Scientists have isolated a gene sequence that appears to determine how fast our bodies age, the first time a link between DNA and human lifespan has been found.
The discovery could have a profound impact on public health and raises the best hope yet for drugs that prevent the biological wear and tear behind common age-related conditions such as heart disease and certain cancers.
[From Living fast? Scientists show lifespan is linked to DNA | Science | guardian.co.uk]
The freeway sign arrived in Los Angeles five days after I did. It appeared out of nowhere, a valiant attempt by one of its citizens to help drivers make sense of their city, just as I appeared in a silver Subaru, valiantly attempting to make sense of what were apparently not called “highways” but “freeways.” Not that you should ever refer to them that way, I was constantly reminded. “Just say the number,” a friend sighed—the route number, which I kept forgetting should always be prefaced with a “the,” a colloquialism my plain-speaking Midwestern brain couldn’t register. Nor could I comprehend being strapped into a car for hours a day, the sheer inhumanity of a Sigalert, a sweeping six-lane interchange as vast and impossible to navigate as the Pacific Ocean.
[From The Fake Freeway Sign that Became a Real Public Service - Design is a Verb - GOOD]
Davidope’s mesmerizing animations
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Davidope is creative director and founder of Volll studio, based in Budapest. Besides that he has a tumblr where he show off some cool stuff he find online and AWESOME animated gifs he make. Black and white ipnotizing machines, optical illusions with 3D depth. You’ll get stunned.
Study links sugary soft drinks to pancreas cancer
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People who drink two or more sweetened soft drinks a week have a much higher risk of pancreatic cancer, an unusual but deadly cancer, researchers reported on Monday.
[From Study links sugary soft drinks to pancreas cancer | Reuters]
Acupuncture ‘lessens pain in brain not body’, scientists discover
[From Acupuncture 'lessens pain in brain not body', scientists discover - Telegraph]
Partying Dudes
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Coke? Check.
Black leather Members Only jacket? Check.
Thin dirtbag mustache? Check.
Framed picture of a Delorian? Check.
. . . OK, Let’s Party!!!
Palin’s Tea Party Crib Notes
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Closer inspection of a photo of Sarah Palin, during a speech in which she mocked President Obama for his use of a teleprompter, reveals several notes written on her left hand. The words “Energy”, “Tax” and “Lift American Spirits” are clearly visible. There’s also what appears to read as “Budget cuts” with the word Budget crossed out.
[From Stefan Sirucek: EXCLUSIVE (Update): Palin's Tea Party Crib Notes]
Years from now, when the memories of Sunday begin to fade, New Orleans Saints fans will still remember where they were when cornerback Tracy Porter intercepted Colts quarterback Peyton Manning and returned the ball 70 yards for the decisive touchdown of Super Bowl XLIV.
[From Merci beaucoup, New Orleans Saints: An editorial | Opinions - - NOLA.com ]
A remarkable scenario played out in the American media recently, and beyond the import of the story itself is the quantum shift in public perception that it illustrates.
A pro-cannabis group based in Colorado called for a nationwide boycott of coffee giant Starbucks after activists spotted a Starbucks logo on the website of a virulently extremist anti-drug organization. After intense negative publicity ensued, Starbucks actually felt moved to issue a denial.[From When 70 Percent Support Marijuana Legalization, Starbucks Gets The Message | NEWS JUNKIE POST ]
(PhysOrg.com) — Spray-on liquid glass is transparent, non-toxic, and can protect virtually any surface against almost any damage from hazards such as water, UV radiation, dirt, heat, and bacterial infections. The coating is also flexible and breathable, which makes it suitable for use on an enormous array of products.
[From Spray-on liquid glass is about to revolutionize almost everything]
Raw Cacao Walnut Fudge | Rawmazing Raw Food
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Fudge. Easy, decadent, satisfying, raw? You bet. Traditional fudge is made from lots of sugar (the recipe I had called for 2 and 1/2 cups!), butter, evaporated milk, and usually semi sweet chocolate, which is loaded with more sugar and fat. This raw food recipe is quick and only contains almonds, cacao powder and a little agave. I threw in walnuts because they have a ton of their own health benefits (see here) and I love chocolate and walnuts.
Apple won’t work on Macs owned by smokers
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If you are a smoker, you can’t help but know the health hazards that come along with the habit. If you are an Apple owner who smokes, you need to be aware that Apple frowns on smoking and is now stating that smoking voids the warranty of Apple computers.
The problem is that the residue that smoking leaves inside the computer is being termed a health risk. One consumer claims that when he took his MacBook into an Apple store for repairs related to an overheating issue the store refused to work on the computer.
» Travelling with Movies on a Mac
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There are several situations where you might want to dump a DVD to your hard drive to watch later. For instance, I get significantly better battery life when watching a video from my hard drive than I get when watching it from a DVD. If I’m stuck in a plane for several hours, having my movie on the hard drive can be the difference between finishing the show, or running out of power halfway through. I use a PowerBook and in OS X 10.3 and earlier you could just use the built in Disk Utility to copy a DVD to your disk, but it stopped working in 10.4. However with a few free tools you can accomplish the same thing and more.
How to use Snow Leopard’s new QuickTime Screen Recording feature to record Hulu content for your iPhone
coconut-flavour.com – [coconutIdentityCard 2.4]
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coconutIdentityCard is a small app that reads out where and when your Mac and your iPod were built by Apple.
Just plug in your iPod while the app is running and it will show you the information about your iPod instantly.
Because it’s UniversalBinary, it will run also on the new Intel-Based-Macs.
Format of the date: dd.mm.yyyy
You also can enter any 11-character Apple serial number and the app will identify the build-location and the date when the product was built.New since 2.1: coconutIdentityCard is able to check your serials against internet-databases of stolen Apple products. (A negative result is no guarantee that it isn’t stolen)
Currently coconutIdentityCard checks the database of www.powermax.com – if you know other databases, please send me an email with a link to the database – I will try to add it soon.
MDMA Research
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MAPS’ top priority project is funding clinical trials of methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) as a therapeutic tool to assist psychotherapy for the treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and other illnesses. Preliminary studies have shown that MDMA in conjunction with psychotherapy can help people overcome PTSD. MDMA has empathogenic effects, and it is also known as the popular drug Ecstasy (although “Ecstasy” does not always contain pure MDMA). In laboratory studies, MDMA has been proven sufficiently safe for human consumption when taken a limited number of times in moderate doses.
MAPS is in the midst of a 10 year – $10 million plan to make MDMA into a government-approved prescription medicine. For-profit pharmaceutical companies are not interested in developing MDMA into a medicine, because the patent for MDMA has expired. Companies cannot profit off of MDMA because it is only administered a limited number of times, unlike most medications for mental illnesses that are taken on a daily basis. Consequently MAPS is the only organization funding clinical trials of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy in the world.
MAPS is studying whether MDMA-assisted psychotherapy has the potential to heal traumas caused by sexual assault, war, violent crime, and other causes.
Below is comprehensive and updated information about MAPS efforts to develop MDMA into a government-approved prescription medicine, as well as useful information for understanding the benefits and risks of MDMA use.
[From MDMA Research]
LiveLeak.com – Idiot cuts electric cord with scissors
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Your Vegan Mom: Roasted Cauliflower
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Totally addicting bar snack or nutritious side dish? You decide. I am completely fine with it being both. Incidentally, Desmond loves this as much as Paul and I do. We tend to eat it with our fingers before dinner.
