Entries tagged with lifespan

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Interesting Links for 11-07-2021

Quest for "green" cement draws big name investors to $300B industry: Extra info https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27795416
(tags:materials co2 cement )
Off-Patent Osteoporosis Drug Also Found to Extend Lifespan: (tags:lifespan viaDanielDWilliam )
The Planets with the Giant Diamonds Inside (inside two fascinating planets you don't hear much about): (tags:space planets history astronomy )
Why Do Gamers Love Speedrunning So Much Anyway?: (tags:games speed )
Government's Mass Infection Plan pushed by Great Barrington Declaration Lobbying Effort to End COVID Protections: (tags:conspiracy vaccine pandemic UK government OhForFucksSake )
Not wearing a mask is associated with antisocial traits: (tags:psychology pandemic )
Boris Johnson's £11.6bn climate fund to be swiped from aid budget: (tags:UK globalwarming aid OhForFucksSake )
What is "The child-annihilating zipline"? (with bonus terrible kitchen redesign): (tags:death children engineering )
No bids for over 70% of Indian coal mines up for auction: (tags:coal India )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/4047176.html

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Interesting Links for 07-06-2021

Scientists develop cheap and easy method to extract lithium from seawater: (tags:metal sea water GoodNews )
Puppies are able to track human social cues at just eight weeks of age: (tags:puppies dogs psychology humans viaPatrickHadfield )
What is Scandinavian Style Proportional Representation - and what would it look like in Scotland?: (tags:voting Scandinavia Scotland )
When your rescue cat rescues a cat: (tags:cat video cute )
Here's an interesting and unusual life: (tags:women life obituary religion )
Scotland's appeal to foreign investors bucks trend: (tags:Scotland UK economics )
Science Is Shaped by Wikipedia: Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial: (tags:science wikipedia )
How do people feel about life extension?: (tags:life lifespan viaSwampers )
How 'One Hundred and One Dalmatians' Saved Disney: (tags:movies Technology Disney history dogs )
Sketch for a fanfic about the One Ring: (tags:lotr fanfic )

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Interesting Links for 26-03-2020

A head teacher on what parents should be doing with their kids at home: (tags:children education pandemic )
A message from The Doctor to worried people everywhere: (tags:drwho pandemic video )
The economics of the Coronavirus pandemic: (tags:economics pandemic viaDanielDWilliam )
On capitalism and the Conservative fear that if people didn't have to work they wouldn't: (tags:work capitalism )
Across mammals, females live 18% longer than males: (tags:mammals age lifespan gender )
There are two guards. One who lies and one who tells the truth. They are _very_ bored.: (tags:funny satire philosophy puzzles audio )
Coronavirus: U.K. Says 3.5 Million Antibody Tests Coming in Days: (tags:pandemic virus testing )
What It's Like to Self-Quarantine With a Michelin-Starred Chef: (tags:restaurant pandemic cooking viaSwampers )
If you're bored at home you can help needed to rescue UK's old rainfall records: (tags:weather history UK )
An Exhaustive Analysis of 300 Winning Dishes on 'Come Dine With Me': (tags:TV food viaPatrickHadfield )

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Interesting Links for 04-10-2018

The Super-Rich Are Stockpiling Wealth in Black-Box Charities: (tags: wealth inequality charity )
Why Are Enterprises So Slow?: (tags: Technology organisation business )
Weetabix wars and X-Men: welcome to the wacky world of trade post-Brexit: (tags: trade uk xmen )
YouGov | How good is “good”?: (tags: language viaPatrickHadfield )
Do we really live longer than our ancestors?: (tags: lifespan LifeExpectancy history )
On McNeil Island, the only residents are dangerous sex offenders. They've served their sentence, but can never leave: (tags: rape murder prison mentalhealth usa )
The first “social network” of brains lets three people transmit thoughts to each other’s heads: (tags: cyborg thefuture Technology brain amazing )
Irish forced-birth doctors causing problems ahead of abortion legalisation: (tags: abortion ireland OhForFucksSake )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3721775.html

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Interesting Links for 08-09-2018

What commercial awareness is and what it should not be (lawyer focused, but the basics apply to any contractor): (tags: business law )
Theresa May’s Brexit proposals 'not workable, basically' says EU's Michel Barnier: (tags: uk europe doom )
How Sexism in Medicine Is Hurting Breast Cancer Survivors: (tags: breasts cancer doctors patriarchy OhForFucksSake viaFJM )
Europe is not older than America: (tags: history Europe America )
This is basically how I feel about the concept of nation states: (tags: countries nationality )
'Mindful people' feel less pain: (tags: mindfulness pain psychology )
“Sand Dams” Are Transforming African Drylands: (tags: water sand africa environment farming )
Eye movements take edge off traumatic memories: (tags: trauma eyes psychology )
FactCheck: Russia is spreading discredited theories about the Salisbury attack: (tags: assassination Russia poison fraud )
Shared lifetime of grandmothers and grandchildren significantly increased since 1800s: (tags: grandparents life children lifespan women )
The Lib Dems in Scotland just lost any support I might have given them: (tags: libdem scotland independence )
As Germans Seek News, YouTube Delivers Far-Right Tirades: (tags: YouTube racism OhForFucksSake news )
The Subway Doesn't Have to Be Hot and Gross: (tags: London tube transport newyork )
Wi-Fi Gets More Secure: What You Need to Know About WPA3: (tags: wifi security technology thefuture )
10 Comic Books That Should Be Movies (or TV): (tags: comics movies )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3650398.html

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Interesting Links for 09-01-2018

On The Turing Completeness of PowerPoint: (tags: video funny powerpoint computers )
Chris Grayling's 27 Seconds as Conservative Party Chairman: (tags: conservatives fail viaSwampers )
Donald Trump's tweets aren't random - he's live-tweeting his favourite tv: (tags: tv politics usa twitter )
The couple who got engaged and married on the same day: (tags: marriage )
The plummeting Conservative membership makes the party ripe for entryism: (tags: Conservatives funny politics )
How to argue, in eight easy steps: (tags: argument conversation advice )
Lemurs mob BBC News reporter: (tags: video cute bbc )
The Omnicopter, A Super Agile Omni-Directional Drone That Can Play Catch With a Ball: (tags: drone video )
Goodbye iPod, and Thanks for All the Tunes: (tags: music apple )
Is everything Johann Hari knows about depression wrong?: (tags: depression OhForFucksSake johannhari mentalhealth psychology )
Plans unveiled for new Northern Forest from Liverpool to Hull: (tags: forests trees nature uk )
Beginner's guide to longevity research: (tags: longevity lifespan research )
The reshuffle that wasn't: May blows it again: (tags: politics conservatives fail )
7 articles that are basically free therapy: (tags: advice life relationships )
Ibuprofen alters human testicular physiology: (tags: sex drugs )
Iran Bans English in Primary Schools: (tags: english iran )
Jeremy Corbyn insists UK cannot remain in single market after Brexit: (tags: UK Europe labour )
China wants an orderly exit from Bitcoin mining: (tags: bitcoin china )
Tory MSPs back call for Scottish Parliament to reject UK Brexit Bill: (tags: scotland uk europe politics )
A 430-Year-Old World Map, Taking Up 60 Square Feet: Link to a zoomable version: https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~303661~90074314:Composite--Tavola-1-60---Map-of-the
(tags: maps history )
Swallowable sensors reveal mysteries of human gut health: (tags: bodies )
New insights into lifetime personality change: (tags: personality age psychology )
Women more likely to suffer winter depression and mood changes: (tags: women depression winter sad )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3536928.html

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Interesting Links for 23-12-2016

Let Toys Be Toys 2016 update: (tags: toys gender society viaFanf )
Music in the brain: The first imaging genetic study linking dopaminergic genes to music: (tags: music genetics dopamine )
A cure for social anxiety disorders: (tags: anxiety mentalhealth cbt )
Job recruiters may be swayed by signs of our sexuality revealed in our faces: (tags: lgbt bias stereotypes jobs )
Cat! vs! Cat! Feeder!: (tags: cats engineering )
How a change for the worse makes for a different person: (tags: personality change psychology )
Value of bitcoins in circulation hits record high of $14bn: (tags: bitcoin china )
People who care for others live longer: (tags: altruism lifespan age )
Introductory psychology textbooks accused of spreading myths and liberal-leaning bias: (tags: psychology bias Education )
A guide to giving your cats their annual performance review: (tags: cats work funny satire )
Workers on zero-hour contracts earn £1,000 a year less doing the same jobs as those on contracts: (tags: pay work uk )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3453641.html

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Interesting Links for 16-05-2016

"I Went to a Eurovision Sex Party": (tags: sex music eurovision party lgbt )
What happens if you mixed elephant toothpaste, gasoline, and fire together in a staircase: (tags: fire video awesome explosions norway )
At least part of the reason why being fat means you liver a shorter life: (tags: weight life healthcare OhForFucksSake )
'Glasgow effect' mortality rate blamed on Westminster social engineering: (tags: glasgow lifespan death government politics scotland )
The music industry is at war with itself over YouTube: (tags: youtube video music business )
Survivor Mom: Teaching Consent: (tags: consent children parenting )
If you want to know if a politician is in a group, ask the group: (tags: politics groups )
Canvas Cycle: True 8-bit Color Cycling with HTML5 (gorgeous retro art): (tags: art animation html5 )
A collection of recommendations of gorgeous bits of (slightly) animated art: (tags: art animation )
Asimov on types of intelligence: (tags: Intelligence )
Study: Aging ’80s Metal Fans Doing Better Than Everyone: (tags: HeavyMetal psychology happiness )
CBS Passes on Nancy Drew Adaptation - for being too female oriented.: (tags: women tv OhForFucksSake )
The limits of clouds - a Google Suggest poem: (tags: poetry google )
Apparently being friends with my exes means I'm probably a psychopath: (tags: relationships psychology psychopath )
Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers (an award-winning horror short-story): (tags: shortstory horror awards )
California Becomes First State To Make Sexual Consent Lessons Mandatory In High Schools: (tags: school consent usa california )
Sykes-Picot: The map that spawned a century of resentment: (tags: middle_east maps history war epicfail )
Dear YouTube: An open letter on their lack of transparency and control: (tags: business music youtube )
A couple of years after we bring in Pensions Freedom, Australia moves away from it: (tags: pensions politics australia money viaSwampers )

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Interesting Links for 13-08-2015

Would Corbyn's 'QE for people' float or sink Britain?
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What word was created in the year you were born? (I missed "Reboot" by one year!)
- (tags: language history vializziecassmaran )
Frequent spicy meals linked to human longevity
- (tags: food lifespan health )
Woman has sex wearing Fitbit - shares the resulting graph
- (tags: visualisation sex technology )
Divinity: Original Sin II is being made. (So excited! Julie and I _loved_ the first one.)
- This is definitely a "Shut up, and take my money" moment.
- (tags: games awesome roleplaying )
Why can't Britain build enough homes to meet demand?
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Yes, Virginia, people of color do fucking read SF/F
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96m water-saving shade balls released into LA reservoir. (Saving them a fortune in the long run)
- (tags: water technology video viaCipherGoth )
Hideous ‘ribbon hotel’ approved in Edinburgh
- (tags: hotel Edinburgh architecture design WTF )
When Innocence Is No Defense (in the USA, of course)
- (tags: usa law OhForFucksSake )
Your Brain on Coffee: How Caffeine Affects Brain Chemistry
- (tags: brain coffee caffeine )

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Interesting Links for 26-01-2015

Saudi Arabia has been holding reformist daughters of the late king under guard for over a decade
(tags: saudiarabia feminism )
Landlines: The tech that just won't die
(tags: phones technology )
The Story Behind The Xmas Kings Cross Problems (Fascinating story of project-planning gone wrong)
(tags: planning rail trains uk London )
Knitting - with PVC pipes
(tags: knitting awesome )
The Secret Douglas Adams RPG That People Have Been Playing for 15 Years
(tags: douglasadams roleplaying internet titanic )
My wife seems to think this isn't a puppy. I don't really understand why...
(tags: cute animated_gif )
Given the same science-related CV with different genders on it, universities will offer $4000 more to the men.
(tags: university academia gender sexism patriarchy )
This is pretty-much why I'm not interested in things like Torture Garden
(tags: bdsm fetish clothing anxiety )
Germans have a right to pee while standing up
(tags: Germany urination rights law )
Is Scotland actually getting "Home Rule"?
(tags: Scotland devolution politics )
Clifford D Simak: The anti-Lovecraft
I love Way Station. Lovely novel, in a style I don't really see any more.
(tags: review scifi )
It was not illegal for women to act in Shakespeare’s time
(tags: shakespeare women acting history )
How Google's upcoming paid streaming service is going to work
(tags: advertising Google music business )
American Sniper is doing a great job as propaganda. I wonder if the creators know.
(tags: propaganda usa military movies racism )
How to grow a beard
(tags: beards men funny )
Scientists Figure Out How To Unboil Eggs
(tags: science eggs viaConuly )
The five tribes of UKIP
(tags: UKIP politics uk vianwhyte )
Lifespan depends on month of birth
(tags: lifespan )
Syriza and Independent Greeks agree anti-austerity coalition
(tags: greece austerity politics Europe )

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Interesting Links for 13-05-2014

Richard and Judy agree assisted death pact
(tags: euthenasia death UK )
There are at least five types of depression
(tags: depression chemistry biology )
This Is What "Buffy The Vampire Slayer" Would Look Like As A LucasArts Point-And-Click Game
(tags: viaJulie buffy games )
Some interesting opinions on what men can do to be more attractive to women.
(tags: relationships advice )
Rat Park - a brilliant comic about addiction, drugs, and science
(tags: heroin addiction rats comic viaMyBrotherHugh )
Fans Deliver a Stunning Live-Action Akira Trailer
(tags: video trailer akira )
Today at 16:53:20 GMT, it'll be 1400000000 in Unix time.
(tags: unix time )
Oscar winner: ‘Alien’ creator H.R. Giger is dead
(tags: giger )
Having a sense of purpose may add years to your life
(tags: meaning life lifespan )
EU backs 'right to be forgotten'
(tags: rights europe )
Your surname doesn't match your child's? Good luck at border control
(tags: children borders parents passport names )
Black Milk Clothing Illustrates How Not To Use Social Media
(tags: socialmedia marketing epicfail )
What if we treated food the way we treat housing?
(tags: food housing )
The reason every book about Africa has the same cover
(tags: africa books culture stereotypes )

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Interesting Links for 12-09-2012

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Interesting Links for 04-05-2012

Judge: An IP-Address Doesn’t Identify a Person (or BitTorrent Pirate)
(tags: law usa ip piracy copyright )
I don't remember any company losing the vote on executive pay before. I wonder how they'll react...
(tags: pay finance business uk )
If money doesn't make you happy, then you probably aren't spending it right
(tags: money happiness psychology )
Man has both legs amputated, applies for disability benefit & gets asked: 'So, how far can you walk?'
(tags: disabilities welfare uk )
How to report on Pinterest without coming across as horribly sexist.
(tags: sexism pinterest women internet reporting )
PE lessons put girls off exercise (and me. I hated them.)
(tags: sports exercise school gender women )
Have sleep problems? CBT significantly more effective than drugs, especially in the long-term
(tags: sleep drugs cbt )
Cover art and blurb for the new Iain M. Banks Culture novel. Mine is already on order.
(tags: squee TheCulture IainBanks )
There are some things that do not require data to back them up.
(tags: funny comic opinion IceCream )
Kevin Shields interviewed on the My Bloody Valentine remasters
(tags: interview music mybloodyvalentine )
Murdoch has been the bravest media owner in Britain in the last 40 years
Purely because it's worth hearing the other side of the argument sometimes.
(tags: RupertMurdoch newspapers uk media )
A fascinating series of posts on theatre, directing and improvisation
(tags: improv acting theatre )
What should we pay MPs? You won't like the answer.
(tags: uk pay politics )
Less than half the seats at the last election had Labour and Conservatives in the top two positions
(tags: uk politics libdem Conservatives labour )
Why is hazing so common, and what do people get out of it?
(tags: bullying hazing assault psychology groups membership )
E-Mail Confused Osama, and 5 Other Revelations From the Bin Laden Files
(tags: OsamaBinLaden email terrorism technology middle_east )
One to Two and a half hours jogging per week increases lifespan by six years.
(tags: jogging exercise health lifespan )
To Hell With The Lot Of Them (A better post on the elections than I wrote, but much of the same thoughts.)
(tags: politics scotland )
Quiet Hands - on forcing people to conform.
(tags: disability ableism expression children )