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Posted by | March 22, 2024
Remembering ‘True Names’ Author Vernor Vinge

Science fiction pioneer and inspiration to many a cypherpunk, Vernor Steffen Vinge, passed away Wednesday at the age of 79 in La Jolla, California. The five-time winner of the prestigious...

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Posted by | December 7, 2023
Harvard scientists claim quantum computing breakthrough

A team of researchers funded by the United States Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and led by scientists at Harvard — with support from QuEra Computing, the Massachusetts Institute of...

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Posted by | December 7, 2023
Changpeng Zhao’s next move could involve decentralized science

Changpeng “CZ” Zhao’s tenure as the CEO of Binance may be over, but the exchange giant’s loss could be a boon for the decentralized science (DeSci) sector. In a comment...

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Posted by | October 24, 2023
Humans and AI often prefer sycophantic chatbot answers to the truth — Study

The team at Anthropic AI found that five “state-of-the-art” language models exhibit sycophancy, indicating the problem could be ubiquitous. 1480 Total views 17 Total shares Artificial intelligence (AI) large language...

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Posted by | October 4, 2023
DAOs can help scientists find funding and community, says Nature science journal

The Nature science journal recently published an editorial in its Nature Bioscience section lauding the use of decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) as a revolutionary new method by which researchers working...

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Posted by | February 25, 2023
Pharma companies team up with DeSci to accelerate scientific research

Pfizer is now the first big pharma to participate in a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO). 1481 Total views 36 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as...

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Posted by | January 31, 2023
Top 9 cyberpunk movies of all time

Cyberpunk movies are a subgenre of science fiction that emerged in the 1980s. They typically take place in a dystopian future, often in a city characterized by high-tech, advanced technology...

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Posted by | September 24, 2022
How crypto is playing a role in increasing healthy human lifespans

It's a question that's infatuated scientists for decades: how can we prolong life expectancy — giving humans everywhere more years of good health?This field is known as longevity science, and...

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Posted by | July 2, 2022
DeSci: Tech trees to fund ambitious science and tech

Have you ever played the game series Civilization, created by designer Sid Meier? Through the years, much has changed, but one of the unchanging hallmarks of the series has been...

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Posted by | May 10, 2022
Decentralization is helping to shape the course of scientific research and business

New technologies may have rapid, dramatic effects on society, but they may also spread slowly and subtly. Blockchain-powered decentralized science (DeSci) is taking off after some years of gestation. Its...

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