Comments on: Andrei Tarkovsky’s “Solaris”

By: Momo

Momo — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:25:00 +0000

Transhumanism
is an international intellectual and cultural movement supporting the use of science and technology to improve human mental and physical characteristics and capacities. Their believers predict that human beings may eventually be able to transform themselves into beings with greatly expanded abilities – “POSTHUMANS”. The movement is therefore sometimes referred to as “posthumanism” or a transformational activism influenced by posthumanist ideal. Will Posthumans replace humans? Another form of aliens, but created by ourselfes.

This movement has been described by one critic, Francis Fukuyama, as the world’s most dangerous idea, while one proponent, Ronald Bailey, thinks that it is a “movement that epitomizes the most daring, courageous, imaginative, and idealistic aspirations of humanity”.

World Transhumanist Association (WTA):

http://humanityplus.org/

By: Josip

Josip — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 12:55:02 +0000

International Space Station

Bill Harwood, CBS News Space Analyst, discusses the latest from Shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station, including small snags in a new water purification system onboard.

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/cb-uYvD7_W8vFsOThyLEPvgeroK6_UitMo6/small_snags_on_iss/

By: Daniel Brems

Daniel Brems — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:50:43 +0000

Life from dead subject. Scientists create a malaria medicine of sugar. They changed the genetic composition and created a bacterium.

The ocean seems to possess a consciousness in Solaris.

http://www.zeit.de/online/2009/31/synthetische-biologie

By: Sabine

Sabine — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:26:33 +0000

NASA plans permanent moon base by the year 2024 And they already wanna start building this “lunar station” next year…

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/la-sci-moon5dec05,0,3384660.story

By: Nadine

Nadine — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:27:39 +0000

disembodied alien intelligence:
Genetischen und epigenetischen Grundlagen des Lebens verstehen wir immer besser, Kritiker sehen darin nichts anderes, als Menschen analog zu züchten. Also ein Mischwesen aus Mensch und Maschine.

http://www.focus.de/wissen/wissenschaft/odenwalds_universum/frage-von-beate-betz-glogowski-wie-geht-es-mit-der-evolution-des-menschen-weiter_aid_312266.html

By: Ginger

Ginger — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:25:08 +0000

Eine zweite Erde

Wissenschaftler haben in einer Entfernung von 20,5 Lichtjahren einen erdähnlichen Planeten entdeckt, dessen Temperatur zwischen 0°C und 40°C liegt. Der Planet um kreist den Stern Gliese 581 und ist rund 50% größer und 5mal schwerer als unsere Erde. Ein Hinweis, dass dort Leben möglich sein könnte ist das großen Wasser vorkommen in Form von Ozeanen.

http://www.welt.de/wissenschaft/weltraum/article832751/Forscher_entdecken_eine_zweite_Erde.html

http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/weltall/0,1518,479046,00.html

http://www.spiegel.de/video/video-17689.html

By: Ulrike

Ulrike — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:40:55 +0000

One intelligent liquid we know today is the ferrofluid. A ferrofluid, is a liquid which becomes strongly polarised in the presence of a magnetic field.

Maybe in the future there will be these liquids. And maybe it will also be possible that they can influence people like in the film.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrofluid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvtUt02zVAs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8siSpwRRV0&feature=related

http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/mr_materials_010905-1.html

By: Stephan Tillmans

Stephan Tillmans — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:35:43 +0000

The Lunar outpost will be an inhabited facility on the surface of the Moon which NASA currently proposes to construct over the five years between 2019 and 2024. The United States Congress has directed that the U.S. portion, “shall be designated the Neil A. Armstrong Lunar Outpost”.
(Wikipedia)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_outpost_(NASA)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRSNT_9ru2U

By: Stephan Tillmans

Stephan Tillmans — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:26:40 +0000

Could humans be the only intelligent beings in all the vastness of the universe? Or are we just one humble race, a member of a vast intergalactic fraternity of advanced civilizations? SETI, the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, is the scientific quest to answer these great unknowns. As of now all we have are questions, but we know the answers, when they come, could transform our world. For the past 25 years, The Planetary Society has worked hard to make sure we never stop seeking these answers.(SETI)
http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rbBgv9h_tc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bg-T41i3PmI&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0vyWIBcJPk

By: Nina

Nina — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:59:47 +0000

space stations

Not on other planets (yet), but a place to “live” besides earth is currently the “International Space Station” (ISS). Yet living on such a station is of limited duration.
The mission of the International Space Station is “to enable long-term exploration of space and provide benefits to people on Earth.”
http://www.spacestationinfo.com/

Everything about the Space Station on the NASA page:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html

Tour of the International Space Station:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kw5-n5Js6DM

Also: a quite interesting article about the technical progress (that seems not to be sophisticated enough yet) of making it possible for humans to stay in space for a longer period of time. “Are We Ready to Live on Other Planets?”
http://blogs.discovery.com/cosmic_ray/2009/06/are-we-ready-to-live-on-other-planets.html