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<< until now, a scientific advance like this was a dream of science fiction >>
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<< holding negative attitudes towards the elderly (ageism) is correlated with the later development of neurobiological changes, or biomarkers, linked to Alzheimer’s >>
<< scores on the Attitudes Toward Old People Scale (AOPS) questionnaire predicted later hippocampal atrophy, as measured with structural MRI (n=52), and with the levels of neurofibrillary tangles and amyloid plaques present in the brain post mortem (n=74) >>
<< the authors don’t discuss the possibility that both of these phenomena are caused by a third, confounding factor – a covariate that wasn’t controlled for >>
<< For example, socioeconomic status or income could explain these results >>
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/neuroskeptic/2016/01/06/7291/
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<< By their very nature of being wearable, these devices [wristband and armband devices such as smartwatches and fitness trackers], however, provide a new pervasive attack surface threatening users privacy, among others >>
Tony Beltramelli, Sebastian Risi. Deep-Spying: Spying using Smartwatch and Deep Learning. (Submitted on 17 Dec 2015)
http://arxiv.org/abs/1512.05616
also:
David Glance, New ways your smartwatch (and phone) may be spying on you. University Of Western Australia, The Conversation. January 6, 2016
<< offspring produced by older parents often do not live as long, but little is known about why that occurs >>
<< Individuals with longer telomeres or slower rates of telomere loss have been shown to have greater longevity in a wide range of species. There also is evidence the offspring of older parents have shorter telomeres >>
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<< pale spear-nosed bats (Phyllostomus discolor) (..) adapts its echolocation calls to the surrounding noise level >>
http://m.phys.org/news/2016-01-echolocation-noise.html
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<< From flocking birds to swarming molecules, physicists are seeking to understand 'active matter' — and looking for a fundamental theory of the living world >>
<< We're still kind of astonished at what can happen >>
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<< If science and religion are beginning to walk together, the devil remains in the politics >>
Daniel Sarewitz. Constructive engagement is the key to climate action. Nature 529, 6 (07 January 2016) doi:10.1038/529006a
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