Jeff Bezos opens a new front against death

Webb will unlock new secrets of the cosmos. 5 experts explain what to expect, The Cyborg Revolution: are they here yet? Jan 21, 2022 [View in browser]( Good morning. The fear of death is hard to shake, especially for curious minds who think one lifespan is not enough to explore the universe. Altos Labs, funded by Jeff Bezos, announced that it’s working on reversing aging, and the toll of disease. In other words, Bezos just opened a new front in his war against death. On the other end of the circle of life, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope will glimpse the earliest era of the universe this summer. When it reaches its intended destination (the second Lagrange point), it’ll answer many questions and spark even more. But there’s another revolution in the works: we’re on the cusp of implementing technology inside human bodies like never before. It may not be immortality, but nobody’s perfect. This is The Blueprint. Keep reading. HEALTH [Jeff Bezos-Backed Lab Hired Nobel Laureate Top Scientists to Beat Death]( [Funded by Bezos, looking to solve the problem of aging]( The third richest man in the world, Jeff Bezos, invested in a biotech startup called [Altos Labs last year]( to study aging and [discover ways to reverse aging](. Noting much was announced at the time of foundation, - Top talent. Bezos has assembled an all-star team of scientists, including Nobel laureates to start Altos Labs that will use cellular reprogramming to reverse disease, injury, and disabilities, [a launch statement]( from the biotechnology company said. The company revealed not only how it’ll function, but also named who will manage the biotechnology and pharmaceutical markets, both in the industry and in academia. With so much top talent from so many fields, the company will initially be based in San Diego, and the San Francisco Bay Area, in addition to the United Kingdom’s Cambridge, and Japan. - $3 billion versus death. The company announced it secured $3 billion of funding that will be used to not only engage in scientific pursuit but also to transform science into medicines in the recent release. Shinya Yamanaka, who is among the world's leading authorities on stem cell science and is a recipient of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of induced pluripotent stem cells, plays an unpaid consult role in Altos Labs. [Read More]( SCIENCE [Webb Will Unlock New Secrets of the Cosmos. 5 Experts Explain What to Expect]( [An artist's rendering of the TRAPPIST-1 system.]( Thousands of scientists and space enthusiasts around the world held their breath, crossed their fingers, and watched as the [James Webb Space Telescope]( — the most powerful and advanced telescope ever built — set off on its million-mile journey early on Christmas morning. Now that Webb has successfully passed its most treacherous opening-up phase, our attention can shift from the instrument itself and toward the cosmos. After all, Webb was launched to learn where we came from, and to see what else is out there. - Silence till summer. While Webb won’t return useful data until summer, researchers have already published more than 20,000 peer-reviewed articles exploring the instrument, and discussing how it should be used. We got in touch with the authors of some of the most highly cited papers and asked them a simple question: What are you most excited to learn? And they answered in extensive detail. What will Webb find? Will Webb find Earth’s doppelgänger? Or will it turn up “intriguingly un-Earth-like” planets? The data JWST provides and the work of thousands of scientists [will help answer some of these questions]( while sparking many, many more. [Read More]( INNOVATION [The Cyborg Revolution: Are They Here Yet?]( [An illustration of a cyborg.]( The cyborgs we know and love from the litany of 1980s action flicks are [among us now](. But not the way we imagined: they're more enhanced reality than science fiction. - A 62-year origin story. Austrian-born scientist Manfred E. Clynes and American scientist Nathan S. Kline coined the term 'cyborg'. The word was the combination of cybernetic and organism and first appeared in an article called "Cyborgs and Space" in the September 1960 issue of the journal Astronautics. Back in 1998, Professor of Cybernetics Kevin Warwick had a chip implanted in his body that would open electric doors and turn on lights as he passed. In 2002, he had a 100 electrode array wired into the nervous system of his arm which allows him to remotely control an artificial hand. - The world’s first officially recognized cyborg was a color-blind artist named Neil Harbisson. He has an antenna implanted in his skull that perceives colors beyond the normal human spectrum: he can hear infrared and ultraviolet. After having issues with the U.K. Passport Office, which wouldn’t include his antenna in the passport picture, Harbisson fought a legal battle to become the world's first legally recognized cyborg. A radical revolution. Yuval Noah Harari, a lecturer at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and author of “Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind”, said that we are indeed on the cusp of a revolution, [in an interview with The Times of Israel](. “In the coming decades, for the first time in history, humanity itself will undergo a radical revolution,” said Harari, in the report. “Not only our tools and politics but our bodies and minds will be transformed by genetic engineering, nanotechnology, and brain-computer interfaces. Bodies and minds will be the main products of the 21st-century economy.” Whoa. [Read More]( MAIL & MUSINGS Do you want to become a cyborg? Be sure you check back tomorrow for the results! [I’m perfect the way I am]( [C’mon! I mean who wouldn’t?]( [Weird! Thanks but no thanks.]( [Haven’t you heard of those pesky hackers? Solid no!]( Yesterday’s Results Yesterday, we asked whether you’d swap your electric vehicle batteries at a swapping station. While more than half of the voters were eager to get swapping, people who had concerns about the condition of the batteries made up 17 percent of the voters. Meanwhile, 16 percent wondered about the level of charge, and 14 percent said that they were happy with their old-school vehicles. Yes! Yes! 54% No way! How do I know it’s not defective? 17% Depends. Will they be half-charged? 16% Battery woes are for losers! Petroleum FTW! 14% QUOTE OF THE DAY “ Why was I born if it wasn't forever? ” Eugene Ionesco - Exit the King [Video]VIDEO OF THE DAY [Can an Electric Hoverboard Ditch Wheels, and Drive on Metal Blades?]( Who said that hoverboards are made to take on certain terrains only? [Can an Electric Hoverboard Ditch Wheels, and Drive on Metal Blades?]( AND ANOTHER THING... - Elon Musk's Neuralink, the company that purports to implant computer chips in human brains, is officially [hiring a clinical trial director](. - [Is the Milky Way galaxy typical or special]( Not really, according to Australian astronomers who inspected a detailed cross-section of a galaxy very similar to our own. (Cosmos) - China claims that it has developed the world's largest electric-powered quadruped bionic robot, [which looks like a yak](. - What are the evolutionary origins of sugar cravings? What makes something taste sweet? And what does too much sugar do to the brain? It turns out, [it’s about evolution](. (The Conversation) - Intel is set to invest $20 billion into a massive new semiconductor chip manufacturing site near Columbus, Ohio, [a report from Reuters reveals](. - Amazon’s Alexa service is [down across Europe]( with customers unable to get a response from their Echo devices. 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