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Large New Survey Tracks Telomere Length and Mortalityjoshmitteldorf.scienceblog.com
Last week, a Danish study was published that tracked 65,000 people over 15 years. The bottom line was that telomere length robustly predicts longevity, even after factoring out the effect of age, ... -
the Well Tempered APIair.mozilla.org
Centuries ago, a revolution in music enabled compositions to still be playable hundreds of years later. How long will your software last? This talk, originally... -
Patent US20140229239 - Face retirement toolgoogle.com
Embodiments of the invention provide for systems, computer program products, and methods for a face retirement tool that allows a user to help plan for retirement. The face retirement tool receives an image by capturing an image of the user. In some em... -
Russia’s Progress 59 ISS resupply ship malfunctions, tumbles through spacearstechnica.com
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Preparing for Warfare in Cyberspacenytimes.com
A new strategy begins to lay out the conditions under which America would use cyberweapons. -
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Lenin's Body Improves with Agescientificamerican.com
Russian scientists have developed experimental embalming methods to maintain the look, feel and flexibility of the Soviet Union's founder’s body, which is 145 years old today -
The value of newscjr.org
In March of 2011, The New York Times announced that it would start charging readers for digital content. The announcement came from the publisher of the Times, Arthur Sulzberger, Jr., who wrote that the shift away from offering... -
The Coming Food Bubbletechcrunch.com
In 1851, Charles Mackay wrote his 600-page tome, Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds. In it, he describes 86 economic.. -
medium.com
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Ingenious: Alan Lightman - Issue 16: Nothingness - Nautilusnautil.us
Alan Lightman was waiting for me by a post office in small-town Maine. “I’m not going to be able to say anything interesting enough,”… -
Living With Being Deadmedium.com
This terrifying disorder turns people into living zombies. But somewhere in the troubled brains of victims may be the ke… -
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blog.stephenwolfram.com
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High-Fidelity Digital Music, Tidal, and Youblog.vlgroup.com
A lot’s been made in the press of the recent relaunch of Tidal, which describes itself as a high-fidelity audio services. For those unfamiliar with Tidal, its value proposition is that the music you... -
coreos.com
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code.mixpanel.com
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Griffith Observatory's Tesla Coilatlasobscura.com
High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil