CryoNet #32331 - #32332

CryoNet - Tue 26 Jan 2010

    #32331: Frozen to minus 100F and then walk away [John Clark]
    #32332: The un-science fictional 21st Century [MARK PLUS]

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Message #32331
From: John Clark <[email protected]>
Subject: Frozen to minus 100F and then walk away
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:59:40 -0500
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The Alaskan Upis beetle freezes at 18 degrees F, but if you continue to cool it down all the way down to to minus 100 degrees F (-73C) and then warm it up again the beetle wakes up and walks away apparently unharmed. The insect accomplishes this miracle not with an antifreeze protein as Arctic fish do but with a sugar-fatty acid complex called "xylomannan".

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/19/science/19creatures.html

 John K Clark






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Message #32332
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:48:07 -0700
Subject: The un-science fictional 21st Century
From: MARK PLUS <[email protected]>

Wired has published an interview with Peter Thiel, who expresses his
worry about the relatively stagnant 21st Century we've seen so far:

Utopian Pessimist Calls on Radical Tech to Save Economy
By Gary Wolf Email Author
January 25, 2010

http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/01/st_thiel/

Specifically, Thiel says

"Wired: You're worried about economic stagnation, but you're
optimistic about artificial intelligence and space?

"Thiel: I think we have to make those things happen. We should be
looking at technologies that might lead to really big breakthroughs.
As a starting point, let's just go back to the science fiction novels
of the 1950s and '60s and try to run the past 40 years again."

And, as we all know, cryonics dates from the science fiction of that
era. Thiel's program, if adopted and acted upon by the right people,
might help to reignite interest in cryonics.

Mark Plus

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