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Heart attack patients with mild cognitive impairment get fewer treatments
Science Daily - 24 Aug 2019 02:27
New research finds people with mild cognitive impairment don't always receive the same, established medical treatment that patients with normal cognitive functioning get when they have a heart attack.
Evolution designed by parasites
Science Daily - 24 Aug 2019 02:27
A new paper explores an overlooked aspect of the relationship between parasites and their hosts by systematically discussing the ways in which parasitic behavior manipulation may encourage the evolution of mechanisms in ...
A novel technology for genome-editing a broad range of mutations in live organisms
Science Daily - 24 Aug 2019 02:27
Researchers have developed a new tool -- dubbed SATI -- to edit the mouse genome, enabling the team to target a broad range of mutations and cell types. The new genome-editing technology could be expanded for use in a br...
How memories form and fade
Neuroscience News - 24 Aug 2019 22:40
Stable memories are encoded by teams of neurons firing in synchrony, providing redundancy that enables the memory to persist over time.
This Week's Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through August 24)
Singularity Hub - 24 Aug 2019 18:00
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE To Power AI, This Startup Built a Really, Really Big Chip Tom Simonite | Wired “The silicon monster is almost 22 centimeters--roughly 9 inches--on each side, making it likely the largest compute...
What Was It Like to Be an Executioner in the Middle Ages?
Live Science - 24 Aug 2019 15:00
The image of the hooded executioner is iconic, but it tells us only a small part of the story.
Facebook's ad data may put millions of gay people at risk
New Scientist - 24 Aug 2019 11:00
Over four million people that live in countries where being gay is illegal have been labelled by Facebook as being interested in homosexuality