09 July 2009

A pill for longer life? : Nature News

A pill for longer life? : Nature News: "Rapamycin, a drug commonly used in humans to prevent transplanted organs from being rejected, has been found to extend the lives of mice by up to 14% — even when given to the mice late in life."

03 July 2009

Researchers To Breed 'Super-Tuna' Within A Decade - Science News - redOrbit

Researchers To Breed 'Super-Tuna' Within A Decade - Science News - redOrbit: "Scientists in Japan say they will breed a new 'super-tuna' in the next ten years that will be stronger, more resistant to disease and taste better than the bluefin presently in the oceans, The Telegraph reported."

09 June 2009

Five Experiments on How Human Nature Will Affect Our Long-Term Survival -A Galaxy Classic

Five Experiments on How Human Nature Will Affect Our Long-Term Survival -A Galaxy Classic: "Human behavior is often inexplicably bizarre, destructive and counterintuitive, and yet we’ve made it this far."

04 June 2009

You Fail Economics Forever - Television Tropes & Idioms

You Fail Economics Forever - Television Tropes & Idioms: "This violent collision leaves a few absolutes to take refuge behind, and a wide open mine field for catastrophic assumptions and mistakes, and prime Flame Bait. This is probably one of the reasons Thomas Carlyle called economics 'the dismal science'."

31 May 2009

Fasting May Improve Cancer Chemotherapy

Fasting May Improve Cancer Chemotherapy: "Fasting prior to cancer chemotherapy treatment may significantly enhance the cancer-killing effects of the drugswhile protecting healthy cells from damage."