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Nov 25, 2018

Poorest dying nearly 10 years younger than the rich in ‘deeply worrying’ trend for UK

Posted by in category: life extension

The gap between the life expectancy of the richest and poorest sectors of society in England is increasing, according to new research from Imperial College London.

The research, published in the journal Lancet Public Health, also reveals that the life expectancy of England’s poorest women has fallen since 2011, in what researchers say is a “deeply worrying” trend.

The study, funded by the Wellcome Trust, analysed Office for National Statistics data on all deaths recorded in England between 2001 and 2016—7.65 million deaths in total.

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Nov 25, 2018

Save the date: Tomorrow, NASA InSight will land on #Mars

Posted by in category: space

Learn more before the Monday, Nov. 26 touchdown on the Red Planet: https://go.nasa.gov/2FJgZon #MarsLanding

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Nov 25, 2018

Defect-free Mice born from same-sex parents

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, genetics, sex

Healthy mice have been born from same-sex parents in China. To investigate the ways that mammalian reproduction differs from other animals, researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences used stem cells and genetic manipulation to produce 29 live, healthy offspring from two female mice. The pups have since grown to adulthood and had babies of their own.

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Nov 25, 2018

Empathy Is Rooted In Cognitive Neural Processes Rather Than Sensory Ones

Posted by in category: neuroscience

According to a study recently published by researchers at the University of Colorado, empathy is rooted in cognitive processes rather than sensory ones, as reported by the Daily Camera. The study found that the act of understanding the pain of others does not involve the same neural pathways as experiencing pain in one’s own body, suggesting that the two are different interactions within the brain.

The study revealed that the brain patterns of volunteers when they experienced pain themselves did not overlap with their brain patterns when the volunteers were observing the pain of others. When observing pain, the volunteers showed brain patterns consistent with “mentalizing,” which involves imagining another’s thoughts and intentions.

“The research suggests that empathy is a deliberative process that requires taking another person’s perspective rather than being an instinctive, automatic process,” said Tor Wager, the Director of the University of Colorado’s Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Laboratory and the senior author of the study, as reported by Daily Camera.

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Nov 25, 2018

Sex robot brothel in Texas sparks controversy and ethical questions

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, sex

It’s offering 80 minutes alone with a robotic sex doll.


Some say the proliferation of sex robots could lead to less demand for prostitution, but not all agree.

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Nov 25, 2018

Ohio is the first state to accept bitcoin for paying business taxes

Posted by in categories: bitcoin, business, cryptocurrencies

The option is limited to businesses, but it’s another step toward US legitimacy for cryptocurrency.

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Nov 25, 2018

6.4-magnitude earthquake hits western Iran: Iran institute

Posted by in category: futurism

A strong 6.4-magnitude earthquake hit Iran’s western province of Kermanshah late Sunday, Iran’s institute of geophysics said.

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Nov 25, 2018

Spinal-cord stimulators mean big business for device makers

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, business

Few medical devices hold as much potential for explosive growth as spinal-cord stimulators, especially in the United States, where they are being pushed as the answer to the country’s opioid epidemic.

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The global market for spinal-cord stimulators has grown from $300 million in 2001 to nearly $2 billion in 2017, according to an estimate by Nevro, a Redwood City, California, company that manufactures the devices.

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Nov 25, 2018

Zone out to the longest continuous timelapse made in space

Posted by in category: space

Happy anniversary, ISS.

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Nov 25, 2018

New Nanobots Kill Cancerous Tumors

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, nanotechnology

In animal models, the nanobots caused damage to the tissue of the tumor within 24 hours of treatment.

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