Professor Futon Spooninadded this to These Are A Few Of Our Favorite ThingsBusiness People Are Taking Emotional Support Animals Everywhere. States Are Cracking Down.The New York Times - By FARAH STOCKMANA 26-year-old Starbucks barista in the suburbs of Tampa known as Vayne Myers has suffered from anxiety ever since he was a child. A co-worker suggested he try an emotional support animal. So Mr. Myers
Inverseadded this to InverseMental Health Boost Your Mental Health by Completing This Physical Milestone Every DayInverse - By Bernard Paquito "Move more and sit less" also applies to your mental health. Physical activity has long been associated with better mental health. What’s not well …
AAJ !added this to CONCEPT ! SPACE ! TECH . . .Science The Midwest's Farms Face an Intense, Crop-Killing FutureWIRED - Sara Harrison The flooding that devastated the Midwest this spring damaged infrastructure and prevented farmers from getting crops planted on time. Though …
Leanne Golinoadded this to Oh! All The Things That Me Go, "Ooooh!”Science Scientists just filmed a deep sea creature spew a glowing substanceMashable - Mark KaufmanAt some 4,700 feet beneath the sea, marine scientists filmed a shrimp spew glowing matter, or bioluminescence, from its mouth. This natural event, which might seem fictional, happened as researchers looked
Winona Haehlenadded this to SLEEP FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoScience Understanding Microsleep — When Our Minds Are Both Asleep and Awakediscovermagazine.com Seconds-long periods of sleep, known as "microsleep," are common during mundane tasks like driving. While these unintended brain naps can be …
MMichaela Badded this to Causes Chromosomes Dark centers of chromosomes reveal ancient DNAphys.org - UC Davis Geneticists exploring the dark heart of the human genome have discovered big chunks of Neanderthal and other ancient DNA. The results open new ways …
Daytonmyersadded this to FrothyScience What sex is this tomato plant? It depends on when you ask.Popular Science - Eleanor CumminsDriving through the outback toward the end of the rainy season, Chris Martine and his research team were unusually attentive to their GPS, watching each mile of dirt pass by. "We could not wait," he says.
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo Brex Launches First Corporate Card For Life Sciencesyahoo.com - Business Wire Brex Continues Vertical Growth Strategy Bringing Personalized Value to Biotechnology and Life Sciences Companies Brex, the corporate card that …
Gizmodoadded this to ScienceFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoSpiders Spider Eating a Pygmy Possum Is Obviously AustralianGizmodo - Ryan F. Mandelbaum That’s a photo of a huntsman spider eating a pygmy possum. Yikes! A woman named Justine Latton posted this photo in a public Facebook group dedicated …
Futurity Newsadded this to Science & TechAphids ‘Borrowed’ virus genes put wings on some pea aphidsfuturity.org - Lindsey Valich-Rochester Scientists have pinpointed genes that influence whether pea aphids produce offspring with or without wings in response to their environment. For many …
Chemical Engineering Polaris Partners plans new $400M fund for life sciences, techbizjournals.com - Allison DeAngelis By Allison DeAngelis – Life Sciences Reporter, Boston Business Journal One of Massachusetts' most prominent venture capital firms has set its sights …
The New York Timesadded this to ScienceObituaries Dr. Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, Scrutinizer of Aging, Dies at 84The New York Times - By KAREN WEINTRAUBDr. Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, who founded and led a 47-year-long study that identified sex differences in the risk factors for major diseases of aging, died on June 9 at her home in the La Jolla section
Business Insideradded this to ScienceMedicine Biotech CEO Sheila Gujrathi: best advice for doctors leaving medicineBusiness Insider - Emma CourtAfter training to be a physician at places like Stanford and Harvard, that was the case for Dr. Sheila Gujrathi. When speaking with physician colleagues and friends, Gujrathi — now the co-founder and of
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo Dassault Systèmes Continues to Demonstrate Its Commitment to Life Sciences for Patient Experience by Investing in BioSerenityyahoo.com - Business Wire Dassault Systèmes (DSY.PA) (Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA) today announced its participation as lead investor in a €65 million Series B financing …
INSIDERadded this to INSIDERMutations 6 things a DNA test can tell you about your healthINSIDER - Savanna Swain-Wilson Getting a DNA test can give you a window into your health. Today, there are numerous genetic tests available to people at the clinical and consumer …
Democrats Why Democrats reopened the debate about germline gene editingstatnews.com - Lev Facher WASHINGTON — A rogue Chinese scientist stunned the world last year when he announced the birth of genetically modified twin girls, prompting …
Reason Divisionadded this to Reason DivisionVaccines By the Numbers: Vaccines Are SafeThe New York Times - By REED ABELSON and PAM BELLUCK■ Vaccines have saved hundreds of thousands of American lives in recent years. According to estimates by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, vaccines have prevented more than 21 million hospitalizations
LuxurylaunchesCharles Darwin The first edition of Charles Darwin's 'Origin of Species' was auctioned for half a million dollars -luxurylaunches.com - Ekta Joshi Darwin is considered as a noted scientific mind of all times. His revolutionary theory is often referred to as a turning point in the history of …
ttmcgilladded this to Tim's MagScience A warming Midwest increases likelihood that farmers will need to irrigatephys.org - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign If current climate and crop-improvement trends continue into the future, Midwestern corn growers who today rely on rainfall to water their crops will …
TPFadded this to 🧠🔬💡 DISCOVERIES, INNOVATIONS, RESEARCH & BREAKTHROUGHS, UNIQUE IDEAS & MORE! DIG IN! IT’S BRAIN FOOD — SO... FEED YOUR MIND! 🧠 Genes Cuttlefish Arms Are Not So Different From YoursThe New York Times - By CARL ZIMMERThe cuttlefish and its relatives, squid and octopuses, often strike human observers as floating aliens wreathed in sucker-covered limbs — boneless, squirming appendages that would seem to have nothing
The New York Timesadded this to U.S.Vaccines Vaccine Injury Claims Are Few and Far BetweenThe New York Times - By PAM BELLUCK and REED ABELSONAt a time when the failure to immunize children is driving the biggest measles outbreak in decades, a little-known database offers one way to gauge the safety of vaccines. Over roughly the past dozen in
IKITOadded this to Healthy LivingFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoAtoms Redundancies in T cells | EurekAlert! Science Newseurekalert.org Oncologists have had great success with cancer immunotherapy in recent years, especially with the approach known as immune checkpoint inhibition, …
Salvador M. Ramirezadded this to The National USAGeek Harvard Scientists Make 'Landmark' Discovery in Synthesizing Anti-Cancer Molecules Found in Sea SpongesGizmodo - Ed Cara Harvard and Japanese scientists say they’ve made a “landmark” discovery in cancer drug development. In a new study published Monday, they say they …
Israeli Startups Study identifies protein that causes ‘exhaustion’ of immune system cellstimesofisrael.com - By Shoshanna Solomon A consortium of international researchers says it has identified a protein that is a major player in the weakening of the immune system. The team of …
e smithadded this to HumorGeek Photobombing Monkey Gives Middle Finger in Viral Family Vacation PictureGeek - By Genevieve Scarano A family vacationing in Bali, Indonesia experienced a hilarious moment when a cheeky monkey decided to photobomb their group picture and give them …
Bryan Maheradded this to :: quickFLIP :: ExplorolgyWorld News Meet Australia’s New Sex-Changing Tomato: Solanum PlastisexumThe New York Times - By LIVIA ALBECK-RIPKAMELBOURNE, Australia — In the monsoon tropics of northern Australia, a little plant with prickles, gray-green leaves and purple flowers sprouted. It did not have a name, and it confounded scientists: time
Tom Higleyadded this to SleepHealth Getting a Good Night’s Sleep Without DrugsThe New York Times - By JANE E. BRODYShakespeare wisely recognized that sleep “knits up the ravell’d sleave of care” and relieves life’s physical and emotional pains. Alas, this “chief nourisher in life’s feast,” as he called it, often eludes
Forbesadded this to Technology Veeva Systems Pursues New Growth Initiatives Both Inside And Outside Of Life SciencesForbes - Robert DeFrancescoInvestors this year have bid up shares of Veeva Systems (VEEV), a provider of cloud-based software for the life sciences industry, as the company continues to broaden its product portfolio and expand new
3360Viewadded this to Mad ScientistPlay buttonScience Cyborg Botany Turns Plants Into Security DevicesPopular Mechanics - By David GrossmanEver wish you could control a Venus flytrap with an app? "Cyborg botany" sound like something from an 80s cyberpunk novel, but it's what Harpreet Sareen and Pattie Maes are working to make reality. As
Science Artificial intelligence could revolutionize medical care. But don’t trust it to read your x-ray just yetsciencemag.org - Jennifer Couzin-Frankel Artificial intelligence (AI) is poised to upend the practice of medicine, boosting the efficiency and accuracy of diagnosis in specialties that rely …
