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So just of the top of my head, things that have made mainstream news in the past ~week; - A Small molecule oral cancer drug kills 100% of solid tumors across 7

So just of the top of my head, things that have made mainstream news in the past ~week; - A Small molecule oral cancer drug kills 100% of solid tumors across 70 evaluated cancer types - LK-99, potentially the first ever room temperature ambient pressure superconductor (unverified as of yet) Things are looking up

bobmaxup 3y ago
What about the record high ocean temperatures and antartic ice loss?
- JimtheCoder 3y ago
  Measurement errors of course...\s
- tomjakubowski 3y ago
  you win some you lose some
- NoZebra120vClip 3y ago
  Now we can replace the ice with blood vessels.
- tomjen3 3y ago
  At this rate of change anything twenty years out is essentially impossible to estimate. There are commercial companies working on Fusion power. We may have electrified everything by then, we may have painted the dessert white or we may be totally doomed.
  - gremlinsinc 3y ago
    if the super conductor thing fans out we might not even need to wait for fusion to go mainstream to electrify everything. That tech could take 10,000x the efficiency of batteries.
- formvoltron 3y ago
  robots building robots installing solar panels.
- ChatGTP 3y ago
  They forgot to add the “for humans” postfix.
rwc 3y ago
Don't forget growing teeth: https://www.euronews.com/next/2023/08/05/a-drug-that-makes-teeth-regrow-scientists-move-closer-to-clinical-trials https://www.euronews.com/next/2023/08/05/a-drug-that-makes-t...
- agumonkey 3y ago
  odontogenesis is very fascinating... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_tooth_development https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_tooth_development even after reading a bunch of articles about many aspects, the cell organisation to produce mineral rods support as scaffold for mineral/enamel surface layers is .. really something
- ben_w 3y ago
  Had teeth growing in petri dishes a while ago; I wonder what happened to those…
- darkclouds 3y ago
  That story has been around for at least a decade now. 2011 https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110330101038.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110330101038.h... 2017 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/damaged-teeth-regrow-alzheimers-drug-naturally-dentist-king-s-college-london-a7517366.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/damaged-teeth-reg...
- Gibbon1 3y ago
  Growing teeth likely would improve peoples lives more than anything else mentioned.
- Modified3019 3y ago
  Also need a way do deal with receding gums that doesn't involve hellraiser inspired grafting, sticking, or pinholes.
  - Teever 3y ago
    Rapamycin apparently helps with gun recession
submeta 3y ago
More and more, I'm starting to believe that we are witnessing one of two phenomena. Either we're observing an emergence, in which humanity is making quantum leaps in scientific advancement, or indeed, some form of intelligence is subtly guiding us toward solutions for humanity's most pressing problems.
- bobmaxup 3y ago
  Why would you believe that an intelligence is pushing humanity that way? For instance, LK-99 was discovered in 1999. Why would an intelligence who pushed someone to make this tell them to study it for decades and to patent it before they made a publication?
- SubiculumCode 3y ago
  Used to be a brilliant mind could learn all there was known about science. Now its too much, and our minds have a hard time grasping what millions of minds working on a million problems for untold hours can accomplish.
  - gremlinsinc 3y ago
    imagine if ai basically ended human labor we all had universal basic income and everyone was essentially advised to become an artist or scientist to essentially work on elevating our knowledge. imagine if every starving kid or adult in 3rd world countries were scientists. I mean with AI we might not need all those brains on problems but it couldn't hurt to have that large of a scientifically educated body .
- gochi 3y ago
  Or the alternative: after several years of media coverage almost exclusively being about either the pandemic effects, covid, layoffs, or wars; we've gone "back to normal" by relying on these revolutionary studies/concepts that struggle to ever make it to full availability for clickbait.
- gremlinsinc 3y ago
  yes, some form of intelligence is leading this. it's not aliens or God though, just artificial intelligence grown in a lab.
formvoltron 3y ago
Are you talking about the City of Hope discovery: AOH1996 inhibitor of PCNA?
lm28469 3y ago
It's like that every week tbh, you forgot the alzheimer cure (in mice models) and the new revolutionary battery (that we will never hear about again)
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago
  > the new revolutionary battery (that we will never hear about again Which is a cute thing to say if you're totally ignorant of the substantial progress being made, in fundamental research and manufacturing methods, of batteries and energy storage systems every week.
lucubratory 3y ago
What's this cancer drug you're discussing?

bobmaxup 3y ago

What about the record high ocean temperatures and antartic ice loss?

JimtheCoder 3y ago
Measurement errors of course...\s
tomjakubowski 3y ago
you win some you lose some
NoZebra120vClip 3y ago
Now we can replace the ice with blood vessels.
tomjen3 3y ago
At this rate of change anything twenty years out is essentially impossible to estimate. There are commercial companies working on Fusion power. We may have electrified everything by then, we may have painted the dessert white or we may be totally doomed.
- gremlinsinc 3y ago
  if the super conductor thing fans out we might not even need to wait for fusion to go mainstream to electrify everything. That tech could take 10,000x the efficiency of batteries.
formvoltron 3y ago
robots building robots installing solar panels.
ChatGTP 3y ago
They forgot to add the “for humans” postfix.

rwc 3y ago

Don't forget growing teeth: https://www.euronews.com/next/2023/08/05/a-drug-that-makes-teeth-regrow-scientists-move-closer-to-clinical-trials https://www.euronews.com/next/2023/08/05/a-drug-that-makes-t...

agumonkey 3y ago
odontogenesis is very fascinating... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_tooth_development https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_tooth_development even after reading a bunch of articles about many aspects, the cell organisation to produce mineral rods support as scaffold for mineral/enamel surface layers is .. really something
ben_w 3y ago
Had teeth growing in petri dishes a while ago; I wonder what happened to those…
darkclouds 3y ago
That story has been around for at least a decade now. 2011 https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110330101038.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110330101038.h... 2017 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/damaged-teeth-regrow-alzheimers-drug-naturally-dentist-king-s-college-london-a7517366.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/damaged-teeth-reg...
Gibbon1 3y ago
Growing teeth likely would improve peoples lives more than anything else mentioned.
Modified3019 3y ago
Also need a way do deal with receding gums that doesn't involve hellraiser inspired grafting, sticking, or pinholes.
- Teever 3y ago
  Rapamycin apparently helps with gun recession

submeta 3y ago

More and more, I'm starting to believe that we are witnessing one of two phenomena. Either we're observing an emergence, in which humanity is making quantum leaps in scientific advancement, or indeed, some form of intelligence is subtly guiding us toward solutions for humanity's most pressing problems.

bobmaxup 3y ago
Why would you believe that an intelligence is pushing humanity that way? For instance, LK-99 was discovered in 1999. Why would an intelligence who pushed someone to make this tell them to study it for decades and to patent it before they made a publication?
SubiculumCode 3y ago
Used to be a brilliant mind could learn all there was known about science. Now its too much, and our minds have a hard time grasping what millions of minds working on a million problems for untold hours can accomplish.
- gremlinsinc 3y ago
  imagine if ai basically ended human labor we all had universal basic income and everyone was essentially advised to become an artist or scientist to essentially work on elevating our knowledge. imagine if every starving kid or adult in 3rd world countries were scientists. I mean with AI we might not need all those brains on problems but it couldn't hurt to have that large of a scientifically educated body .
gochi 3y ago
Or the alternative: after several years of media coverage almost exclusively being about either the pandemic effects, covid, layoffs, or wars; we've gone "back to normal" by relying on these revolutionary studies/concepts that struggle to ever make it to full availability for clickbait.
gremlinsinc 3y ago
yes, some form of intelligence is leading this. it's not aliens or God though, just artificial intelligence grown in a lab.

formvoltron 3y ago

Are you talking about the City of Hope discovery: AOH1996 inhibitor of PCNA?

lm28469 3y ago

It's like that every week tbh, you forgot the alzheimer cure (in mice models) and the new revolutionary battery (that we will never hear about again)

JumpCrisscross 3y ago
> the new revolutionary battery (that we will never hear about again Which is a cute thing to say if you're totally ignorant of the substantial progress being made, in fundamental research and manufacturing methods, of batteries and energy storage systems every week.

lucubratory 3y ago

What's this cancer drug you're discussing?