[ad_1] According to a study published in 2017, the concentration of amyloid-beta in a person’s spinal fluid starts changing decades before the first signs of the disease show up. People already experiencing mild cognitive impairment with an abnormal concentration of the peptide in their spinal fluid are apparently 2.5 times more likely to develop the […]
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FDA removes restrictions on genetically modified salmon
[ad_1] FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb stressed that the genetic changes had been deemed safe for the animal, safe to eat and wouldn’t have a “significant” impact on the environment. AquaBounty’s modifications use DNA from other fish to grow salmon at a faster rate, raising concerns about contamination. However, they’re also bred to be female and […]
Google shows how it could make a cloud-savvy game controller
[ad_1] The gamepad could also store your account and host device settings (like brightness and volume), not just familiar hardware options like game-specific button bindings and general gamepad settings. You could visit a friend and instantly pick up where you left off. Google originally filed the patent in 2014 (hence the Android KitKat-era “home” and […]
23andMe says gene report can detect the risk of type 2 diabetes
[ad_1] The company is partnering with Lark Health to offer the company’s $20 per month AI health coaching service to customers who are at risk of developing diabetes. The report will be available to gene testing kit buyers starting March 11th, 23andMe said. Whether or not it helps is another story. Experts talking to MIT […]
‘Every Thing Every Time’ builds poetry from the smart city
[ad_1] It was an echo of some of the things happening in Austin at that moment, a kind of live poetic commentary on the commonplace. Every minute, the board refreshed; it continues to generate 1,440 poems each day. The installation, called “EVERY THING EVERY TIME,” is the work of Naho Matsuda, a German-Japanese artist and […]
‘Good Omens’ and the art of avoiding Armageddon
[ad_1] As the nuclear apocalypse looms over popular culture and consciousness, acclaimed fantasy author Neil Gaiman is preparing to launch Good Omens, a six-episode Amazon Prime series based on the 1990 novel he wrote in partnership with Terry Pratchett. Good Omens doesn’t imagine an Earth ravaged by nukes, but instead sees it scheduled for destruction […]
Amazon Fire TV no longer needs you to type your WiFi password
[ad_1] While updates are available for devices that are already in the wild, this is primarily meant for people buying new Fire TV hardware directly from Amazon (which pre-assigns your Amazon account). You’ll need to own at least one simple setup device on top of that. It still beats punching in a password for every […]
The best wireless TV headphones
[ad_1] Why you should trust us Lauren Dragan is a senior staff writer for Wirecutter and our resident headphone expert. She has reviewed hundreds of headphones for Wirecutter since 2013. Lauren holds a bachelor’s degree in both music performance and audio production from Ithaca College. Daniel Varghese, who tested the headphones for this update, is […]
Hitting the Books: Brotopia
[ad_1] Brotopia: Breaking up the Boys’ Club of Silicon Valleyby Emily Chang “Boys will be boys” doesn’t cut it anymore. For anybody who isn’t a cis-het white guy, the internet can be a xenophobic hellscape filled with racist trolls, misogynists, creeps and *shudder* tech bros. Women and PoC are being put through a societal meat […]
NASA unveils stunning images of merging supersonic shockwaves
[ad_1] The jets shown in the images are T-38s flying at 28,000 feet or so. They were captured by a B200 King Air flying a pattern just 2,000 feet above them, equipped with 1,400 fps cameras mounted on a special arm. They show the shockwaves, or rapid pressure changes that result when an aircraft flies […]