Neurones and Galaxy Networks
[image: Go to the profile of Nautilus] NautilusFollow A magazine on science, culture, and philosophy for the intellectually curious Oct 31 The Strange Similarity of Neuron and Galaxy NetworksYour life’s memories could, in principle, be stored in the universe’s structure *By Franco Vazza and Alberto Feletti* Christof Koch, a leading researcher on consciousness and the human brain, has famously called the brain “the most complex object in the known universe.” It’s not hard to see why this might be true. With a hundred billion neurons and a hundred trillion connections, the brain is a... mais »
Tabagismo/Controle no BR 40 anos
*SEMINÁRIO DE TESTEMUNHAS: QUATRO DÉCADAS DE HISTÓRIA DO* *CONTROLE DO TABACO NO BRASIL* 05 de novembro – 08:30h – 17:00h Local: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz – Auditório da Fiotec/Prédio Expansão (Av. Brasil, 4365) Não poderei comparecer mas enviei um pequeno depoimento em vídeo. Postarei o link na próxima semana.
Human Capital
Measuring human capital: a systematic analysis of 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016 ARTICLES| VOLUME 392, ISSUE 10154, P1217-1234, OCTOBER 06, 20 - Prof Stephen S Lim, PhD - Rachel L Updike, BA - Alexander S Kaldjian, MSc - Ryan M Barber, BS - Krycia Cowling, PhD - Hunter York, BA - et al. - Show all authors Open AccessPublished:September 24, 2018DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(18)31941-X Summary Background Human capital is recognised as the level of education and health in a population and is considered an important determinant of economic grow... mais »
Alternative Astana Statement
From: B Lloyd We have changed wording in the second paragraph (after the final WHO declaration was published) and have also removed “DRAFT” from the title. We are still collecting endorsements until PHA4 – if anyone says they cannot connect / get an error message, please ask that they go to this page http://phmovement.org/alternative-civil-society-astana-declaration-on-primary-health-care/ . See attached *Alternative Civil Society Astana Statement on Primary Health Care* We, members of public interest civil society organisations and social movements, some of... mais »
Brain Behavior control
Decoding How Brain Circuits Control Behaviorby Neuroscience News [image: brain] Inside the mouse brain’s motor cortex, one set of neurons (green) sends projections to the thalamus, and another set (magenta) projects to a brainstem region called the medulla. NeuroscienceNews.com image is credited to MouseLight Project, Janelia Research Campus. By pulling together multiple data streams, he says, the team was able to bring clarity to a complex circuit question. “Scientists can always find ways to divide cells into groups,” Tasic adds, but in this case, the groups offer a clear picture of... mais »
What the approval of the new flu drug Xofluza means for you OCT 26 2018 5:57 PM Xofluza, the first flu antiviral to be approved in 20 years, works differently from other flu drugs. How else is Xofluza different from Tamiflu? In terms of symptom relief, there isn’t much difference. In the clinical trials of adults and adolescents, Xofluza alleviated symptoms about as quickly as Tamiflu. But the latter drug requires a bigger commitment from a patient: a twice-daily dose for five days, compared with Xofluza’s one dose. The new drug did beat out the older one when it came to reducing the am... mais »
Roberto Barros Benevett (20/05/1938 - 19/10/2018)
*Dra. Valderês e eu fomos padrinhos de casamento do Benevet e Maria Helena.*
Hubble–Lemaître law
Universal law expands to include Lemaître The International Astronomical Union has voted to change the name of the Hubble law to the Hubble–Lemaître law. The equation describes how the expansion of the Universe causes galaxies to move away from Earth at speeds proportional to their distance. The name change aims to recognize the contribution made by Belgian priest and astronomer Georges Lemaître, who came up with the result independently of Edwin Hubble, two years earlier. The new terminology is only a recommendation: “if people will continue to use the Hubble law naming, nobody wil... mais »
Eduardo de Azeredo Costa: publicação
Tive hoje a grata satisfação de receber a visita de um eminente sanitarista e companheiro dos tempos de Secretaria da Saúde e do Meio Ambiente *Airton Fischmann*, trazendo-me um livro com dedicatória de outro grande amigo *Eduardo de Azeredo Costa.* *"1967 um mergulho no Amazonas"*, relato substanciado de sua experiência de vida "em busca da medicina pública para o Brasil". Conheci o Eduardo no Rio de Janeiro, quando ele recém voltava de Londres, da *LSHTM*, numa reunião promovida pelo *Ministério da Saúde *e o *Instituto Nacional do Câncer*, presidida pelo *Dr. Torloni, *visando ap... mais »
Genetics : Education
MIT Technology ReviewFollow Reporting on important technologies and innovators since 1899 Jul 23 Million-Person Genetic Study Finds Gene Patterns Linked to How Long People Stay in SchoolResearchers explore genetic “scores” that may predict educational success Photo by Andre Hunter on Unsplash *By Antonio Regalado* The largest-ever genetic study on human cognition has found more than 1,000 links between people’s genes and how far they get in school. The work, which involved DNA from 1.1 million people and researchers drawn from 40 institutions, led to a scoring system that can roughly p... mais »
Fear
How Evolution Designed Your FearThe universal grip of Stephen King’s personal terrors Image: Andrzej Wojcicki/Science Photo Library/Getty Images *By Mathias Clasen* The most effective monsters of horror fiction mirror ancestral dangers to exploit evolved human fears. Some fears are universal, some are near-universal, and some are local. The local fears — the idiosyncratic phobias such as the phobia of moths, say — tend to be avoided by horror writers, directors, and programmers. Horror artists typically want to target the greatest possible audience and that means targeting the most c... mais »
Web of life
The conversion of tropical forests to unsustainable palm oil plantations destroys the habitat of species like this sumatran orangutan. (Ulet Ifansasti/Getty) Within two years, we must commit to saving the web of life Mammal, bird, fish and reptile populations have fallen on average by 60% since 1970, finds a World Wildlife Fund (WWF) report involving 59 scientists from around the world. “If there was a 60% decline in the human population, that would be equivalent to emptying North America, South America, Africa, Europe, China and Oceania. That is the scale of what we have done,” say... mais »
Alma Ata 40: Declaración de Astaná
Alma Ata +40 acaba de compartilhar uma atualização no abaixo-assinado *"CARTA A MINISTRAS Y MINISTROS DE SALUD A 40 AÑOS DE ALMA ATA"*.
Quantum Biology
"Schrödinger's Bacterium" Could Be a Quantum Biology Milestone
Galileu Galilei
Carta achada após 250 anos indica recuo de Galileu Para evitar ser condenado pela Inquisição, o astrônomo italiano Galileu Galilei (1564-1642) amenizou seus argumentos contra a doutrina eclesiástica de que o Sol orbitava a Terra. É o que sugere uma carta encontrada na Royal Society, em Londres, onde estava havia ao menos 250 anos. Por erro de catalogação, o documento não era encontrado. Só foi descoberta recentemente por pesquisadores da Universidade de Bérgamo, Itália. Na carta, escrita em 21 de dezembro de 1613 ao amigo e padre Benedetto Castelli, matemático na Universidade de Pi... mais »
Quantum Computing
Tony DellerFollow Startup product manager. Amateur astronomer and anthropologist. Daydreamer. Writer. Oct 17 The Awesome Potential of Quantum ComputingQC is humanity’s next big step forward, but can we be good stewards of such power? All we as humans had as tools for hundreds of thousands of years were sticks, stones, and our brains… and eventually fire. Arguably the greatest tool we’ve ever invented, though, is the computer. In the tiny span of time extending from the mid-20th century to now, we’ve entered a realm of exponential progress as processing power roughly doubles every fe... mais »
The Mystery of the Self
How a Jellyfish and a Sea Slug Illuminate the Mystery of the SelfA humbling evolutionary antidote to the hubris of exceptionalism, with a side of etymology.BY MARIA POPOVA [image: How a Jellyfish and a Sea Slug Illuminate the Mystery of the Self] *“There is, in sanest hours, a consciousness, a thought that rises, independent, lifted out from all else, calm, like the stars, shining eternal,”* Walt Whitman wrote in contemplating identity and the paradox of the self. Whitman lived in an era before the birth of neuroscience, before psychology as we know it became a robust field of scienti... mais »
Art of Tea
An Illustrated Field Guide to the Art, Science, and Joy of TeaFrom leaf to cup, by way of the history of human civilization.BY MARIA POPOVA [image: An Illustrated Field Guide to the Art, Science, and Joy of Tea] *“The first sip is joy, the second is gladness, the third is serenity, the fourth is madness, the fifth is ecstasy,”* Jack Kerouac wrote of tea in his 1958 novel *The Dharma Bums*. Late one night that year, he walked five miles with an enormous tape recorder strapped to his back to keep the woman he loved from taking her own life. Lois Beckwith didn’t die that night. She and Ja... mais »
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