# s-age: “get under the skin”: social network vs lifespan

<<  This study integrates social and biological disciplinary perspectives and research to examine how social relationships “get under the skin” to affect physiological well-being as individuals age >>

Yang Claire Yanga, Courtney Boena, et al. Social relationships and physiological determinants of longevity across the human life span. PNAS Online.

http://m.pnas.org/content/early/2016/01/02/1511085112

also:

http://m.medicalxpress.com/news/2016-01-social-networks-important-diet-span.html

# s-acad: the worst piece of peer review ever received

<< should post-publication peer review be anonymous? >>

<< merits and pitfalls of anonymity in peer review >>

<< The PubPeer organisers and two other scholars debate the merits and pitfalls of anonymity in peer review >>

December 10, 2015

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/features/should-post-publication-peer-review-be-anonymous

# s-psych: if | when 'sixth sense' triggers anxiety

<<  the apparent 'sixth sense' we have for danger in social situations, with the direction of a person's gaze being a crucial cue. People with non-clinical anxiety are particularly well poised for action >>

<< Anxious people process threats using regions of the brain responsible for action. Meanwhile, 'low anxious' people process them in sensory circuits, responsible for face recognition >>

<< The human brain is able to detect social threats in these regions in a fast, automatic fashion, within just 200 milliseconds >>

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-12/e-bac122815.php

Marwa El Zein, Valentin Wyart, Julie Grèzes. Anxiety dissociates the adaptive functions of sensory and motor response enhancements to social threats. eLife, 2015; 4 DOI: 10.7554/eLife.10274

http://elifesciences.org/content/4/e10274

# rmx-s-gene: do not place the cadaver inside the freezer, please ...

<< When your (*) has passed away, do not place the cadaver inside the freezer.

Then, patiently follow these steps >> ...

http://en.sooam.com/dogcn/sub01.html

# s-gene: don't edit in embryos ...

<< genome editing in human embryos using current technologies could have unpredictable effects on future generations. This makes it dangerous and ethically unacceptable >>

Edward Lanphier, Fyodor Urnov, et al. Don’t edit the human germ line. Nature 2015;  519: 411

http://www.nature.com/news/don-t-edit-the-human-germ-line-1.17111?WT.mc_id=TWT_NatureNews

# rmx-s-acad: big ideas for better science

<< We asked four researchers who made the news in 2015 what they would change about how science gets done >>

Kendall Powell. Nature 528, 589-590(2015) doi:10.1038/nj7583-589a Published online 23 December 2015

http://www.nature.com/naturejobs/science/articles/10.1038/nj7583-589a?WT.mc_id=TWT_NatureNews

si potrebbero fare osservazioni molto cattive,  crudeli perfino, circa l'Accademia, quella italiana, ma non solo ... 

se si preferisce l'analisi di componenti strutturali/ funzionali (rispetto alle moralistiche,  alle  ideologiche, alle sentimentalistiche ... ) ecco qui la citazione tratta da un altro recente paper sempre sul tema "Accademia"

paper scritto da Accademici, obviously ...

<< publish or perish [pop] (..) discourage scientists from asking innovative questions >>

J. G. Foster, A. Rzhetsky, J. A. Evans. Tradition and Innovation in Scientists' Research Strategies. American Sociological Review, 2015; 80 (5): 875 DOI: 10.1177/0003122415601618

http://m.asr.sagepub.com/content/80/5/875

# rmx-p-it: italian political jazz fusion ...

Beppe Grillo, comico, fondatore e leader del  partito politico italiano Movimento Cinque Stelle - per l'analisi di James Politi (FT.com)  secondo partito politico italiano rappresentato da classe dirigente matura per il governo - cita la logica simbolica in Isaac Asimov ...

<< Vedete, esiste una branca del sapere umano, conosciuta sotto il nome di logica simbolica, che può essere usata per eliminare tutte le parole inutili che rendono oscuro il linguaggio umano (...) >>

Isaac Asimov, "Parole fatte di niente",. in:  L'editoriale de "La Settimana", 01/01/2016

http://www.beppegrillo.it/m/

<< December 29, 2015 11:03 am

"Italy's Five Star Movement wants to be taken seriously"

James Politi in Rome

"Protest group has come a long way since its eccentric star and is now the country's second party" >>

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/45c62a88-99d9-11e5-9228-87e603d47bdc,Authorised=false.html