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The missing link from sea to land.
“A meme about the transitional fossil Tiktaalik argues that although we did come out of the sea, we aren’t doing just fine.” | learn more
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Physically less attractive job applicants are discriminated against in hiring decisions.
“In a US context, the authors tested whether appearance-altering photo-filters can exploit this bias, focusing on the moderating role of job type, gender and race as well the mediating role of two major dimensions of person perception (warmth and competence).” | learn […]
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Can certain foods really stave off dementia?
“Experts say that while nutrition studies are notoriously challenging to carry out, there is a compelling and ever-growing body of research that does suggest that some foods and diets may offer real benefits to an aging brain. So we spoke […]
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Infrared mind control.
“Now, scientists at the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute at Stanford University have developed the first non-invasive technique for controlling targeted brain circuits in behaving animals from a distance.” | learn more
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DNA synthesis is the workhorse of modern biotech.
Part 2 of the 4-part series I started sharing last week. Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt gave a talk at a biology conference and said that he felt “your industry is at the same stage mine was in 40 years […]
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New technique kills tumors with sound waves.
This is an incredible development and it’s already in human trials. “The new treatment is called “histotripsy,” and it noninvasively directs ultrasound waves so that the target tissue is mechanically destroyed — and with millimeter precision. This novel technique is […]
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DNA Sequencing is eating the world
The first of a four-part series. “When I think about what is different in the world of genetic technologies, I think about Sequencing, Synthesis, Scale, and Software. … Incredible things are now possible at the intersection of these areas. The […]
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Top entrepreneurial bio labs in the US.
“I have identified 160+ translational labs that already have started or might likely start a company based on their research. These bio labs are in the top clusters (Bay Area, San Diego, New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and newly New Jersey […]
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Background on brain-reading news from last week.
I had shared an article about a man who communicated in full sentences using nothing but thought (a first-ever). At that time, I didn’t realize the interesting background about the researcher – his prior brain-reading research had been discredited and his article […]
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The genetics of immunity.
“This wave of studies has identified many new genetic associations with disease—but it has also produced a confusing phenomenon: the majority of GWAS variants are located in non-coding regions of the genome. That is, we went out in search of […]