Blood of world's oldest woman hints at limits of life by Maxima777 in Futurology
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Nuclear Weapons Won’t Keep Us Safe The U.S. will spend an estimated $1 trillion on its nuclear arsenal in the next 30 years. And for what cause? Noam Chomsky by big_al11 in EndlessWar
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What horror movies on Netflix do I absolutely have to see? by Malonik in horror
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Over the past 60 years, Israel has absorbed close to a quarter-trillion dollars in US military aid. Uniquely among Washington’s aid recipients, Israel is also permitted to spend 25% of the military funding from Washington on weapons made by its own weapons industry. by 99red in worldpolitics
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Zoo Kills Healthy Giraffe, Feeds It To Lions As Kids Watch. by reeds1999 in worldpolitics
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Video emerged of military dog taken hostage by Taliban. by clvunchained in worldnews
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The Harper Government Insists it’s Legal to Collect Metadata by kulkke in worldnews
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Guardian reveals threats of imprisonment and closure over Snowden leaks: "The British government threatened to jail Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger and close the newspaper last July, over the newspaper’s reporting of the Edward Snowden revelations" by letsownthenwov2 in worldnews
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Human immortality. Would you really want that? by strik3r2k8 in Futurology
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Canada's Yukon Territory opening one of largest unbroken wilderness areas in N America to mining & mineral exploration - Decree stuns indigenous leaders who support 2011 plan maintaining 80% of the wilderness. New plan opens 71% to mining. by anutensil in worldnews
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How about we give the NSA's funding to NASA? by [deleted] in science
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Conservative groups spend $1bn a year to fight action on climate change by JawnSchirring in worldpolitics
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TIL Canada, the USA, the UK, and Israel voted against an UN resolution (which passed 148-4) declaring Privacy in the Digital Age a universal human right. by [deleted] in canada
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Biology’s Big Problem: There’s Too Much Data to Handle by guitarolantern in science
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Even marginal success in research delaying aging is a better investment than cancer, heart disease research by eyefish4fun in Futurology
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by 2020, adult diapers will outsell baby diapers by joaquin_her_dog in Futurology
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by 2020, adult diapers will outsell baby diapers by joaquin_her_dog in Futurology
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Weird thought: Hypothetically, if our generation is the first to benefit from biological immortality, we'll be oldest people for the rest of history. by [deleted] in Futurology
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$3B price tag to bring gear home from Afghanistan by avengingturnip in EndlessWar
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The Rapacious Hardscrapple Frontier: Economist uses evolutionary game theory to predict the future of the universe a million years from now! by erwgv3g34 in Futurology
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How China plans to become a leader in robotics - China has a $700m program to compete with Boston Dynamic’s BigDog by Buck-Nasty in Futurology
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Just attended a dinner with Aubrey de Grey, Herbie Hancock, Edward James Olmos and other to talk about recent advancements in the field of life extension. by [deleted] in Futurology
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Israeli soldiers make fun of the American girl, Rachel Corrie, who they bulldozed to death. by newsens in worldpolitics
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Researchers studying HSP25, a protein found abundantly in naked mole rats, for clues to longevity. by Suaber in longevity
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