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Aug 2, 2019

Multiple chemical sensitivity syndrome and porphyria. A note of caution and concern

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

Arch Intern Med. 1997 Feb 10;157:281–5.

Growing numbers of patients suffering from many symptoms believe that they have a condition called multiple chemical sensitivity syndrome (MCSS). It has been suggested that this syndrome can be triggered by exposure to any of a large and usually incompletely defined number of natural and synthetic chemical substances. Major medical organizations, including the National Research Council and the American Medical Association, have not recognized MCSS as a clinical syndrome because of a lack of valid, well-controlled studies defining it and establishing pathogenesis or origin. Lately, some have proposed that many patients with MCSS suffer from hereditary coproporphyria. However, this purported association is based chiefly on results from a single reference laboratory of a fundamentally flawed assay for erythrocyte coproporphyrinogen oxidase.

Aug 2, 2019

We live in a warped and twisted galaxy

Posted by in categories: habitats, space

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Aug 2, 2019

7 Amazing Agriculture Technologies

Posted by in categories: food, robotics/AI, sustainability

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Agricultural Revolution is one of the milestones of today’s civilization. It was driven by technological innovations and inventions thousands of years ago, and it is still a very crucial part of our species’ social construct. Engineers are developing tools and machines to make farmers’ job a lot easier by technologies like automation for sustainable productivity. Here are 7 innovative ways the technology is used for agriculture.

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Aug 2, 2019

NASA Satellite Discovers Planet That Could Potentially Support Life

Posted by in category: space

A NASA satellite has discovered a planet that could have the perfect conditions to host life.

The planet, which is about 31 light-years away from us, was picked up by the space agency’s TESS satellite and its conditions could support life, according to a bunch of scientists who have been researching it.

NASA has given the planet the name GJ 357 d, which isn’t very catchy, but researchers have given it the nickname ‘super-Earth’, due to the fact it has similar conditions to Earth but is much bigger.

Aug 2, 2019

The immortal cells of Henrietta Lacks

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, life extension

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Today would have been the 99th birthday of Ms. Henrietta Lacks, a woman whose remarkable DNA led to countless cures, patents and discoveries:

Aug 2, 2019

Will Artificial Intelligence Improve Health Care for Everyone?

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, health, robotics/AI

But critics point out that all that promise could vanish if the rush to implement A.I. tramples patient privacy rights, overlooks biases and limitations, or fails to deploy services in a way that improves health outcomes for most people.


You could be forgiven for thinking that A.I. will soon replace human physicians based on headlines such as “The A.I. Doctor Will See You Now,” “Your Future Doctor May Not Be Human,” and “This A.I. Just Beat Human Doctors on a Clinical Exam.” But experts say the reality is more of a collaboration than an ousting: Patients could soon find their lives partly in the hands of A.I. services working alongside human clinicians.

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Aug 2, 2019

This week, our partner congratulated Schwarzenegger with his birthday

Posted by in category: futurism

Голливудские звезды Арнольд Шварценеггер, Сильвестр Сталлоне и Дольф Лунгрен сообщили, что не собираются стареть.

На видео, опубликованном в “Инстаграме”, три звезды блокбастеров заявили, что они “мужчины, которые не собираются стареть”.

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Aug 1, 2019

Got Great General Knowledge? Here’s What Your Brain Looks Like

Posted by in category: neuroscience

Researchers examining the brains of 324 men and women with a special form of magnetic resonance imaging called diffusion tensor imaging have identified interesting differences in the wiring of general knowledge buffs’ brains.

Aug 1, 2019

Havana Syndrome, Part 2: How a dog’s brain may help solve the mystery of Canadian diplomats’ Cuban nightmare

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“Something happened to them. These findings of the inner ear disorder cannot be faked,” he said. “It is not hysteria. It is not crickets.”


Could a dog’s brain offer any clues to the mysterious concussion-like syndrome affecting Canadian and American diplomats who were posted to Cuba?

That is one of the many threads being pulled in an effort by researchers and scientists — and those affected — to better understand the condition referred to as Havana Syndrome, which has been blamed for debilitating some Canadian diplomats and their families.

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Aug 1, 2019

Echoless light could help send signals through walls and skin

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, internet, space travel

In 1948, physicist Leonard Eisenbud proposed a particular way of transmitting the waves to overcome this. But not until now have researchers made it happen.


By Michael Slezak.

It’s a call with no response. A new way of creating waves – whether of light, radio or sound – that don’t echo promises to improve everything from your Wi-Fi signal to medical imaging to shining lasers through space.

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