Menopause–and the insomnia that often accompanies it –make women age faster, two new studies reveal. The work suggests these factors could increase women’s risk for aging-related diseases and earlier death. …read more Source:: Science
Day: July 25, 2016
Before animals, evolution waited eons to inhale
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•Time to smash the beaker when thinking about oxygen concentrations in water, at the time when animal life first evolved. Oceans stacked oxygen here and depleted it there, as a …read more Source:: Science
Embryonic gene Nanog reverses aging in adult stem cells
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•In a series of experiments, the embryonic stem cell gene Nanog kicked into action dormant cellular processes that are key to preventing weak bones, clogged arteries and other telltale signs …read more Source:: Science
Astronomers discover dizzying spin of the Milky Way galaxy’s ‘halo’
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•Astronomers have discovered for the first time that the hot gas in the halo of the Milky Way galaxy is spinning in the same direction and at comparable speed as …read more Source:: Science
Human ‘super predator’ more terrifying than bears, wolves and dogs
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•Bears, wolves and other large carnivores are frightening beasts but the fear they inspire in their prey pales in comparison to that caused by the human ‘super predator.’ A new …read more Source:: Science
LinkedIn claims Rocket Data beats Apple’s iOS caching
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•By Paul Krill To provide iOS app builders an alternative caching solution to Apple’s Core Data framework, LinkedIn is offering its Rocket Data caching library via open source. Available under an Apache license, Rocket …read more Source:: OpenSource