Entries tagged with longevity

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Interesting Links for 14-03-2024

1. Did you know there was an old rifle range under Edinburgh's Waverley Station? (6 minutes in to this video): (tags:guns edinburgh history trains )
2. What's been going on with Boeing? (they seem to have forgotten that making planes requires attention to detail): (tags:airplanes safety epicfail OhForFucksSake engineering manufacturing )
3. A global network of violent predators is hiding in plain sight, targeting children on major internet platforms, grooming them, and extorting them to commit horrific acts of abuse.: (tags:internet abuse crime )
4. Giant redwoods: The world's largest trees are thriving in the UK. (Except for not reproducing): (tags:trees UK )
5. The economics of all-you-can-eat buffets: (tags:food business economics )
6. The Existential Relief of Having Children: (tags:philosophy anxiety stress parenting children life )
7. The Abyss 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray UK release | The BBFC comments on its cancellation: (tags:rats abuse animals movies jamescameron BluRay )
8. Do your pets help you make food? You ain't seen nothing yet!: (tags:food cows video funny )
9. LGBTQ+ Identification in U.S. Now at 7.6% (and dramatically higher in Gen Z): (tags:demographics LGBT USA )
10. AI reveals prostate cancer has two distinct subtypes: (tags:ai cancer prostate )
11. The full version of Tenacious D's - ...Baby One More Time cover is out. And even more awesome than you'd expect: (tags:music video BritneySpears awesome panda )
12. Yes, the Tories are outrageously racist and sexist - but Labour is guilty too (writes Diane Abbott): (tags:politics racism UK Labour conservatives )
13. Giant 'sand battery' holds a week's heat for a whole town: (tags:sand heat battery finland )
14. The only other mammals to go through the menopause live longer because of it: (tags:menstruation whales longevity )
15. New ONS figures show how Edinburgh's share of short term lets is massive by comparison to practically everywhere else in the UK: (tags:edinburgh rental holidays housing tourism )
16. New extremism definition unveiled by British government. Is very vague.: (tags:uk government language )
17. I see that J.K. Rowling is now engaging in anti-trans Holocaust denial: (tags:transgender Holocaust jkrowling OhForFucksSake bigotry lgbt )
18. Assisted dying in Canada is accepted - but the UK should tread carefully: (tags:euthanasia canada )
19. I was getting bored of running - then I found joggling: (tags:juggling running jogging exercise edinburgh )

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Interesting Links for 07-11-2018

Federal Judge Blocks Native Americans in North Dakota from Voting: (tags: usa voting racism OhForFucksSake )
Why is British media so transphobic?: (tags: transgender lgbt UK media )
UK renewable energy capacity surpasses fossil fuels for first time: (tags: renewables uk GoodNews electricity )
Restaurants fail for many reasons – don’t try to pin this on millennials: (tags: restaurant business )
Why Caligula should be Theresa May's role model: (tags: history rome Conservatives uk europe )
I cannot, from the information here, see any way that a deal is happening between the UK and the EU: The UK will not accept a backstop which is permanent. The EU will not accept a backstop which is not permanent. The EU will not sacrifice its internal integrity for a third party. May hasn't got the votes to push, well, anything through.
(tags: uk europe doom )
Children's screen time has little effect on sleep: (tags: screens phones tv sleep children )
Can Hong Kong Sell Its Residents on Watery Graves?: (tags: water death HongKong )
Family tree of 400 million people shows genetics has limited influence on longevity: (tags: longevity genetics )
Experts testing cladding after Grenfell banned from criticising Theresa May under gagging clauses: (tags: censorship government UK OhForFucksSake )
Labour says it will vote down a blind Brexit deal with no details about future relationship: (tags: UK europe labour politics )
Midterms 2018: Weed Wins on Election Day: (tags: marijuana legalisation usa GoodNews )
This report into autism and mental health provision in Scotland does not make for happy reading: (tags: autism mentalhealth scotland )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3664437.html

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Interesting Links for 01-03-2018

Sketchy leak supposedly shows redesigned OnePlus 6 w/ notch. (I'm tempted for my next phone): (tags: phones design )
America's largest sporting goods retailer will stop selling assault-style weapons: (tags: guns USA GoodNews )
Why you shouldn't use algorithms to generate items of clothing...: (tags: clothing algorithms jobs funny )
How to write about Africa: (tags: africa writing advice )
Two MEPs elected as Tories defect to join Jean-Claude Juncker’s parliamentary group: (tags: politics europe )
China is holding at least 120,000 Uighurs in re-education camps: (tags: china rights OhForFucksSake )
Fixing Wi-Fi “Connection Timeout Occurred” Errors on Mac OS X (Just did this to Jane's, and it's now working much better): (tags: apple networking )
Obese people really don't live longer than normal weight people with heart disease, they're just diagnosed at a younger age: (tags: obesity heart health longevity weight )
Fish oil and probiotic supplements for pregnant mothers may decrease children's risk of getting allergies: (tags: pregnancy children fish health allergies probiotics omega3 )
Bolognese sauce, done right: (tags: cooking recipe advice food )
girls who get their periods earlier than their peers are more psychologically vulnerable as teenagers: (tags: menstruation women mentalhealth )
Most Florida voters are much more sensible on guns than the NRA: (tags: florida guns usa polls )

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: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3638036.html

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Interesting Links for 29-11-2017

Ticket resale sites could face court over consumer law concerns: (tags: tickets law uk )
How Bored Panda Survived Facebook's Clickbait Purge: (tags: facebook viral business )
A woman approached The Washington Post with dramatic — and false — tale about Roy Moore. She appears to be part of undercover sting operation.: (tags: fraud usa politics abuse media )
Netherlands fishmongers accuse herring-tasters of erring: (tags: headline fish fraud )
How Google Translate magnifies cultural biases: (tags: bias gender google translation )
Evidence that Doctor Who has never, ever, been as good as it used to be: (tags: drwho tv history )
Two wingsuit fliers pull off a breathtaking stunt over the Alps when they jump from a mountain and then land inside an airplane: (tags: amazing video mountain flying )
What Daniel Hannan thought Britain would look like after Brexit: (tags: uk Europe )
Samsung Develops Battery Material with 5x Faster Charging Speed: (tags: Samsung batteries )
New genetic variations linked to educational attainment: Genetic overlap between cognitive ability and longevity: (tags: genetics Education longevity )
Maternal mental health: How far have we come?: (tags: mother mentalhealth uk fail )
Court backs salesman's claim for 13 years of holiday pay: (tags: holidays money law uk )
Julius Caesar's Britain invasion site found by archaeologists: (tags: history rome uk )
Amazon.com "not found" pages have dogs on them. Refresh for MORE DOG!: (tags: dogs amazon awesome )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3407669.html

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Interesting Links for 04-02-2016

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Interesting Links for 25-10-2012

The Island Where People Forget to Die
(tags: death longevity )
How changing the gender of characters changes our perceptions of their actions
(tags: gender writing patriarchy )
Under the hood of Windows 8, or why desktop users should upgrade from Windows 7
(tags: computers software windows )
Anyone validate the figures in this post about Scottish Independence?
(tags: scotland uk independence )
Parenting and temperament in childhood predict later political ideology
(tags: politics psychology )
The Banality of Cryonics
(tags: cryonics society thefuture )
Should children be taught that porn is not real?
(tags: education porn children )
It looks like businessmen make bad presidents
(tags: usa politics business )
What small children are really thinking
(tags: children funnny meme )
How the human face forms in the womb [pictures and video]
(tags: video faces humans )
Why you should use standard SI units for computer-related sizes
(tags: numbers computers technology )
Tube sites are changing porn, says UK regulator
(tags: porn regulation uk internet )
Apple is a modern religion, anthropologist confirms
(tags: apple religion anthropology )
Improving conditions for families facing deportation
(tags: asylum children libdem )
Most terrifying cause of death in the history of EVER.
(tags: death history )

Crossposts: http://andrewducker.livejournal.com/2623448.html

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Interesting Links for 10-01-2012

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Interesting Links for 3-11-2011

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Interesting Links for 27-10-2011