Earth Day 22 April
*Earth Day 2018 #GoogleDoodle* *+++++++++++++++++++++++++++* *1500:* Portuguese explorer Pedro Álvares Cabral, while on a voyage tracing Vasco da Gama's 1497–99 water route to India, sighted the mainland of South America near the present-day city of Pôrto Seguro, Brazil. *2016:* More than 170 countries signed the Paris Agreement on climate change, a landmark treaty that sought to control and reduce greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere; it took effect in November 2016. [image: A crowd gathers to celebrate Earth Day at the Capitol, Washington, D.C.] *1970: First Ea... mais »
Power posing
Most Psychology Research Is BSHere’s the real stuff you need to know to optimize your life With close to 40 million views, the TED Talk on power posing is one of psychology’s most-shared videos ever. According to Amy Cuddy, the Harvard researcher behind the power-posing study, if you stand in a confident posture (think Superman or Superwoman) for a mere two minutes, your…
IT Women
How I discovered six women who helped create modern computers — and why they should never be forgottenIt seems like a story made for the movies: the first general-purpose computer was actually programmed by a half-dozen female math whizzes. Yet for too long, their efforts have been largely unknown. Lawyer and digital-rights advocate Kathy Kleiman describes her quest to learn about them and bring them some overdue recognition.. *Read more »*
Technology News
New microscope captures awesome animated 3D movies of cells at high resolution and speed April 20, 2018 [image: Zebrafish inner ear] Nobel laureate Eric Betzig's radical invention merges high-speed, non-invasive scanning and astronomy's adaptive optics HHMI Howard Hughes Medical Institute | An immune cell explores a zebrafish’s inner ear By combining two state-of-the-art imaging technologies, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Janelia Research Campus scientists, led by 2014 chemistry Nobel laureate physicist Eric Betzig, have imaged living cells at unprecedented 3D detail and speed, t... mais »
Opinions x Facts
Our Brains Automatically Process Opinions We Agree With As If They Are Facts by Neuroscience News A new study reveals we quickly process opinions we agree with as facts, even if the opinion is non-factual. Read more of this post *Neuroscience News* | April 20, 2018 at 2:14 pm | Tags: BPS, facts, opinion , Stroop Effect | URL: https://wp.me/p4sXNK-cw8 Comment See all comments
Social Science Report
World Social Science Report 2016 wssr2016_drupal_en.jpg *Challenging Inequalities: Pathways to a Just World* Never before has inequality been so high on the agenda of policy-makers worldwide, or such a hot topic for social science research. More journal articles are being published on the topic of inequality and social justice today than ever before. This is the Summary of the 2016 World Social Science Report. It draws on the insights of over 100 social scientists and other thought leaders from all over the world, across various disciplines, to emphasize transformative responses to in... mais »
Season's Readings
Here are 21 books that should absolutely be on your reading list this spring Spring is here and that can only mean one thing: time to shake yourself out of hibernation and bust out that spring reading. But with so many great books coming out in 2018, it can be hard to figure out just which ones you should pick up. SEE ALSO: 9 books to read before seeing the movie Don't worry though — *The MashReads Podcast* has got you covered. This week on the *MashReads Podcast*, we are joined by Cristina Arreola, books editor at *Bustle*, to chat about spring reading. Join us in the episode below as... mais »
Spending on health 1995-2015
Spending on health and HIV/AIDS: domestic health spending and development assistance in 188 countries, 1995–2015 [image: show] Global Burden of Disease Health Financing Collaborator Network † †Collaborators listed at the end of the Article Published: 17 April 2018 Open Access PlumX Metrics [image: Learn more about article metrics] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(18)30698-6 | Open access funded by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation [image: show]Article Info - Summary - Full Text - Tables and Figures - References - Supplementary Material Jump to SectionIntroductionMe... mais »
US: Global Burden of Diseases 1990-2016
April 10, 2018 The State of US Health, 1990-2016Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Among US States The US Burden of Disease Collaborators Article Information JAMA. 2018;319(14):1444-1472. doi:10.1001/jama.2018.0158 - - - - - - Audio Interview(53:27) US Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Disease Risk Factors, 1990-2016 Key Points *Question* How have the levels and trends of burden of diseases, injuries, and risk factors in the United States changed from 1990 to 2016 by state? *Findings* This study, involving examination of 333 causes and 84 ... mais »
Algoritmos
O mundo mediado por algoritmos Sistemas lógicos que sustentam os programas de computador têm impacto crescente no cotidiano BRUNO DE PIERRO | ED. 266 | ABRIL 2018 Os algoritmos estão em toda parte. Quando a bolsa sobe ou desce, eles geralmente estão envolvidos. Segundo dados divulgados em 2016 pelo Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (Ipea), robôs investidores programados para reagir instantaneamente ante determinadas situações são responsáveis por mais de 40% das decisões de compra e venda no mercado de ações no país – nos Estados Unidos, o percentual chegou a 70%. O sucesso de... mais »
Transplante cardíaco no BR (50 anos)
Corações trocados Cinquenta anos depois do primeiro transplante cardíaco, a sobrevida aumentou, mas ainda faltam doadores CARLOS FIORAVANTI | ED. 266 | ABRIL 2018 © LÉO RAMOS CHAVES Ventrículos artificiais, desenvolvidos no InCor e usados como corações provisórios por quem espera um transplante Em 26 de maio completam-se 50 anos do primeiro transplante de coração realizado no Brasil. Por falta de medicamentos que evitassem a rejeição do organismo ao órgão, o primeiro paciente viveu apenas 28 dias, mas o conhecimento adquirido em cinco décadas e o desenvolvimento de novas drogas perm... mais »
Artigos científicos
BOAS PRÁTICAS Crédito a quem merece Especialistas propõem estratégias para garantir o reconhecimento justo de todos os que contribuíram para a elaboração de um artigo científico
Charlos Darwin
[image: Charles Darwin, 1867.] Charles Darwin English naturalist Charles Darwin, who died this day in 1882, had a revolutionary effect on modern society when he published his theory of evolution by natural selection in his book *On the Origin of Species* (1859).
Time
[image: Illustration by Stephan Schmitz] (Illustration by Stephan Schmitz) The illusion of time There is no such thing as time, says theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli — reality is just a complex network of events onto which we project sequences of past, present and future. Cosmologist Andrew Jaffe enjoys the exploration of modern physics’ big ideas in Rovelli’s compact and elegant new book — but he doesn’t buy into all of Rovelli’s conclusions. Nature | 4 min read
Declaration on Primary Health Care:
PAHO/WHO Equity, Health and Human Development – *Lista Equidad* *Second International Conference on Primary Health Care: Achieving Universal Health Coverage and the Sustainable Development Goals* *Declaration on Primary Health Care: Have you say! (Consultation on the Declaration)* *When: 25-26 October 2018* *Where: Astana, Kazakhstan* On 25-26 October 2018, the world will come together to renew a commitment to strengthening primary health care to achieve Universal Health Coverage and the Sustainable Development Goals. This commitment will be expressed in a new Declaration on Primary ... mais »
150 years development
This chart shows every major technological innovation in the last 150 years — and how they have changed the way we work Will Martin Apr. 13, 2018, 7:04 AM 7,568 - Since 1760, productivity has increased almost 30 fold. - That is largely down to technological innovations like electricity, telephones, and the internet. - Barclays chronicled the world's rising productivity in its latest Equity Gilt Study. ------------------------------ LONDON — Humanity is always moving forward with innovation after innovation improving global quality of life. The last 150 years ha... mais »
Transcendental Meditation
First Ever Neuroimaging Study of People in the Midst of Transcendental Meditation The increase in frontal brain activity reflects the engagement with a specific experience, they said, while the minimal control required was reflected in reduced activity in the cerebellum and pons. NeuroscienceNews.com image is adapted from the BPS news release. by Neuroscience News A new neuroimaging study reveals Transcendental Meditation increases activity in frontal areas of the brain, while reducing activity in the cerebellum and pons. Read more of this post *Neuroscience News* | April 17, 2018 a... mais »
CVD Burden US 1990-2016
April 11, 2018 The Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases Among US States, 1990-2016 Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases Collaboration Article Information JAMA Cardiol. Published online April 11, 2018. doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2018.0385 editorial comment icon Editorial Comment - - Key Points *Question* How does the total burden of cardiovascular diseases vary across US states? *Findings* In this study using the Global Burden of Disease methodology, large disparities in total burden of CVD were found between US states despite marked improvements in CVD burden. *Meaning* T... mais »
Viruses falling from the sky...
- Trillions Upon Trillions of Viruses Fall From the Sky Each Day High in the Sierra Nevada mountains of Spain, an international team of researchers set out four buckets to gather a shower of viruses falling from the sky. Scientists have surmised there is a stream of viruses circling the planet, above the planet’s weather systems but below the level of airline travel. Very little is known about this realm, and that’s why the number of deposited viruses stunned the team in Spain. Each day, they calculated, some 800 million viruses cascade onto every square meter of the pla...mais »
About time
'There is no such thing as past or future' / Physicist Carlo Rovelli on changing how we think about time [image: Physicist Carlo Rovelli on changing how we think about time]
