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Meet Chrysalis, The Generational Ship Designed To Take Humans On A 400-Year Trip To Alpha Centauri
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In order to prepare for the journey, the first generation would have to spend 70-80 years in Antarctica. Could this ship take us to Alpha Centauri? Image credit: Giacomo Infelise, Veronica Magli, Guido Sbrogio’, Nevenka Martinello, Federica Chiara Serpe, Project Hyperion For beings of our size and lifespans, space is…
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Your Memories Could Be Resurrected After You Die. We’re Just 20 Years From the First Test, Scientists Say.
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Could that let you live forever? Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The idea that physical changes in the brain enable us to store memories has been around for thousands of years. More recently, scientists started thinking that it could be possible to preserve structures in the brain that contain memories and other…
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The Universe Is Intelligent—And Your Brain Is Tapping Into It to Form Your Consciousness, Scientist Says
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That could mean intelligence is a fundamental property that structures like the brain interact with. The universe has no brain. It has no gray matter, no nervous system, no neurons firing electrical impulses—and yet, that physical structure may not be where intelligence and consciousness actually come from. Intelligence may exist and evolve on…
