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Nicotinomide riboside effects on aging similar to caloric restriction

Scientists have long known that restricting calories can fend off physiological signs of aging, with studies in fruit flies, roundworms, rodents and even people showing that chronically slashing intake by about a third can reap myriad health benefits and, in some cases, extend lifespan.

Lidar system images bullet in flight

Lidar imaging has been around for almost as long as the technology it’s based on, the laser. But unlike its more famous cousin, radar, it was mostly used for research purposes. The reason scientists know so much about the density of aerosols in the upper atmosphere is largely due to the practice of shooting powerful lasers into the atmosphere and examining the return signal.

A Struggling Town Is Reviving Itself With… Geocaching

Unfamiliar passers-by may think it’s a joke. But to locals, this landmark goes by the name “Fork and Beans.” It has a logbook hidden inside its frame and it’s one of the more than 500 geocaches scattered around Wilberforce—the “Geocaching Capital of Canada,” as the town calls itself, and home of one of the most popular geocaching tours in the world.

Poor Grades Tied to Class Times That Don’t Match Our Biological Clocks

Coffee sold in California must carry cancer warning, judge rules

Watch a Human Mind-Control a Cyborg Mouse

Researchers from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology created steerable cyborg mice, and holy hell is this experiment giving me the creeps.

Draft, Gitkube, Helm, Ksonnet, Metaparticle, Skaffold – Comparison of K8s Tools

Interpretable Machine Learning: A Guide for Making Black Box Models Explainable

Universal Sentence Encoder by Ray Kurzweil’s Team at Google

We present models for encoding sentences into embedding vectors that specifically target transfer learning to other NLP tasks. The models are efficient and result in accurate performance on diverse transfer tasks. Two variants of the encoding models allow for trade-offs between accuracy and compute resources.

Magic Leap Ships First Set of Devices Under Tight Security Constraints