Although long life tends to run in families, genetics has far less influence on life span than previously thought, according to a new analysis of more than 400 million people. …read more Source:: Science
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A break from the buzz: Bees go silent during total solar eclipse
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•In an unprecedented study of a solar eclipse’s influence on bee behavior, researchers organized citizen scientists and elementary school classrooms to set up acoustic monitoring stations to listen in on …read more Source:: Science
Time-traveling illusion tricks the brain
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•Researchers have developed two new illusions that reveal how the senses can influence each other — in particular, how sound can give rise to visual illusions. These illusions occur so …read more Source:: Science
Robots have power to significantly influence children’s opinions
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•Young children are significantly more likely than adults to have their opinions and decisions influenced by robots, according to new research. …read more Source:: Science
Tiny particles have outsize impact on storm clouds, precipitation
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•Tiny particles fuel powerful storms and influence weather much more than has been appreciated, according to a new study. While scientists have known that aerosols may play an important role …read more Source:: Science
Gut microbes may talk to the brain through cortisol
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•Gut microbes have been in the news lately. Recent studies show they can influence human health, behavior, and certain neurological disorders, such as autism. But just how do they communicate …read more Source:: Science
Thousands of genes influence most diseases, researchers report
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•In a provocative new perspective piece, researchers say that disease genes are spread uniformly across the genome, not clustered in specific molecular pathways, as has been thought. …read more Source:: Science
Google Accelerates End of SHA-1 Support; Certificate Authorities Nervous
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•Google is consciously using their influence to push certificate authorities to advance security standards soon. Would you believe the problem is Windows XP SP2? Read more at Enterprise Open Source Toolkit Source: Linux