# s-astro-esobio: fast radio bursts might be artificial in origin

AA << examine the possibility that fast radio bursts (FRBs) originate from the activity of extragalactic civilizations >>

Manasvi Lingam, Abraham Loeb. Fast Radio Bursts from Extragalactic Light Sails. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 837, Number 2. Publ. Mar. 8, 2017 doi 10.3847/2041-8213/aa633e

http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/aa633e

# e-os: a bootable (Linux, Debian) Live system on CD, DVD or USB flash drives

Klaus Knopper. Datenrettung und Forensik mit Knoppix. Open Source Forum @ CeBIT. 23 Mar. 2017

http://www.cebit.de/event/klaus-knopper-datenrettung-und-forensik-mit-knoppix/VOR/77445

<< KNOPPIX is a bootable Live system on CD, DVD or USB flash drives, consisting of a representative collection of GNU/Linux software, automatic hardware detection, and support for many graphics cards, sound cards, SCSI and USB devices and other peripherals >>

http://www.knoppix.org/

# s-ethnomed: ancient flexible eat; self-medication among Neanderthals with aspirin and penicillin like

<< Dental plaque preserved in fossilized teeth confirms that Neandertals were flexible eaters and may have self-medicated with an ancient equivalent of aspirin >>

<< Genetic material from poplar trees, which contain the pain-killing aspirin ingredient salicylic acid, and a plant mold that makes the antibiotic penicillin hint that he may have used natural medication to ease his aliments >>

Helen Thompson. Ancient dental plaque tells tales of Neandertal diet and disease. March 8, 2017

https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/science-ticker/ancient-dental-plaque-tells-tales-neandertal-diet-and-disease

Laura S. Weyrich, Sebastian Duchene, et al. Neanderthal behaviour, diet, and disease inferred from ancient DNA in dental calculus. Nature (2017) doi:10.1038/nature21674.  March 08, 2017

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature21674.html

# s-gst: breaking a kind of time- symmetry to draw stabilities

<< Time crystals are hypothetical structures that pulse without requiring any energy — like a ticking clock that never needs winding >>

<< In 2012, Wilczek [Frank Wilczek] [..] wondered why symmetry never broke spontaneously in time and whether it would be possible to create something in which it did >>

<< These systems draw stability from random interactions that would normally disrupt other kinds of matter >>

Elizabeth Gibney. The quest to crystallize time. Bizarre forms of matter called time crystals were supposed to be physically impossible. Now they’re not. Nature. Vol. 543, Pages: 164–166 164-166 09 March 2017 doi :10.1038/543164a

http://www.nature.com/news/the-quest-to-crystallize-time-1.21595

# e-web-sec: qucpu will make vital cryptography simple to crack

<< Quantum computers could bring about a quantum leap in processing power >>

<< But there's also a dark side: this extra power will make it simple to crack the encryption keeping everything from our emails to our online banking secure >>

<< A recent report from the Global Risk Institute predicted that there is a one in seven chance vital cryptography tools will be rendered useless by 2026, rising to a 50% chance by 2031 >>

<< As a report from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released in April notes, this algorithm [to solve a problem called integer factorization] can be used to efficiently solve the mathematical problems at the heart of three of the most widely-used encryption approaches: Diffie-Hellman key exchange, RSA, and elliptic curve cryptography >>

Edd Gent. Quantum Computers Could CrushToday’s Top Encryption in 15 Years. Nov 24, 2016

https://singularityhub.com/2016/11/24/quantum-computers-could-crush-todays-top-encryption-in-15-years

Michele Mosca. A quantum of prevention for our cyber-security.

http://globalriskinstitute.org/publications/quantum-computing-cybersecurity/

# web-sec: recently, they lost control of the majority of they hacking tools ...

<< Recently, the CIA lost control of the majority of its hacking arsenal including malware, viruses, trojans, weaponized "zero day" exploits, malware remote control systems and associated documentation >>

Vault 7: CIA Hacking Tools Revealed. 7 Mar. 2017.

https://wikileaks.org/ciav7p1/

also:

http://flashontrack.blogspot.it/search?q=hack

also:

<< dalle viscosita' silenti d' inane baldacchino  ... >>

2151 - a voting machine (to explain precisely). Jan. 15, 2008.

http://inkpi.blogspot.it/2008/01/2151-voting-machine-to-explain.html

# s-age-behav: meditation vs physiology: the tide is tu(r)ning ...

<< a team led by a Nobel Prize-winning biochemist [Elizabeth H. Blackburn] is engaged in serious studies hinting that meditation might slow aging and lengthen life >>

<< “Ten years ago, if you'd told me that I would be seriously thinking about meditation, I would have said one of us is loco,” Blackburn told the New York Times in 2007 >>

<< The tide is now turning >>

Jo Marchant. Can Meditation Really Slow Aging? What the Latest Science Shows.

http://www.rd.com/health/wellness/meditation-slow-aging/

more:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/?term=Blackburn+meditation+telomeres

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/?term=meditation+telomeres