Zimmer on the microbiome

February 3, 2019

Germs in Your Gut Are Talking to Your Brain. Scientists Want to Know What They’re Saying.

The body’s microbial community may influence the brain and behavior, perhaps even playing a role in dementia, autism and other disorders.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/28/health/microbiome-brain-behavior-dementia.html


bioarxiv paper on Golden State Killer

February 2, 2019

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/531384v1.abstract


shadow health records vs privacy

February 2, 2019

http://science.sciencemag.org/content/363/6426/448


csquare – FamilyTree DNA partners with FBI

February 2, 2019

happened right after twins got their results.
https://www.engadget.com/2019/02/01/family-tree-dna-fbi/


NYTimes Apple Was Slow to Act on FaceTime Bug That Allows Spying on iPhones

February 2, 2019

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/29/technology/facetime-glitch-apple.html


7 year-old Youtube star

February 2, 2019

Meet Ryan, the seven-year-old YouTuber who made £17.3m in a year
https://www.theGuardian.com/technology/shortcuts/2018/dec/04/meet-ryan-the-seven-year-old-youtuber-who-made-173m-in-a-year What will he make when he turns 20!

Meet Ryan, the seven-year-old YouTuber who made £17.3m in a year | Technology | The Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com
Name: Ryan. Age: Seven. Value: £17.3m. It’s wrong to hate a child, isn’t it? Yes! Of course it is. Especially if you hate them for having more money than you. Let’s end this line of inquiry …


RG Group – debugging (daft punk parody) – YouTube

February 2, 2019

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ukyQ-v5pvk&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D3ukyQ-v5pvk&app=desktop funny video by Roderic Guigo group


The effects of death and post-mortem cold ischemia on human tissue transcriptomes | Nature Communications

February 2, 2019

Changes in gene activity may one day reveal…time of death
https://www.ScienceMag.org/news/2018/02/changes-gene-activity-may-one-day-reveal-time-death-crime-victims Discusses paper by @RodericGuigo (“Effects of death & post-mortem cold ischemia on….#transcriptomes,”
https://www.Nature.com/articles/s41467-017-02772-x). Obvious forensic interest but maybe a #privacy angle as well

Changes in gene activity may one day reveal the time of death for crime victims


4 New Ways to Stream Great European TV – NYT Watching

February 2, 2019

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/08/watching/what-to-watch-european-tv-streaming.html


Bedtime Math 6/21/17: Longest Day of the Year

February 2, 2019

http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?m=1109315887701&ca=1486a022-4255-453f-be3f-89d35aeef620