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Current Event aj0690Extending Human Lifespans: Using Artificial Intelligence To Find Anti-Aging Chemical Compounds
The University of Surrey has built an artificial intelligence (AI) model that identifies chemical compounds that promote healthy aging — paving the way towards pharmaceutical innovations that extend a person’s lifespan. In a paper published by Nature Communication’s Scientific Reports, a team of chemists from Surrey built a machine learning model based on the information from the DrugAge database to predict...
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2 days ago
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California couple whose gender-reveal party sparked a wildfire charged with 30 crimes
A California couple has been criminally charged for their role in igniting last year’s destructive El Dorado wildfire after they used a pyrotechnic device during a gender-reveal party. The blaze torched close to 23,000 acres (9,300 hectares), destroyed five homes and 15 other buildings, and claimed the life of a firefighter, Charlie Morton.
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3 days ago
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The pyschedelic cure for philosophy
Philosophy of mind has been crippled, since its very beginnings, by two main prejudices. First, the blind implementation of the traditional Western logical framework, that boils down to Aristotelian logic; second, the perennial neglect of crucially relevant empirical data, in so far as, in most arguments, sense-perception is reduced to sight alone.
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5 days ago
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Oil producing nations agree deal to control prices
Oil producing nations have agreed to increase their output, with the aim of reducing prices and easing pressure on the world economy. The Opec cartel and partners such as Russia will boost supply from August after prices climbed to two-and-half-year highs during the pandemic.
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6 days ago
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Streaming TV may be seeing a COVID-19 slowdown
Streaming video may be undergoing a post-pandemic shift. The uptick in new streaming subscriptions has slowed as COVID-19 restrictions began to ease this spring. The number of U.S. homes taking out a new subscription dropped to 3.9% in the April-June 2021 period, down from 12.9% in the same period a year ago, finds Kantar Entertainment on Demand data.
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9 days ago
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World's first underwater farm reopens growing lettuce and strawberries
The world's first underwater farm, dubbed 'Nemo’s Garden', has just started producing fruit and veg again after a particularly long break. A unique structure consisting of six underwater greenhouses off the coast of Noli, Italy, was created by the Ocean Reef Group in 2012. Step by step, the project started to yield various herbs such as basil different types of salad, tomatoes, courgettes, beans, green peas, aloe vera, mushrooms and strawberries.
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11 days ago
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The rest of the first world needs to jump in and contribute. This is a world wide problem and will be until its over.
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11 days ago
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Doesn't matter if you are in China, North Korea, or USA, this stuff unfortunately happens everywhere.
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11 days ago
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Verizon begins blocking spoofed ‘local’ robocalls
Robocalls are out of control—and they’re getting more and more clever in convincing people to answer them. To combat that, Verizon has announced an update to its Call Filter app, which will send suspected spam calls that have your area code and prefix directly to voicemail.
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2 weeks ago
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Escape From New York at 40: John Carpenter rebelling against the system
The director’s rule-breaking action adventure saw him doing his own thing, whether Hollywood was willing to accept it or not
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2 weeks ago
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Right to repair movement gains power in US and Europe
There is growing pressure on manufacturers around the world to allow consumers the right to repair their own devices. The UK has introduced right-to-repair rules that legally require manufacturers to make spare parts available to people buying electrical appliances. The European Commission has announced plans for right-to-repair rules for smartphones, tablets and laptops.
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2 weeks ago
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Flying car completes first-ever test flight between airports in 35 minutes
With a click of a button, the aircraft turned into a sports car in under three minutes after landing.
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2 weeks ago
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Kevin Smith shares full-length trailer for 'Masters of the Universe: Revelation'
Filmmaker Kevin Smith has shared the first official trailer for his upcoming animated series, Masters of the Universe: Revelation. "THE BEGINNING OF THE END OF THE UNIVERSE starts now! See the story trailer for our @MastersOfficial #REVELATION animated series, only on @netflix July 23rd! (Please send lots of love to our @powerhouseanim directors @PatrickStannard & @ProbablyAcon for all the Powerful visuals!)" Smith tweeted Friday, along with the 2-minute preview.
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1 month ago
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This 32-year-old's start-up is helping thousands of Malaysians find work during the pandemic
When coronavirus lockdowns forced businesses to shutter and pushed millions from their jobs earlier this year, Francesca Chia had her work cut out.
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1 month ago
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People who have had COVID-19 may require only single dose of two-dose vaccines
People who have previously been infected with COVID-19 may need only one dose of the two-dose mRNA vaccines to achieve maximum protection against the virus, a new UCLA study suggests. But all vaccinated individuals, whether previously infected or not, will likely require booster shots moving forward because antibodies created through both vaccines and natural infection wane at the same relatively rapid rate, the authors say.
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1 month ago
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'It's been heart-sickening:' A major US hospital chain has sued thousands of patients in the last year
As the coronavirus spiked in Missouri last fall, a wave of cases hit a nursing home in the state’s rural heartland. Robin Bull, a part-time nurse, remembered an ambulance “coming and going constantly” on one especially scary morning, rushing residents to Moberly Regional Medical Center, the local hospital.
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1 month ago
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Reliable Leaker Known as 'Kang' Hit With Warning From Apple
The highly reliable Apple leaker known as "Kang" and a number of other unspecified leakers have reportedly received warnings from lawyers representing Apple.
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1 month ago
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I’ve been trying milk substitutes in my tea – it’s a stomach-churning experience
Following my bleating about the ethical complexities of milk, I have been experimenting with plant-based options, prompted by many helpful suggestions from non-dairy evangelists. This has involved numerous sacrifices to the dark lord Tetra Pak, and the kind of side-effects you see on medicine packaging: nausea, dysphagia and vomiting. I’m ultra-sensitive to tannin, but addicted to tea, and plant milks do not seem to neutralise its nausea-inducing effect the way cow’s milk does.
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1 month ago
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Self-harm warning signs can appear decade earlier
Early warning signs of self-harm can appear in children almost a decade before it starts, say researchers. The team at the University of Cambridge found two distinct groups that were more likely to harm themselves. The first included those who struggle to control their emotions, and the second featured youngsters more willing to take risks than others their age.
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1 month ago
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Hacking bitcoin wallets with quantum computers could happen – but cryptographers are racing to build a workaround
Within a decade, quantum computers are expected to be able to hack into cell phones, bank accounts, email addresses, and yes, bitcoin wallets.
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1 month ago
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Silicon Valley Thought India Was Its Future. Now Everything Has Changed.
The India that Silicon Valley once so loved has long given way to a different one.