Yugal Agrawal – Lifeboat News: The Blog https://lifeboat.com/blog Safeguarding Humanity Thu, 17 May 2018 17:12:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 Antibody-Drug Conjugates – A Groundbreaking Solution to Cancer https://lifeboat.com/blog/2018/05/antibody-drug-conjugates-a-groundbreaking-solution-to-cancer Sun, 13 May 2018 20:02:25 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2018/05/antibody-drug-conjugates-a-groundbreaking-solution-to-cancer

Hats off to scientists that keep finding novel methods to fight cancer.


The ever increasing research in cancer cure has led to the market growth of a popular new solution — Antibody-drug conjugates.

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Throwing Light on Dark Matter https://lifeboat.com/blog/2018/05/throwing-light-on-dark-matter Tue, 08 May 2018 19:42:26 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2018/05/throwing-light-on-dark-matter

85% of our universe is made up of Dark Matter and scientists are still trying to figure it out.


Dark Matter has constantly eluded mankind. Did you know that first signs of dark matter were already considered way back in 1930s.

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Should I quit Facebook? https://lifeboat.com/blog/2018/04/should-i-quit-facebook Thu, 26 Apr 2018 00:42:25 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2018/04/should-i-quit-facebook

Is Facebook worth it?


The Facebook — Cambridge Analytica scandal has given us a lot to think about. Is our data safe with Facebook and is there something that we could do?

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Flexible Ultrasound Patch Could Make it Easier to Inspect Damage in Odd-Shaped Structures https://lifeboat.com/blog/2018/04/flexible-ultrasound-patch-could-make-it-easier-to-inspect-damage-in-odd-shaped-structures Thu, 19 Apr 2018 21:42:26 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2018/04/flexible-ultrasound-patch-could-make-it-easier-to-inspect-damage-in-odd-shaped-structures

Flexible devices are definitely coming of age.


Flexible devices are coming of age and this flexible ultrasound patch could just prove to be extremely useful for damage inspection at odd places.

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Psychographics: the science behind the Cambridge Analytica scandal https://lifeboat.com/blog/2018/03/psychographics-the-science-behind-the-cambridge-analytica-scandal Mon, 26 Mar 2018 16:22:40 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2018/03/psychographics-the-science-behind-the-cambridge-analytica-scandal

Kogan developed Kosinksi’s ideas, improved them, and cut a deal with Cambridge Analytica. Armed with this bounty – and combined with additional data gleaned from elsewhere – Cambridge Analytica built personality profiles for more than 100m registered US voters. It’s claimed the company then used these profiles for targeted advertising.

Imagine for example that you could identify a segment of voters that is high in conscientiousness and neuroticism, and another segment that is high in extroversion but low in openness. Clearly, people in each segment would respond differently to the same political ad. But on Facebook they do not need to see the same ad at all – each will see an individually tailored ad designed to elicit the desired response, whether that is voting for a candidate, not voting for a candidate, or donating funds.

Cambridge Analytica worked hard to develop dozens of ad variations on different political themes such as immigration, the economy and gun rights, all tailored to different personality profiles. There is no evidence at all that Clinton’s election machine had the same ability.

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Menstrual Pain is Equal to Heart Attack, Claims Study https://lifeboat.com/blog/2018/03/menstrual-pain-is-equal-to-heart-attack-claims-study Wed, 21 Mar 2018 23:02:48 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2018/03/menstrual-pain-is-equal-to-heart-attack-claims-study

Doctors at University College London claims that menstrual pain can be as painful as heart attacks and cause a great degree of discomfort.

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