# s-brain: the sense of rhythm

<< the  sense  of  rhythm  –  also  known  as  the  beat  –  is  so  fundamental to  humans  that  we  recognise  patterns  in  music  even  without  paying  any  attention  or receiving  any  training >>

F.L.  Bouwer. What  Do  We  Need  to  Hear  a  Beat?  The  Influence  of  Attention,  Musical  Abilities,  and Accents  on  the  Perception  of  Metrical  Rhythm.  (Thesis). Wednesday,  8  June  at  11:00. University  of  Amsterdam,   Wednesday  8  June, Aula,  Singel  411, Amsterdam.

http://www.uva.nl/en/news-events/news/uva-news/content/press-releases/2016/05/brain-picks-up-the-beat-of-music-automatically.html

Brain picks up the beat of music automatically. ScienceDaily, May 26, 2016

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/05/160526125017.htm

# s-epidem: number crunch 263,211

<< The  number  of  extra  deaths  from  cancer  during  the  financial  crisis  of  2008–10  in  countries  that  are  members of  the  Organisation  for  Economic  Co-operation  and  Development.  Countries  with  universal  health-care systems  seemed  to  be  protected  from  this  impact >>

http://www.nature.com/news/the-week-in-science-27-may-2-june-2016-1.20003

<< Unemployment increases  are  associated  with  rises  in  cancer  mortality >>

<< We  estimate  that  the  2008–10  economic  crisis  was  associated with  about  260  000  excess  cancer-related  deaths  in  the  Organisation  for  Economic  Co-operation  and  Development  alone >>

Mahiben Maruthappu, Johnathan  Watkins, et al. Economic  downturns,  universal  health  coverage,  and  cancer  mortality  in  high-income  and  middle-income  countries,  1990–2010:  a  longitudinal  analysis. The Lancet, Published  Online:  25  May  2016. DOI:  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(16)00577-8

http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(16)00577-8/abstract

# s-age: an epigenetic approach to lengthen telomeres in mice

<< CNIO  scientists  have  created  mice  with  telomeres  that  are  longer  than  those  of  the  unmodified  species,  show  fewer signs  of  molecular  ageing  and  a  have  a  lower  incidence  of  cancer. Avoiding  genetic  manipulation  to  lengthen  telomeres  offers  a  new  way  to  delay  the  ageing  process  without  altering the  genes. Hyper-long  telomeres  do  not  cause  long-term  deleterious  effects  in  mice >>

<< This  new  technique  based  on  epigenetic  changes  (..) avoids  the  manipulation  of  genes  in  order  to  delay  molecular  ageing >>

Mice  with  hyper-long  telomeres  without  altering  the  genes. Madrid,  2  June,  2016

http://www.cnio.es/ing/publicaciones/mice-with-hyper-long-telomeres-without-altering-the-genes

Elisa  Varela,  Miguel  A.  Muñoz-Lorente, et al. Generation  of  mice  with  longer  and  better  preserved telomeres  in  the  absence  of  genetic  manipulations. Nature  Communications   7,   Article  number:  11739   doi:10.1038/ncomms11739, 02  June  2016

http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11739

# n-trade-bots: culled around 60.000, the begin ...

<< Kunshan,  in  Jiangsu  province,  undergoes  makeover  as  600 companies  look  to  trim  their  headcount >>

Rise  of  the  robots:  60,000  workers culled  from  just  one  factory  as China’s  struggling  electronics  hub turns  to  artificial  intelligence. South China Morning Post, 21  May,  2016,  9:50pm

http://m.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/1949918/rise-robots-60000-workers-culled-just-one-factory-chinas

<< Economists  have  issued  dire  warnings  about  how  automation  will  affect  the  job  market,  with  one report,  from  consultants  Deloitte  in  partnership  with  Oxford  University,  suggesting  that  35%  of jobs  were  at  risk  over  the  next  20  years. Former  McDonald's  chief  executive  Ed  Rensi  recently  told  the US's  Fox  Business  programme minimum-wage  increase  to  $15  an  hour  would  make  companies  consider  robot  workers. "It's  cheaper  to  buy  a  $35,000  robotic  arm  than  it  is  to  hire  an  employee  who  is  inefficient, making  $15  an  hour  bagging  French  fries"  he  said >>

Jane  Wakefield. Foxconn  replaces  '60,000  factory  workers with  robots. Technology  reporter, 25  May  2016

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-36376966

FonT: tempo addietro avevo letto (e sentito) diverse opinioni che escludevano senz'altro l'uso di bot nella produzione industriale in Asia in generale e in Cina in particolare ... costo del lavoro basso, percio' uso di automazione industriale "assolutamente" non conveniente ...

# s-zoo: and now they’ve introduced it into

<< This is a very big predator, and now we’ve introduced it into Florida >> 9:00 PM 28 May 2016

https://twitter.com/NYTScience/status/736769076849217536

<< One  was  a hatchling  about  a  foot  long  sitting  on a  porch in Miami.  Another  was  found  on the property  of  a  private  zoo  in Homestead,  Fla.,  and  a  third,  a  10-pound  female,  was  captured  in a public  park,  also  in  Homestead. Finaly,  five  months  later,  in  March  2012,  a  three-foot-long  female  was  trapped  in a  canal  in Homestead >>

Nicholas Bakalar. Nile Crocodiles Found Really Far Out of Africa. In Florida. May 23, 2016

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/24/science/crocodiles-in-florida.html

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Casey Holliday,  University of Missouri. Scientists Find Surprise Lurking in Crocodilian Jaw Discovery of second jaw joint  ... Released: 30-Mar-2016 8:00 AM EDT

http://www.newswise.com/articles/scientists-find-surprise-lurking-in-crocodilian-jaw

FonT: appena sveglio, gli occhi cisposi,  col caffe' e un cornetto in mano, caldi,  e un  gigantesco cocco in veranda, immobile, che ti guarda ... tocca al  cocco sognare ...

<< lizard, an ancient dreamer >>

http://flashontrack.blogspot.it/2016/05/s-brain-evol-lizard-ancient-dreamer.html

# s-phys: a second box for the cat

<< This cat is big and smart. It doesn’t stay in one box because the quantum state is shared between the two cavities and cannot be described separately (..) One can also take an alternative view, where we have two small and simple Schrodinger’s cats, one in each box, that are entangled >> Chen Wang.

Jim  Shelton. Doubling down  on  Schrodinger’s  cat. May  26,  2016.

http://news.yale.edu/2016/05/26/doubling-down-schr-dinger-s-cat

Chen Wang , Yvonne Y. Gao,  et al. A Schrodinger  cat  living  in  two  boxes. Science, 2016; 352 (6289): 1087 DOI: 10.1126/science.aaf2941

http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aaf2941

# rmx-s-esobio: magical superflares

<< Our sun, worshipped by ancient civilizations, wasn’t just a source of warmth, it also produced ingredients for life >> Vladimir Airapetian

Thomas Sumner. Young sun’s super solar flares helped set early Earth up for life. Particle blasts could have created molecules to warm planet seed DNA. 11:00 AM, May 23, 2016.

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/young-sun%E2%80%99s-super-solar-flares-helped-set-early-earth-life

<< Nitrogen  is  a  critical  ingredient  of  complex  biological  molecules >>

<< nitrogen  fixation  in  the  early  terrestrial  atmosphere  can  be  explained  by  frequent  and  powerful coronal  mass  ejection  events  from  the  young  Sun — so-called  superflares >>

V.S. Airapetian,  A. Glocer, et al. Prebiotic  chemistry  and  atmospheric  warming  of early  Earth  by  an  active  young  Sun. Nature  Geoscience   (2016)   doi:10.1038/ngeo2719  Publ.  online  23  May  2016

http://www.nature.com/ngeo/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/ngeo2719.html