Special Report from Bobby Wilder, on the Telomere Frontier of Longevity

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Have you ever heard of telomere’s and their role in the aging process?  According to the Genetic Science Learning Center,

“Inside the center or nucleus of a cell, our genes are located on twisted, double-stranded molecules of DNA called chromosomes. At the ends of the chromosomes are stretches of DNA called telomeres, which protect our genetic data, make it possible for cells to divide, and hold some secrets to how we age and get cancer.

Telomeres have been compared with the plastic tips on shoelaces because they prevent chromosome ends from fraying and sticking to each other, which would scramble an organism’s genetic information to cause cancer, other diseases or death.

Yet, each time a cell divides, the telomeres get shorter. When they get too short, the cell no longer can divide and becomes inactive or “senescent” or dies. This process is associated with aging, cancer and a higher risk of death. So telomeres also have been compared with a bomb fuse.”

Is there a reliable way to increase telomere length or even reverse the aging process?  

Investigative Berkeley researcher Bobby Wilder has been exploring this world for some time and shares with us some of his research, insights, and personal experiments.  You may be quite surprised by his findings..

 “Bobby Wilder” <bobbywilder@gmail.com>

Dr. Future News - Curiosity Cooked the Soil, Jumbo Squid Invasion, Look Officer, no Traffic Lights!,Forget Embryonic Stem Cells, just give me Dr. Pei, Your Brain on Stories..

Dr. Future News 12.12.12

Quite an interesting week, with the invasion of an alien species of squid on our Aptosian beaches, the so-called Humboldt Jumbo Squid, a very large species that eats our local calamari population for lunch, much like us!  We awoke to found hundreds of these 2-4 foot long deep sea creatures from the South Pacific stranded on our beaches, apparently tossed there by large waves during the early morning’s high tide.  We even found one alive and saved it’s alien life.  

Meanwhile, our Rover Curiousity started to look for Martian life in the soil of the Red Planet, unearthing some tell-tale signs…or should I say ‘unmartianing’…and on this planet, China’s Dr. Pei has successfully created brain stem cells from urine, a remarkable achievement.. 

Oh yes, and that the human brain on stories suggests that our brains actually activate the same various centers of activity as the person who tells the story.  Not to jump to any conclusions of course, but could reality actually be a simulation, a giant Holodeck? Hmmmmm….

Dr. Future News and Commentary - Peter Diamandis NASA talk on Abundance, Autonomous Evolution, Solar System Economy, Moral Machines, Mental update, Improving Facebook, Mr. Past lives!

Dr. Future News 12.04.12

We have more commentary than usual for this show, as we had very provocative topics to stimulate us, like Peter Diamandis, who spoke on the topic of Abundance this week at NASA Ames.  Are we ready for a Star Trek type of society, where it’s not so much about jobs as about passion and actual skills?  And with technological change  happening exponentially these days, can we move into a solar system economy smoothly? We think so, as it is actually happening now. Enjoy!

Captain Crunch Gives us some Advice on Passwords

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After all the bru ha ha from Wired this month on how we are not safe with using online passwords anymore, we contacted Captain Crunch, King of the Hackers, for his sage advice.  Enjoy!

Future News- Migrating to Mars, Facebook Copyright Hoax, Sasquatch DNA, Cross breeding Endangered Species, Gourmet robot burgers, Pentagon Tries to Avoid Terminators.

Dr. Future News 11.27.12 Listen Now

Elon Musk has got us thinking about Mars again with plans to increase the oxygen content of the atomosphere to the point where it can sustain human life. It’s at that magic flash point, he predicts, when everyone who can afford a half million dollars to leave Earth can become a Mars colonist.  That’s the magic number for leaving this planet, the cost of the average California burb house…Sounds about right..

Also of major interest this week is a new approach to dealing with creatures on the verge of extinction.

 “Breed them back into existence!” some new conservationists say, “with related species.”  What?  Not keep them purebreed.  Heresey from the current paradigm of creature preservation..

Gee, and then there’s the latest DNA evidence of Big Foot.  Apparently 15,000 years ago a North American woman cross bred with another species, creating the elusive creature..

Robots are also advancing with a new robotic hamburger helper that’ll make them your way, at 360 burgers an hour, as we see the approaching launch of the first restuarant chain that profitably sells gourmet hamburgers. Not be left behind, as the Pentagon evolves new robots that can turn you into hamburger meat, they’ve been looking at how they can make sure that there is a human somewhere in the equation making the ‘kill’ decisions. No sir, no Terminators in this shop…