Nicholi Avery – Lifeboat News: The Blog https://lifeboat.com/blog Safeguarding Humanity Wed, 02 Jul 2025 02:02:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 Ageing is linked to inflammation — but only in the industrialized world https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/07/ageing-is-linked-to-inflammation-but-only-in-the-industrialized-world https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/07/ageing-is-linked-to-inflammation-but-only-in-the-industrialized-world#respond Wed, 02 Jul 2025 02:02:53 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/07/ageing-is-linked-to-inflammation-but-only-in-the-industrialized-world

Inflammation, thought to be a driver of age-related disease, does not worsen with age in some Indigenous communities.

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Within a tiny plankton, an even smaller cell has been found living an unexpectedly virus-like existence, challenging what it means to be alive.

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“To date, there was little understanding of how the estrous cycle affects neurons in living mice,” said Nora Wolcott, the paper’s lead author. Now, thanks to advanced microscopy techniques, Goard’s team was able to measure the structure and activity of neurons across multiple estrous cycles, thereby gaining insight into sex hormones’ role in brain plasticity and memory. Other authors on the paper include William Redman, Marie Karpinska, and Emily Jacobs.

Researchers observe how fluctuations in ovarian hormones shape the structure and function in the mouse hippocampus, with implications for neural plasticity in humans.

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Amazon is killing its “Do Not Send Voice Recordings” privacy feature on March 28 as the company aims to bolster Alexa+, its new subscription assistant.

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