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Teaching NeuroImage: Miliary Perivascular Space Enhancement in Sepsis-Associated Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome

Plants display a wide range of life spans and aging rates. Although dynamic changes to DNA methylation are a hallmark of aging in mammals, it is unclear whether similar molecular signatures reflect rates of aging and organism life span in plants. In this work, we show that the short-lived model plant Arabidopsis thaliana exhibits a loss of epigenetic integrity during aging, which causes DNA methylation decay and the expression of transposable elements. We show that the rate of epigenetic aging can be manipulated by extending or curtailing life span and that shoot apical meristems are protected from these epigenetic changes. We demonstrate that a program of transcriptional repression suppresses DNA methylation maintenance pathways during aging and that mutants of this program display a complete absence of epigenetic decay while physical aging remains unaffected.

Space Travel Is About to Change Forever — But How?

Space exploration is on the verge of a revolution. With new propulsion systems, upcoming missions to Mars and beyond, and theories that could one day take us to other star systems, the future of space travel is closer than ever.

But how will it actually happen? Will we ever leave our solar system? And is faster-than-light travel even possible?

In this video, we explore:
🚀 Where We Are Now – The progress we’ve made in space travel.
🌍 Mars & Beyond – The next steps for humanity’s expansion into space.
🌌 Interstellar Travel – Is It Possible? – The challenges of traveling beyond the solar system.
⚡ Future Propulsion Technologies – New ways to push past our current limits.
🌀 Warp Drives & Faster-Than-Light Travel – The theories that could change everything.

🚀 Space Travel Is About to Change Forever — But How? — Space Documentary.

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Will humanity ever reach another star, or are we trapped in our own cosmic neighborhood? 🌌👇

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Facebook Admits the Social Network Isn’t Social

Facebook admitted something that should have been front-page news.

In an FTC antitrust filing, Meta revealed that only 7% of time on Instagram and 17% on Facebook is spent actually socializing with friends and family.

The rest?

Algorithmically selected content. Short-form video. Engagement optimized by AI.

This wasn’t a philosophical confession. It was a legal one. But it quietly confirms what many of us have felt for years:

What we still call “social networks” are not social.

They are attention machines.

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Sami Tellatin — Kilimo — Leading The Way To A Water-Positive Future

Leading The Way To A Water-Positive Future — Sami Tellatin — Head of Water & Climate Solutions, [Kilimo](https://www.facebook.com/agrokilimo?__cft__[0]=AZYVjPpsA2hiLM5-TRnxJRoTmkVIP8k9Hro7mpHQd6HkG9roy2B0jBJyWOF7RxuqTpjcE0BjwYcznt__ZsPQBKTYGtf5mRXVr0xUT7RzlbzkSECEuWuYt0aFqjGwwCAKMCXdjJofqt5U9mF08TfSYqYpa8pmedmmVDH3rTrwH4QaMQKi6UK55095pUIWFEwu4DM&__tn__=-]K-R)

Sami Tellatin is Head of Water & Climate Solutions at Kilimo (https://kilimo.com/en/), an organization that connects companies with farmers in the same watershed to implement water-positive practices, generate measurable water savings, and secure resources for both communities and companies.

Kilimo’s operations already span 7 countries, helping steward water resources across more than 500,000 acres of land and partnering with global leaders like Microsoft, Google, Amazon, and major CPGs.

In her role, Sami leads the design and deployment of scalable water-positive solutions that help companies, farmers, and communities address water scarcity through more efficient and sustainable irrigation practices.

Prior to this role, Sami co-founded FarmRaise, an enterprise that unlocks funding for farmers and ranchers seeking to invest in their profitability and sustainability, allowing farmers to learn which public and private funding opportunities they’re eligible for and streamlines the application process, moving the industry toward one common application that unlocks funding to drive conservation practice adoption.

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CEO of Palantir Says AI Means You’ll Have to Work With Your Hands Like a Peasant

Wondering what your career looks like in our increasingly uncertain, AI-powered future? According to Palantir CEO Alex Karp, it’s going to involve less of the comfortable office work to which most people aspire, a more old fashioned grunt work with your hands.

Speaking at the World Economic Forum yesterday, Karp insisted that the future of work is vocational — not just for those already in manufacturing and the skilled trades, but for the majority of humanity.

In the age of AI, Karp told attendees at a forum, a strong formal education in any of the humanities will soon spell certain doom.

About-UBTECH

Established in March 2012, UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP LTD is a leading humanoid robots and smart service robots company. On 29 December, 2023, we were listed on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (stock code: 9880.HK), and have become the first humanoid robot company listed on Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

Dedicated to the mission of ‘bringing intelligent robots into every family, and making everyday life more convenient and intelligent’, we have developed a full stack of humanoid robotic technologies independently. Building on our full-stack technologies, UBTECH has engaged in the research and development, design, smart production, and commercialization of smart service robots, and has developed smart robotic solutions that integrate with hardware, software, service and contents. These solutions span various industries such as AI education, smart logistics, smart elderly care, business and consumer service.

UBTECH is among the few global leaders in full-stack humanoid robotics technologies. Our full-stack technologies are a holistic combination of industry-leading robotic technologies (robotic motion planning and control technology, and high performance servo actuators), our AI technologies (human-like brain function and cerebellum function), integrated robotic and AI technologies (SLAM and autonomous technology, visual servo operation and human-robot interaction), and Robot Operating System Application Framework (ROSA 2.0), our proprietary robotics application framework.

The Thinking Game | Full documentary | Tribeca Film Festival official selection

From the introduction:

“The inside story of the AI breakthrough that won a Nobel Prize.

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The Thinking Game takes you on a journey into the heart of leading AI lab DeepMind, capturing a team striving to unravel the mysteries of intelligence and life itself.

Filmed over five years by the award winning team behind AlphaGo, the documentary examines how DeepMind co-founder Demis Hassabis’s extraordinary beginnings shaped his lifelong pursuit of artificial general intelligence. It chronicles the rigorous process of scientific discovery, documenting how the team moved from mastering complex strategy games to solving the 50-year-old “protein folding problem” with AlphaFold — a breakthrough that would win a Nobel Prize.”

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Immune-targeting vaccine shows promise intercepting cancer in patients with Lynch Syndrome

The investigational cancer vaccine, NOUS-209, was found to safely stimulate the immune system to target precancerous and cancerous cells in individuals with Lynch Syndrome (LS), according to a study from researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

The results of a Phase Ib/II clinical trial, published today in Nature Medicine, provide early evidence that immune-based approaches, such as NOUS-209, may be able to intercept cancer before it develops, offering a potential new avenue for preventive care for high-risk individuals.

“Current management strategies for Lynch Syndrome patients—frequent screenings or elective preventive surgery—are life-changing interventions that help prevent cancer development but can significantly affect quality of life,” said principal investigator Eduardo Vilar-Sanchez, M.D., Ph.D., chair ad interim of Clinical Cancer Prevention. “By teaching the immune system to recognize and attack abnormal cells, this therapy offers a promising new approach to this patient population, who face a significantly higher risk of colorectal, endometrial, urothelial and other cancers.”

Study links men’s higher intelligence to fewer abusive relationship behaviors

A new study published in the journal Personality and Individual Differences shows that men with higher general intelligence are less likely to engage in abusive or coercive behaviors toward their romantic partners. The findings suggest that cognitive ability may play a role in how men manage conflict and commitment in heterosexual relationships.

General intelligence is a broad mental capacity that influences reasoning, planning, and problem-solving. Psychology research has long established that people with higher general intelligence tend to experience better life outcomes. They generally achieve higher levels of education and earn more money. They also tend to live longer and suffer from fewer health issues.

But the relationship between intelligence and romantic success is less clear. Some data suggests that intelligent people are less likely to divorce. Other studies indicate they may have sex less frequently or choose to have fewer children. Evolutionary psychologists have debated why this might be the case.

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