<< [..] as humanity enters the Jurassic Park of Big Tech. Artificial intelligence. Cognitive computing. The Singularity. Digital obesity. Printed food. The Internet of Things. The death of privacy. The end of work-as-we-know-it, and radical longevity >>
Gerd Leonhard, Rohit Talwar et al. Technology vs. Humanity: The Coming Clash Between Man and Machine (Futurescapes). Sept. 15, 2016
FonT: dev'essere senz'altro spassosissima la lettura di questo libro ...
<< [..] venom genes might not be consistent even within a single species of rattlesnake, perhaps because snakes in different areas specialize in different prey. One western diamondback rattlesnake that Carroll’s team [Sean B. Carroll] sampled had unexpected extra genes that the other western diamondbacks didn’t have. >>
<< As for the ancestral rattlesnake, it’s impossible to say exactly how powerful the now-extinct reptile’s venom was, Carroll says. But the wider variety of enzymes this rattlesnake could hypothetically produce would have given it more flexibility to adapt its poison to environmental curveballs — an ability that Castoe [Todd Castoe] describes as “the pinnacle of nastiness.” >>
Laurel Hamers. Rattlesnakes have reduced their repertoire of venoms. September 15, 2016
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/rattlesnakes-have-reduced-their-repertoire-venoms
Noah L. Dowell, Matt W. Giorgianni, et al. The Deep Origin and Recent Loss of Venom Toxin Genes in Rattlesnakes. Current Biology. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2016.07.038
Published: Sept.15, 2016
http://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(16)30789-8
<< Dietary restriction is known to extend lifespan in many species. It has now been shown to reduce DNA damage and extend lifespan in mice modelling human DNA-repair disorders. >>
J. Oshima, G. M. Martin. Ageing: Dietary protection for genes. Nature 537, 316–317 (15 September 2016) doi:10.1038/nature19427 Published online 24 August 2016.
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v537/n7620/full/nature19427.html
W. P. Vermeij M. E. T. Dolle'. Restricted diet delays accelerated ageing and genomic stress in DNA-repair-deficient mice. Nature Volume: 537, Pages: 427–431 Date published: 15 September 2016 DOI: doi:10.1038/nature19329
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v537/n7620/full/nature19329.html
FonT: nella costellazione di "ricette" anti- invecchiamento la restrizione alimentare, intesa non come "dieta" ma come "stile di vita", e' l'approccio che nel corso degli ultimi decenni ha avuto (e ha tuttora nella letteratura scientifica internazionale) conferme sperimentali significative; uno stile che sa associare (giornalmente) controllo alimentare bilanciato e attivita' fisica "dolce" (secondo una generica pratica zen, ad es.) sembra l'approccio meno rischioso e il piu' efficace tra quelli proposti.
<< We said we were going to deploy 1250 people into our lower cost centers of excellence in Mumbai and other parts of the world >> Jonathan Pruzan, chief financial officer, Morgan Stanley.
Matt Turner. Watch out Wall Streeters: Your jobs are moving to Mumbai. Sept 12, 2016
http://uk.businessinsider.com/morgan-stanley-is-moving-jobs-overseas-2016-9
<< How does the “mind” (brain) influence the “body” (internal organs)? >>
AA << identified key areas in the primate cerebral cortex that are linked through multisynaptic connections to the adrenal medulla. >>
Richard P. Dum, David J. Levinthal, Peter L. Strick. Motor, cognitive, and affective areas of the cerebral cortex influence the adrenal medulla. PNAS vol. 113, no. 35, 9922–9927. doi:10.1073/pnas.1605044113
http://m.pnas.org/content/113/35/9922.abstract
Neuroscientists identify cortical links to adrenal medulla (mind-body connection). August 19, 2016.
<< Recent behavioral and computational research has suggested that our physical intuitions may be supported by a “physics engine” in the brain akin to the physical simulation engines built into video games. >>
AA << identified a set of cortical regions that are selectively engaged when people watch and predict the unfolding of physical events— a “physics engine” in the brain >>
Jason Fischer, John G. Mikhael, et al. Functional neuroanatomy of intuitive physical inference. PNAS vol. 113 no. 34 E5072–E5081
http://m.pnas.org/content/113/34/E5072.abstract
Shelly Fan. Like Video Games, Your Brain Has a Physics Engine That Simulates the World. Sep 04, 2016.
<< We're all living in a 'conceptual prison': our brains perceive a fraction of reality to keep us alive. To help us survive, our perception of truth is limited, says scientist Donald Hoffman >>
<< For millions of years the Australian jewel beetle's reproductive strategy proceeded very effectively. Then, Homo sapiens - and its habit of dumping used beer bottles - entered the picture. Unable to distinguish between these brown glass containers and the shell of a potential mate, the male beetles began attempting to copulate with discarded vessels. "They nearly went extinct" ... >>
Kathryn Nave. We're all living in a 'conceptual prison'. 01 Sep 2016.
