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January 4th is the birthday of the scientist Sir Isaac Newton, widely known for developing the laws of gravity and planter relations. Newton first began to think about these concepts when he witnessed an apple falling from a tree – though the apple did not hit him on the head as many believe. #ThursdayThoughts #NationalTriviaDay

Robot driver coming soon!

Imagine Taking an Uber with a Robot Driver. We’re Not Far Off http://futurism.com/imagine-taking-an-uber-with-a-robot-driver-were-not-far-off/?utm_campaign=coschedule&utm_source=tumblr&utm_medium=futurismnews&utm_content=Imagine%20Taking%20an%20Uber%20with%20a%20Robot%20Driver.%20We%27re%20Not%20Far%20Off

Flying cars are coming soon, yes really. Flying cars are no longer restricted to the realms of science fiction. Check out our article on the flying cars currently under development.

Scientists May Have Found the Chemical Compound That Started Life http://futurism.com/scientists-found-chemical-compound-started-life/?utm_campaign=coschedule&utm_source=tumblr&utm_medium=futurismnews&utm_content=Scientists%20May%20Have%20Found%20the%20Chemical%20Compound%20That%20Started%20Life

Scientists May Have Found the Chemical Compound That Started Life

The discovery of a compound, diamidophosphate (DAP), could help to put the pieces together of how life originated on Earth. This compound, which was likely to exist on early Earth, is capable of reacting to create the ingredients for life.

We just uncovered new clues about how to secure human longevity

If you want to survive, get stressed and stay alive.

A new study from Northwestern University suggests a little stress can actually have a positive effect on cellular health.

As humans grow older, their cellular machinery responsible for carrying out quality control on the protein-folding process begins to fail. The damaged proteins that are produced as a result are responsible for conditions like Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Read more here. 

Ten near-Earth size planets in habitable zone of their star

NASA’s Kepler space telescope team has released a mission catalog of planet candidates that introduces 219 new planet candidates, 10 of which are near-Earth size and orbiting in their star’s habitable zone, which is the range of distance from a star where liquid water could pool on the surface of a rocky planet.

This is the most comprehensive and detailed catalog release of candidate exoplanets, which are planets outside our solar system, from Kepler’s first four years of data. It’s also the final catalog from the spacecraft’s view of the patch of sky in the Cygnus constellation.

With the release of this catalog, derived from data publicly available on the NASA Exoplanet Archive, there are now 4,034 planet candidates identified by Kepler. Of which, 2,335 have been verified as exoplanets. Of roughly 50 near-Earth size habitable zone candidates detected by Kepler, more than 30 have been verified.

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