http://lifeboat.com/ The Lifeboat Foundation is a nonprofit nongovernmental organization dedicated to encouraging scientific advancements while helping humanity survive existential risks and possible misuse of increasingly powerful technologies, including genetic engineering, nanotechnology, and robotics/AI, as we move towards the Singularity. en-us 120 Copyright 2002-2026 Lifeboat Foundation Mon, 02 Nov 2026 14:31:11 CST lifeboatnews@lifeboat.com (Lifeboat News) webmaster@lifeboat.com (Lifeboat Webmaster) https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#11_02_26_James_Blake_Research_Fellow_specializing_in_space_debris_at_the_Centre_for_Space_Domain_Awareness_CSDA_joins_our_Space_Settlement_Board James Blake, Research Fellow specializing in space debris at the Centre for Space Domain Awareness (CSDA), joins our Space Settlement Board. Mon, 02 Nov 2026 14:31:11 CST https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#11_02_26_James_Blake_Research_Fellow_specializing_in_space_debris_at_the_Centre_for_Space_Domain_Awareness_CSDA_joins_our_Space_Settlement_Board https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#10_31_26_Thomas_Mengel_accredited_Humanist_Chaplain_with_Humanist_Canada_joins_our_Religion_Spirituality_Board Thomas Mengel, accredited Humanist Chaplain with Humanist Canada, joins our Religion/Spirituality Board. Sat, 31 Oct 2026 07:36:02 CDT https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#10_31_26_Thomas_Mengel_accredited_Humanist_Chaplain_with_Humanist_Canada_joins_our_Religion_Spirituality_Board https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#10_31_26_Anthony_Scriffignano_joins_our_Information_Sciences_Board Anthony Scriffignano joins our Information Sciences Board. For two decades, he was Senior Vice President and Chief Data Scientist at Dun and Bradstreet, and the CDO Club named him U.S. Chief Data Officer of the Year 2018. He has more than 40 years of experience in computational linguistics, anomaly detection, and advanced inference algorithms. Sat, 31 Oct 2026 06:59:15 CDT https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#10_31_26_Anthony_Scriffignano_joins_our_Information_Sciences_Board https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#10_18_26_Read_issue_291_of_Lifeboat_News Read issue #291 of Lifeboat News! Sun, 18 Oct 2026 18:24:28 CDT https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#10_18_26_Read_issue_291_of_Lifeboat_News https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#10_18_26_Yossi_Yamin_Chairman_of_SpacePharma_joins_our_Space_Settlement_Board Yossi Yamin, Chairman of SpacePharma, joins our Space Settlement Board.

SpacePharma builds miniaturized, fully automated laboratories for pharmaceutical research and manufacturing in microgravity. Sun, 18 Oct 2026 15:28:21 CDT https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#10_18_26_Yossi_Yamin_Chairman_of_SpacePharma_joins_our_Space_Settlement_Board https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#10_18_26_Dave_Beck_Principal_of_SpaceTech_Limited_joins_our_Space_Settlement_Board Dave Beck, Principal of SpaceTech Limited, joins our Space Settlement Board.

A former Branch Chief at the United States Space Force, he brings more than 30 years of experience across aerospace, defense, transportation, advanced manufacturing, and supply chain resiliency. Sun, 18 Oct 2026 14:11:32 CDT https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#10_18_26_Dave_Beck_Principal_of_SpaceTech_Limited_joins_our_Space_Settlement_Board https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#10_18_26_Read_Circular_Loop_of_Quantum_Continuity_Lattice_MCMC_1_000_000_Readings_Verification_and_Semiclassical_Homologation_by_Claudio_Criniti Read "Circular Loop of Quantum Continuity: Lattice-MCMC 1,000,000 Readings Verification and Semiclassical Homologation" by Claudio Criniti. Sun, 18 Oct 2026 03:31:21 CDT https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#10_18_26_Read_Circular_Loop_of_Quantum_Continuity_Lattice_MCMC_1_000_000_Readings_Verification_and_Semiclassical_Homologation_by_Claudio_Criniti https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#10_16_26_Erick_Weiss_CEO_of_the_Transnational_Space_Alliance_Summit_TSAS_joins_our_Space_Settlement_Board Erick Weiss, CEO of the Transnational Space Alliance Summit (TSAS), joins our Space Settlement Board. Fri, 16 Oct 2026 08:58:54 CDT https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#10_16_26_Erick_Weiss_CEO_of_the_Transnational_Space_Alliance_Summit_TSAS_joins_our_Space_Settlement_Board https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#10_16_26_Kai_Micah_Mills_CEO_of_Cryopets_joins_our_Life_Extension_Board Kai Micah Mills, CEO of Cryopets, joins our Life Extension Board. Fri, 16 Oct 2026 08:19:15 CDT https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#10_16_26_Kai_Micah_Mills_CEO_of_Cryopets_joins_our_Life_Extension_Board https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#10_16_26_Read_Dictators_and_Disinformation_How_to_Save_Democracy_and_Rescue_Social_Media_by_our_Jay_Friedenberg Read "Dictators and Disinformation: How to Save Democracy and Rescue Social Media" by our Jay Friedenberg. Fri, 16 Oct 2026 07:54:08 CDT https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#10_16_26_Read_Dictators_and_Disinformation_How_to_Save_Democracy_and_Rescue_Social_Media_by_our_Jay_Friedenberg https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#10_12_26_Check_out_our_Elaine_Walkers_new_mini_movie_music_album Check out our Elaine Walker’s new mini-movie music album. It’s meant for friends to have viewing parties! It’s 40 minutes total, made with real human-made stock footage!

The music album is written fully in the Bohlen-Pierce Scale for the 10-year anniversary of Heinz Bohlen’s passing. May the Bohlen-Pierce Scale live long and prosper. Mon, 12 Oct 2026 09:23:16 CDT https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#10_12_26_Check_out_our_Elaine_Walkers_new_mini_movie_music_album https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#10_12_26_Read_Advances_in_Third_Generation_Bioethanol_Production_Industrial_Infrastructure_and_Efficient_Technologies_in_Sustainable_Processes_with_Algae_Biomass_Systematic_Review_coauthored_by_our_Daniel_Lowy Read "Advances in Third-Generation Bioethanol Production, Industrial Infrastructure and Efficient Technologies in Sustainable Processes with Algae Biomass: Systematic Review", coauthored by our Daniel Lowy. Mon, 12 Oct 2026 08:31:06 CDT https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#10_12_26_Read_Advances_in_Third_Generation_Bioethanol_Production_Industrial_Infrastructure_and_Efficient_Technologies_in_Sustainable_Processes_with_Algae_Biomass_Systematic_Review_coauthored_by_our_Daniel_Lowy https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#10_12_26_Watch_From_*How*_to_Learn_to_*What*_to_Learn_in_Multiagent_Systems_and_Robotics_with_our_Peter_Stone Watch "From *How* to Learn to *What* to Learn in Multiagent Systems and Robotics" with our Peter Stone. Mon, 12 Oct 2026 07:40:45 CDT https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#10_12_26_Watch_From_*How*_to_Learn_to_*What*_to_Learn_in_Multiagent_Systems_and_Robotics_with_our_Peter_Stone https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#10_12_26_Watch_INNS_Webinar_Series_Nobelization_of_Neural_Networks_with_our_Wlodzislaw_Duch Watch "INNS Webinar Series: Nobelization of Neural Networks" with our Włodzisław Duch. Mon, 12 Oct 2026 05:42:04 CDT https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#10_12_26_Watch_INNS_Webinar_Series_Nobelization_of_Neural_Networks_with_our_Wlodzislaw_Duch https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#10_12_26_Watch_DEF_CON_33_Thinking_Like_a_Hacker_in_the_Age_of_AI_Richard_neuralcowboy_Thieme_by_our_Richard_Thieme Watch "DEF CON 33 - Thinking Like a Hacker in the Age of AI - Richard ‘neuralcowboy’ Thieme" by our Richard Thieme. Mon, 12 Oct 2026 05:22:01 CDT https://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#10_12_26_Watch_DEF_CON_33_Thinking_Like_a_Hacker_in_the_Age_of_AI_Richard_neuralcowboy_Thieme_by_our_Richard_Thieme