“A faithful friend is a sturdy shelter; They who find one find a treasure. A faithful friend is beyond price, no sum can balance their worth.”
Living in the Future: Growing new teeth from mouse stem cells, person charged for shooting a robot, and reusable rockets for spacecraft
This week on “We are Living in the Future”: Lost teeth are a problem for many adults in the US – and until now, the replacements have always been clunky – think George Washington’s wooden teeth, or modern day expensive polymer caps. But scientists at King’s College in London have discovered that human teeth can [...]
Daily Quote: Khalil Gibran
“To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what they have already achieved, but what they aspire to.” -Khalil Gibran
Daily Quote: Charles Mildway
“Friendship is a cadence of divine melody melting through the heart.” – Charles Mildway
Daily Quote: Rollo May
“Community can be defined simply as a group in which free conversation can take place. Community is where I can share my innermost thoughts, bring out the depths of my own feelings, and know they will be understood.” -Rollo May, 1972
Living in the Future: Search for ET made easier, Telepathic implants, and mild shocks to the brain treat Parkinsons
This week on We Are Living in the Future: Scientists get a break while searching for extraterrestrial life, as finding oxygen atmospheres is much easier around white dwarf stars – or stars that have used up most of the fuel and shrunk to a small size. Despite their small size, planets with an atmosphere can [...]
Daily Quote: Leo Buscaglia
“A life of love is one of continual growth, where the doors and windows of experience are always open to the wonder and magic that life offers. To love is to risk living fully.” -Leo Buscaglia
Daily Quote: Stephen Spender
“My single pair of eyes Contain the universe they see; Their mirrored multiplicity Is packed into a hollow body Where I reflect the many, in my one.” -Stephen Spender
Daily Quote: Yehuda Amichai
From the place where we are right flowers will never grow in the Spring. The place where we are right is hard and trampled like a yard. But doubts and loves dig up the world like a mole, a plough. And a whisper will be heard in the place where the ruined house once stood. [...]
Living in the Future: Spider Silk can Stop a Train, “Tricorders” on the horizon, and Carbon Storage through Adsorbtion
This week on We are Living in the Future: Spider silk is often referred to as stronger than Kevlar, or steel – but physics students at the University of Leicester have shown that it has “super powers” too. Inspired by the movie “Spider Man 2″, where Spider Man uses his webbing to stop a speeding [...]
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