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NASA Warp Drive Project - "Speeds" that Could Take a Spacecraft to Alpha Centauri in Two Weeks

Results of his Alcubierre Drive rethink:
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20110015936_2011016932.pdf
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/23/science/faster-than-the-speed-of-light.html?_r=0
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21929300.300-meet-the-nasa-scientist-devising-a-starship-warp-drive.html#.Uht_atL0HmE
http://iopscience.iop.org/0264-9381/11/5/001
http://100yss.org/
http://io9.com/5963263/how-nasa-will-build-its-very-first-warp-drive

Icarus Interstellar
http://www.icarusinterstellar.org/team/harold-white/

Michio Kaku dubbed Alcubierre's notion a "passport to the universe." It takes advantage of a quirk in the cosmological code that allows for the expansion and contraction of space-time, and could allow for hyper-fast travel between interstellar destinations. Essentially, the empty space behind a starship would be made to expand rapidly, pushing the craft in a forward direction — passengers would perceive it as movement despite the complete lack of acceleration.

Scientists speculate that such a drive could result in "speeds" that could take a spacecraft to Alpha Centauri in a mere two weeks — even though the system is 4.3 light-years away.

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Read more here:
http://io9.com/5963263/how-nasa-will-build-its-very-first-warp-drive

The warp drive: hyper-fast travel within general relativity:
http://iopscience.iop.org/0264-9381/11/5/001

New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/23/science/faster-than-the-speed-of-light.html?_r=0

100 Year Starship project
http://100yss.org/

Results of his Alcubierre Drive rethink:
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20110015936_2011016932.pdf

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Here are 10 best heart healthy foods to cleanse your arteries.

http://www.herbsmedicines.com/10-foods-help-unclog-arteries/

A subset of studies also measured brain activity in students with growth and fixed mindsets, and showed that students with a fixed mindset showed stronger reaction to negative feedback, which slowed their ability to process new questions after missing a question.

https://thetechinside.com/does-teaching-students-neuroscience-help/

The foods you eat play a role in keeping your brain healthy and can improve specific mental tasks, such as memory and concentration. This article lists 11 foods that boost your brain.

https://www.thehealthypage.com/11-best-foods-to-boost-brain-and-memory/

Food is a natural medicine that heals us when we fall sick. Here are 14 foods that research suggests may actually help reduce pain.

https://health-zone.org/14-foods-natural-painkillers-pain-relief/

Scientists have developed a new artificial intelligence system that can track a person's eye movements to identify their personality type. Researchers, including those from the University of Stuttgart in Germany and Flinders University in Australia used state-of-the-art machine-learning algorithms to demonstrate a link between personality and eye movements. Their findings show that people's eye movements reveal whether they are sociable, conscientious or curious, with the algorithm software reliably recognising four of the Big Five personality traits: neuroticism, extroversion, agreeableness, and conscientiousness.

https://todaysintech.com/new-ai-system-now-tracks-personality-traits-from-eye-movements/

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34 Foods That Will Boost Your Liver Function

It's time to nurture this amazing organ with foods that help it function optimally. This article lists the 34 best foods to eat to keep your liver healthy.

https://medmd.org/34-foods-that-will-boost-your-liver-function/

Something Very Strange Is Happening To Jupiter's Great Red Spot

Jupiter is the largest and oldest planet in our solar system.
Its history spans 4.5 billion years. This gas giant is made of the same elements as a star, but it didn't grow massive enough to ignite.

Jupiter's appearance is the result of its swirling interior of gases and liquids - producing a tapestry of colorful cloud bands as well as the iconic Great Red Spot.

The Great Red Spot is a gigantic storm. It's an anticyclone, and with no land mass on the planet to slow it down, the Great Red Spot has rages for over a century.

But scientists studying the spot have noticed that it has been changing over time. The color is deepening, and it's actually shrinking and getting rounder.

Those studying it expected to therefore see the wind speeds inside the Great Red Spot increasing as the storm shrinks - like an ice skater who spins faster as she pulls in her arms. But this isn't the case. Data reveals the storm isn't spinning faster, it's actually getting taller. You can think of it like working with pottery. As the wide lump of clay spins, forces within are driving it taller.

So from our perspective, looking down on the clouds, we see the spot smaller and rounder.

The Great Red Spot used to be big enough to fit three Earths.
Now, it's just a little over one.

These discoveries were made by analyzing data from numerous space missions, including Voyager, Hubble, and most recently, Juno. And through more investigations, scientists hope to unlock more secrets of the mysterious Great Red Spot.

Clips, images credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Hubble space telescope, Voyager

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Expedition probes undersea magma system | #Geology #GeologyPage

A team of University of Oregon scientists is home after a month-long cruise in the eastern Mediterranean, but this was no vacation.

Read more : http://www.geologypage.com/2016/01/expedition-probes-undersea-magma-system.html

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