypothesis: Five Paradigms of the Mind's Evolution, joins our Futurists Board.
Mar 23, 2020
Goffredo Giordano, Mentor at Singularity University, joins our Futurists Board.
