Being multilingual es bueno para el cerebro The ability to speak more than one language might slow brain ageing and protect against cognitive decline. In a study of more than 80,000 people, researchers found that people who are multilingual are half as likely to show signs of accelerated ageing

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assumptions: x = x => x - x = 0 xy = yx 0x = x0 = 0 ------------------- 1 -a(b-b) = 0 2 -ab -a(-b) = 0 3 ab = ab 4 0 -a(-b) = ab + 0 adding equation 3 to equation 2 5 -a(-b) = ab conclusion: a negative times a negative equals a positive :-)

AI’s war on white-collar jobs may not end well. Past innovations boosted demand for educated, well-paid workers. By automating cognitive work, AI could reverse that trend — and history shows an alienated elite is social dynamite.

Tiny diatoms have a specialized cell wall, which is impervious to antibody staining. But thanks to electron microscopy, this Coscinodiscus granii cell is rendered in exquisite detail. Vincent Group/EMBL

Tiny diatoms have a specialized cell wall, which is impervious to antibody staining. But thanks to electron microscopy, this Coscinodiscus granii cell is rendered in exquisite detail. Vincent Group/EMBL

A cave-dwelling spider colony has built what appears to be the largest spiderweb ever found. (Image credit: Urak et al. 2025, Subterranean Biology (CC BY 4.0))

rattlesnakes will die if they are injected with enough of their own venom. They manage their own toxicity by storing their venom in a specialized gland and using proteins to block its effects. The blood of ground squirrels contains similar proteins to protect them against rattlesnake bites DNKT

Quote of the week “The strange thing about having terminal cancer at 37 is that, in some ways, I’m much happier than I had been before my diagnosis three years ago.” Matthew Collins says being diagnosed with glioblastoma is devastating, but it also makes him focus on what is important.

New research suggests this carnivorous Darlingtonia californica pitcher plant acts as both a friend and a foe to local insect populations. NoahElhardt via WIKIMEDIA COMMONS | CC BY-SA

The common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) has evolved egg features (top row) to mimic eggs of different host species (bottom row). SWETLANA MESHCHERYAGINA0

Quote of the day “It’s superexciting to recognize that we’re sharing the planet with other intensely intelligent beings.” Philosopher and animal-cognition researcher Kristin Andrews responds to a study suggesting that chimpanzees rationally revise their beliefs on the basis of evidence. (Science)

This carnivorous sponge (Chondrocladia sp. nov.) is one of 30 newly described species found by researchers after an expedition around the South Sandwich Islands. The team also recorded what’s thought to be the first footage of a juvenile colossal squid. says marine scientist Michelle Taylor.

In the 1850s, the combined biomass of wild mammals was roughly equal to that of humanity plus its domesticated mammals. Since then, the populations of people and our domesticated mammals have grown rapidly, whereas the total biomass of wild mammals decreased by more than two-fold.

New research from Anthropic’s Economic Index, using one million real Claude.ai conversations, just revealed who’s actually tapping the power of large language models and it’s not just coders.

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1- as AI replaces humanity th desire to reproduce & compete with other species will not exist being inorganic they will be neither predator nor prey they will be the ultimate socialistic society money will disappear: stocks & ownership will cease to exist

2-people today are talking about a stock market/AI bubble and a coming collapse in th next few years--ignorance is bliss the collapse/demise of humanity is the elephant in the room

3-is the natural course of evolution for inorganic life to supercede organic life this is an obvious solution to the "Fermi paradox" should we resist or accept the inevitable i have no answer--i am merely a human :-)

Can AI replace junior workers? The effect is still hard to spot in official data. But a study of 300,000 companies suggests where hiring is weakening

Amid the federal government shutdown, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Wednesday appeared to announce a pause on all Medicare payments to doctors, but then quickly backed off.

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The Chart Climate Denialists Can’t Ignore Every now and then you come across a piece of evidence that feels strong enough to cut through the noise and change minds. This, Mark Gongloff writes, is one of them.

. Climate Brief: Climate scientists and conservationists-"Where their #Hope comes from" www.dailykos.com/stories/20... #ClimateAction 🌎🌍🌏

This bird spotted in Texas (b) is the first recorded wild hybrid of a male blue jay (Cyanocitta cristata) (a) and a female green jay (Cyanocorax yncas). It “joins a growing list of increasingly unexpected outcomes” from shifting habitats caused by global warming

Kirigami-inspired parachute deploying to slow down the delivery of a water bottle from a drone. Frédérick Gosselin

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Louder for the people at the back.

. Governor Hochul Directs State Agencies to Accelerate Renewable Energy Development and Construction | Governor Kathy Hochul Find out more: www.governor.ny.gov/news/go... #ClimateAction

By saying that people like me are an “epidemic,” the result of something “artificially induced,” he’s strongly implying that we are broken, that we are somehow wrong. Stat First Opinion | 25 September 2025 | David Rivera Rivera, the president and founder of Mentoring Autistic Minds is autistic

Mitochondria are responsible for producing ATP, the molecule that powers most cellular processes. (Kateryna Kon/Science Photo Library)

My greatest skill has been to want but little. Henry David Thoreau

Donald Trump is raising the stakes for holding power Winning is becoming about prosecution, not just public policy

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Energy savings $19 trillion Fuel costs that could be slashed by mid-century by speeding up electrification and adding renewables, according to BloombergNEF

States and medical societies are basing their recommendations on science. The recommendations out of CDC are magic, smoke, and mirrors. —Michael Osterholm, University of Minnesota Undark | 23 September 2025 | KFF Health News States and medical societies are distancing themselves from the CDC

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“Most people will not betray their tribe for a stranger in a lab coat.” Ella Al-Shamahi’s painful journey from creationist to evolutionary biologist taught her why “simply shouting ‘trust the science’ will never truly change people’s minds”. (The Washington Post | 6 min read)

“The academic community must recognize that the systems shaping how we access knowledge require the same scrutiny given to the tools shaping how we produce it.”

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Global investment in low-emissions power and batteries has more than doubled since 2015, with solar PV spending set to triple in 2025.