<< Today we're beginning to reach a tipping point >>. Ray Kurzweil
Greg Satell. 3 reasons to believe the singularity is near. Forbes, June 3, 2016
http://www.kurzweilai.net/forbes-3-reasons-to-believe-the-singularity-is-near
http://www.digitaltonto.com/2016/3-reasons-to-believe-the-singularity-is-near/
<< online poker can be utilized to investigate the psychology of deception and Machiavellianism >>
Jussi Palomaki, Jeff Yan, Michael Laakasuo. Machiavelli as a poker mate — A naturalistic behavioural study on strategic deception. Personality and Individual Differences, Volume 98, August 2016, Pages 266-271, ISSN 0191-8869.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2016.03.089
<< the card betting game can be used as a novel way to better understand the psychology of strategic deception. Before now, the trait has rarely been studied in natural settings outside laboratories >>
http://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=164548&CultureCode=en
<< 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
<< 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
<< 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
<< 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 ...
<< 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
