by Warp Institute | Jul 28, 2021 | β€οΈ Health Tech, π Human Progress, π§ Artificial Intelligence
A few months ago, we published an Optimist's Edge article on how science is trying to find a cure for aging. Proteins play a major role in aging, and the fact is that they play a major role in almost all biological processes. Proteins have a variety of functions...
by Warp Institute | Jul 28, 2021 | π Human Progress, π° Space
On July 20 at 9:12 am, New Shepard took off from Blue Origin’s launch site in West Texas. The craft reached an altitude of 107 kilometers before deploying parachutes and descending back to earth, while the booster stage successfully made a powered landing. The...
by Warp Institute | Jul 28, 2021 | Environment, Nature, π Human Progress
India has been holding the record for most trees planted in a single day. The record was 50 million trees and has not been broken, until two years ago, according to BBC. In July 2019 Ethiopia announced that the country planted over 350 million trees during a 12 hour...
by Warp Institute | Jul 26, 2021 | π Human Progress
After years of conservation efforts, Chinese officials have stated that the giant pandas aren’t endangered in the wild anymore. They are still vulnerable, with a population of 1800 in the wild, but this is a significant milestone for conservation efforts. Due...
by Warp Institute | Jul 19, 2021 | π Human Progress, π§ Artificial Intelligence
Game theory is an interdisciplinary research field that studies games and strategies in games. A concept in Game Theory is what's called "Nash Equilibrium In a game, you want to reach this equilibrium at each move. ."This means that no improvement can...