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Join Date: Oct 2005
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Hah. I blank on names but I've never been good with names.
However, there are times when I struggle to find the right word. I know there's this word I'm looking for but can't remember. I google to find it. I don't have Alzheimer's in my family tree that I know of. Let us know your diet. I just take my daily vitamin pill which I've been doing since Covid. It has 90% vitamin E which I've read may help. |
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Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Boston, Ma
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Join Date: Jun 2001
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Yeah, I've long been terrible with names. And I frequently substitute a similar word to the one I was looking for in conversation. I call it the right folder, wrong file problem. As far as my diet goes, a lot of that is detailed in the Forks over Knives thread. I gave up eating meat somewhere around a decade ago. I also gave up soda around that time, and started exercising (running). I follow a whole-food, plant-based diet now, although I still allow treats like pretzels and chocolate bars. I try to limit dairy. For the most part, I only drink green tea or water. I almost never drink alcohol anymore, and was never a heavy drinker. I'm 5'10", and weigh around 203 - 205 these days. I'm broad through the shoulders, so that sounds worse than it is BMI-wise. I'm trim in most places, but have a bit of a gut. These days, I ride the Peloton 2-4 times a week, and lift weights 2 times a week as well (that's something I added in 3 or 4 months ago). Last edited by Kodos : 05-03-2023 at 11:14 AM. |
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Back in Houston!
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Lilly has been working hard on Alzheimers for more than a decade with a lot of failures (not because they're bad at what they do but because curing diseases is hard) and it's good to see it might be paying huge dividends for people.
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Join Date: Oct 2005
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This is kinda cool but scary also if one speculates what else could be done in the future. But does seem to be a legit medical need.
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Join Date: Oct 2005
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If true, they should do something about the authors ... a perpetual wall of shame or something.
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Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Canton, OH
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How would that work? Wouldn't a wall of shame end up being more political than anything else? There's a seismic shift going on in academia. Think of it as the last tenable remains of publish-or-perish. A multitude of journals that exist solely to support the system. A peer review process that no longer provides rigorous review - the "reviewers" rarely know much about what they're rubber-stamping, especially with the newer journals. In the meantime, we've all read about the logarithmic increase in the number of college administrators who don't even deal with students or professors any more. It's its own industry, and produces nothing. Because college attendance numbers are down, the competition for new professor jobs is enormous. In order to get in the door, you need citations and publications. So a lot of this is giant circles of citation/publication of garbage. You see papers with one lead author and as many co-authors as possible, young people with enormous numbers. Papers that barely even seem literate, let alone advance science. An increasing percentage of papers that summarize other papers rather than attempt new research. Research narrowly tailored to generate grant money, which means pushing the right buttons for whatever the government wants to support right now. It's been interesting seeing my wife go through this, as her research is qualitative rather than quantitative and so it doesn't work the same way. Her sabbatical is about to start and so she's trying to put together a schedule for research as this year will define the projects that will make up her eventual case for promotion to full professor down the road (she was recently promoted to associate, along with getting tenure). It's stressful, but she's hoping to create meaningful work. I feel bad for the younger people in the sciences - it's just not a good place right now and it looks like it's going to get worse rather than better. I think we'll start seeing universities closing in the next few years. Last edited by Solecismic : 05-12-2023 at 09:53 AM. |
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Join Date: Oct 2005
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Join Date: Jun 2001
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https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/14/s...smid=url-share
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Join Date: Oct 2005
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You'd think we would have industrialized the building & sending of planetary probes/rovers by now. Not the seemingly once every 3-5+ years but like twice a year.
A liquid ocean, how hard can it be to splash (?) down and deploy the fishnets? Article below quotes $. For the recent Mars missions, about $2.9-$3.2B. Doesn't sound cost prohibitive. And if NASA can't do it ASAP, bid it out to SpaceX and like. How expensive is the NASA Mars rover Perseverance mission? | World Economic Forum A confirmed alien single cell organism before I die. Is that too much to ask? |
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Join Date: Oct 2005
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Interesting research, probably too late for me but glad there's hope for the kids.
On subject of use of monkeys/mice etc. in medical research. Yes, it's cruel but don't see an alternative. Many times, I'd guess there are ways to make the testing less cruel (and treatment of animals better). But for cosmetics and other not-as-important stuff, I'm for stopping. When its to help the human race in things like this, animal testing seems very necessary. One Shot of a Kidney Protein Gave Monkeys a Brain Boost | WIRED Quote:
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Join Date: May 2006
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On the rover thing, it would be far more expensive to get one to Saturn. Finding life is just one of many goals, accelerate the rovers and you have to decelerate something else for the money cost, it's not always beneficial to 'just send more' because a lot of time it's done in a sequence. I.e. one rover tries a specific area and discovers various things, then you design the next rover and it's mission based on those discoveries. This is another reason not to mass-produce them, because each one is tailored to it's mission. And of course it's a lot more complicated and expensive based on the position of the planets at any given time, yada yada yada.
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Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Covington, Ga.
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Join Date: Oct 2005
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Holy Frak.
I'm excited about this technology/technique, but also scared of the unintended consequences. Scientists Resurrected an Extinct Animal Frozen for 46,000 Years in Siberia Quote:
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Join Date: Nov 2013
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You found it easy?
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Join Date: May 2006
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I missed that the first time, but my follow-up would be: vanilla KSP or RP-0?
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Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Hog Country
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Join Date: Oct 2005
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Can't appreciate the implications if true/validated, but there's a lot of buzz right now and a rush to confirm.
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World Champion Mis-speller
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Covington, Ga.
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....or it will destroy the universe.
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Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: North Carolina
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/scien...lk99-evidence/
Disappointing. Though it was what a lot of scientists expected. That's how science works (when the politics can stay out of it). Try to replicate the results. Learn something from the attempt. Try again with your new knowledge. Last edited by albionmoonlight : 08-09-2023 at 11:58 AM. |
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Join Date: Oct 2005
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It is disappointing. But the original authors are pushing back ... so still a little more to play out
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Join Date: Oct 2005
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Pretty cool ... good to know there are others in the family tree ... albeit distant-distant-distant "cousins".
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Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Surfside Beach,SC USA
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aliens I tell you, aliens
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Join Date: Oct 2005
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This is really, really cool. Brain controlling speech (limited vocabulary) through an avatar.
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#75 |
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Join Date: Oct 2005
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Disappointed. I looked at the moon tonight and it was not blue.
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Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2005
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Dayquil doesn't work?
I knew that when they changed for mix for sudafed, it didn't seem to work for me. But I felt Dayquil did help relieve my symptoms (and Nyquil did put me to sleep). Apparently, this has been suspected since 2007. I wonder what took so long to finally determine this (but I'll guess Big Pharma slowed things down). https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireSt...erts-103120743 Quote:
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Join Date: Oct 2005
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Interesting, never would have thought.
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Join Date: Oct 2005
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Amazing news (if it holds up with peer reviews, side effects etc). It’s been a long 40+ years.
Now if we can only do the same with cancer. Experts say a twice-yearly injection that offers 100% protection against HIV is 'stunning' | AP News Quote:
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Join Date: Jul 2007
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Now if we can only make it affordable for the average patient. This will be severely underutilised at the prices circulating.
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Join Date: Oct 2005
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Amazing news (if it holds up with peer reviews, side effects etc). It’s been a long 40+ years.
Now if we can only do the same with cancer. Experts say a twice-yearly injection that offers 100% protection against HIV is 'stunning' | AP News Quote:
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