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Alcohol is terrible for the human body, yet we’ve developed a strong taste for it, suggesting that it may bring other kinds of benefitsResume Subscription Does Evolution Want Us to Drink? - WSJ
By studying centenarians, researchers hope to develop strategies to ward off Alzheimer’s disease and slow brain aging for all of us. The Secrets of ‘Cognitive Super-Agers’ - The New York Times
A team of researchers from the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, the University of Naples Federico II, the Weizmann Institute of Science and the Porter School of the Environment and Earth Sciences has found that making food from air would be far more efficient than growing crops. Growing food with air and solar power: More efficient than planting crops
Practical quantum computers may be decades away – but the race to build them is already tackling thorny global problems, and unlocking the secrets of the universe Quantum computers are already detangling nature’s mysteries | WIRED UK
This is the 12th “Future of the Internet” canvassing Pew Research Center and Elon University’s Imagining the Internet Center have conducted together to get expert views about important digital issues. Experts Doubt Ethical AI Design Will Be Broadly Adopted as the Norm Within
This week twenty-five years ago, Quake broke new ground in game engine realism. For the first time in a commericial game, fully texture mapped 3D scenes were rendered in real-time, with pre-computed lightmaps adding an extra layer of atmosphere. Path tracing Quake in Blender - Matt's Ramblings
En Anton Jongbloed, een oude bekende van de Vereniging tegen de Kwakzalverij (VtdK), slingert opnieuw onbewezen gezondheidsclaims de wereld in, dit keer over zijn ‘innovatieve’ virusvreter Shycocan. Hocuspocus viruskanon van Anton Jongbloed - Vereniging tegen de Kwakzalveri
A new computer simulation shows that a technologically advanced civilization, even when using slow ships, can still colonize an entire galaxy in a modest amount of time. The finding presents a possible model for interstellar migration and a sharpened sense of where we might find alien intelligence. Aliens Wouldn't Need Warp Drives to Take Over an Entire Galaxy, Simulation
Google has open-sourced a collection of C++ libraries for implementing Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) in modern applications. Google open-sources Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) toolkit - The Record
There’s no place like home—unless you’re Elon Musk. A prototype of SpaceX’s Starship, which may someday send humans to Mars, is, according to Musk, likely to launch soon, possibly within the coming days. Mars Is a Hellhole - The Atlantic
Tegelijk met de vaccinatie tegen covid-19 kwamen er ook geruchten in omloop dat je door vaccinatie magnetisch zou worden. Magnetisch door vaccinatie - Kloptdatwel?
It was sleek, cone-shaped, a little confusing — like something Hollywood would give a sci-fi villain for a quick getaway. It wasn’t a helicopter. And it wasn’t an airplane. Flying Car Makers Want to Build ‘Uber Meets Tesla in the Air’ - The New Yor
Not so in China. In China, the typical approach is summed up in one word: “chabuduo”, meaning “nearly” or “almost”. For most Chinese it also means “good enough”. You will hear this term a lot. The Chabuduo Mindset
Nieuwe plannen van het demissionaire kabinet om mensen meer te laten bewegen zijn „veel te mager”. De overheid doet daarmee te weinig om de 5.800 doden te voorkomen die volgens het ministerie van Volksgezondheid jaarlijks vallen door ‘bewegingsarmoede’. Sportraad: overheid doet te weinig tegen ‘pandemie van bewegingsarmoede’ -
The greatest love story of my life has been with a carbonated beverage. I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t addicted to Diet Coke. The real thing: my battle to beat a 27-year Diet Coke addiction | Soft drin
Since WHO declared the COVID-19 as a pandemic,1 2 healthcare systems all over the world have focused their efforts on limiting the spread of SARS-CoV-2, and despite the ceaseless development of strategies to struggle with the impact of COVID-19, there is no sign of let-up. Misleading clinical evidence and systematic reviews on ivermectin for COVID