By: Arthur J. Jensen In C. P. Benbow & D. J. Lubinski (Eds.), Intellectual talent: Psychometric and social issues (p. 393–411). Johns Hopkins University Press. 1996 Summary Genius. Socially recognized outstandingly creative achievement. Multiple (common) traits combine to create (rare) exceptional achievement.
By: Amber L. Mueller, Maeve S. McNamara, David A. Sinclair Glenn Center for Biology of Aging Research, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School Preprint, 30 April 2020 – not peer reviewed. Summary Severity and outcome of COVID-19 largely depends on a
By: Linda P. Fried In: Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine, 2016 Jun 1. Date: 2016 Summary Life span has expanded. Added about 30 years in life span over the last 100 years. Mostly due to: Public health interventions targeting infectious
The explanation for the complex, multi-scale structure of biological and social systems lies in their manipulation of space and time to reduce uncertainty about the future. By: Jessica C. Flack Date: April 2014 In: Santa Fe Institute Bulletin and From
By: Luca Dellanna Date: April 21, 2020 In: Personal Blog Key Subjects Regulations tend to be optimized for everyday life. Not for emergency situations (such as the current pandemic). Need for circuit breakers. Alternative regulations that kick-in fast during an
Clinicians trace a ferocious rampage through the body, from brain to toes. By: Meredith Wadman, Jennifer Couzin-Frankel, Jocelyn Kaiser, Catherine Matacic In: Science. Apr. 17, 2020 How does the virus attack cells around the body? A clear picture is elusive.
By: John Seabrook In: New Yorker, October 2015 Babies and sleep. Polyphasic sleep. Babies tend to sleep in bouts, not distinguishing between night and day. Opposite of monophasic sleep: one seven- or eight-hour chunk at night. REM sleep (dream stage).
Bad policy and paranoid parenting are making kids too safe to succeed. By: Lenore Skenazy and Jonathan Haidt In: Reason, December 2017 Summary Key claim: kids are over-protected and under-prepared. We raise kids unaccustomed to facing anything on their own,
By: David Krakauer, Nils Bertschinger, Eckehard Olbrich, Jessica C. Flack, Nihat Ay In: Theory in Biosciences Date: 24 March, 2020 Introduction There is little agreement (in biology) about what individuals are. Few rigorous quantitative methods for their identification. Information theory
By: Alex Zhavoronkov In: Aging Date: 31 March, 2020 Summary COVID-19 disproportionately harms the elderly. Infection rates, severity, and lethality all increase with age. Mostly because of higher levels of comorbidity among elderly. May also be due to decreased immune