Microbes in spaaaaaace, solar power from spaaaaace, nano-glue, hybrid embryos get the thumbs-up, Apple stock-hack…

• 1 – Preventing Sick Spaceships

  “Aside from being unattractive or an issue for human health, microorganisms can attack the structure of a spacecraft itself.”

  (tags: technology biology science health microbes ISS station space NASA)

• 2 – Solar Power From Space: A Better Strategy for America and the World?

  “The basic idea: build huge satellites in Earth orbit to gather sunlight, convert it to electricity, and beam the energy to Earth using microwaves.” Always fun to see sf tropes being presented as common sense options.

  (tags: environment dependence oil generation energy cheap clean advocacy technology collection power solar satellite space)

• 3 – New nano-glue likes it hot

  “The nano-glue bonds surfaces tightly together despite being [...] about 1000 times thinner than adhesives currently in everyday use. Crucially, the glue also gets stronger as surrounding temperatures increase.”

  (tags: adhesive innovation strength temperature nanotechnology bonding glue technology science)

• 4 – [UK] Hybrid embryos get go-ahead

  “The government has overturned its proposed ban on the creation of human-animal embryos and now wants to allow them to be used to develop new treatments for incurable diseases such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s.”

  (tags: science medicine permission research bill embryo hybrid legislation government UK)

• 5 – (Apple) Stock Hacking & the power of DisInformaton

  “In the volatile 23 minutes of turmoil between the minute the disinformation hit the stock market at 8:55 PST and Apple’s announcement that the initial email “is fake and did not come from Apple,” nearly 15 million shares changed hands.”

  (tags: scams media hack crash stock publication delay spoof leak disinformation email Apple)