SCIENCE

We talk to researchers Dr. Jim White, Dr. Melanie McReynolds and Prof. Nir Barzilai. Find our transcript here: https://bit.ly/ScienceVsAnti-Aging In this episode, we cover: (00:00) The Hunt for the Fountain of Youth (03:07) Can Young Blood Keep Us Sprightly? (13:05) Do NAD Boosters Work? (21:25) How the Nerds Stay Young This episode was produced by Michelle Dang and
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2 years ago Read more at Reply All | Gimlet

crows are a wild animal that has become habituated to living in our environment, even if we don't think we are interacting with them, according to Crow Biology. In fact, human activity in residential areas of Tel Aviv decreased by only 31 percent, though it should have fallen even more because people were prohibited from going to the parks – the favorite urban environment of birds.
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2 years ago Read more at Haaretz

'Funding the government with short-term continuing resolutions over five months into the fiscal year is dysfunctional,' said Sudip Parikh, chief executive of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. With the latest CR’s passage, the new funding deadline for several federal agencies and programmes is 8 March and for the remainder it is 22 March.
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2 years ago Read more at Chemistry World

Longevity involves overcoming the fear of dying. Bryan Johnson has spent over $4 million on a life-extension system called Blueprint. He believes death is optional, and he is not opting for it. In the late seventies, interest in prolonging life has provoked a new way of thinking.
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2 years ago Read more at Hindustan Times

Unseasonable warmth has left the Great Lakes nearly devoid of ice. Scientists are scrambling to understand how iceless winters could affect the world's largest freshwater system. Ice coverage on the lakes, which have a combined surface area roughly the size of the U.K., has generally peaked in mid-February this year.
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2 years ago Read more at Phys.org

The science circuit was launched by SHS chemistry teacher Mamie Brubaker in 2014. The idea was inspired by a study that found the biggest factor in determining whether students go on into the more advanced science and math classes. This information helped shape the style of the event. At this year’s event area fifth and sixth graders will have the opportunity to explore.
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2 years ago Read more at Bonner County Daily Bee

The journal Nature recently carried a nice article on what experts suggest for people looking for meaning in one’s career in science. It is important to note that science here is not to be interpreted as just Science, technology, engineering and mathematics but also social sciences. The story outlined six pathways: Make what you love benefit the world, choose a pressing problem, be prepared to work behind the scenes, do your homework and follow the data, keep sight of the big picture and, finally, remember that changing the world is difficult. Working
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2 years ago Read more at Down To Earth Magazine

Tyrian purple was labor-intensive but so widely produced that piles of shells discarded millenniums ago are now geographical features in the region. The dye was so pricey — worth more than three times its weight in gold, according to a Roman edict issued in 301 A.D. — that its use was reserved for priests, nobility and royalty.
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2 years ago Read more at The New York Times

Indigenous peoples are at the forefront of almost every movement and action to protect air, land, and water from the continuing devastation of extractive industries and our consumptive economy. The cultures and languages of native populations are tied to the mutual interdependence of relationships that permeates all of existence. Over the past several decades, an international movement called the “rights of nature” has been gaining traction.
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2 years ago Read more at Santa Barbara Independent

The journal Nature recently carried a nice article on what experts suggest for people looking for meaning in one’s career in science. It is important to note that science here is not to be interpreted as just Science, technology, engineering and mathematics but also social sciences. The story outlined six pathways: Make what you love benefit the world, choose a pressing problem, be prepared to work behind the scenes, do your homework and follow the data, keep sight of the big picture and, finally, remember that changing the world is difficult. Working
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2 years ago Read more at Down To Earth Magazine