Genetic circuitry boosts cell longevity(science.org)

58 points by birriel 3 years ago | 13 comments

Cells across the body talk to each other about aging(quantamagazine.org)

220 points by birriel 2 years ago | 144 comments

Cells Across the Body Talk to Each Other About Aging(nautil.us)

47 points by mdp2021 2 years ago | 4 comments

Cells use 'bioelectricity' to coordinate and make group decisions(quantamagazine.org)

161 points by marojejian 8 months ago | 73 comments

Cable bacteria are living batteries(asimov.press)

73 points by mailyk 1 year ago | 19 comments

Scientists just found a protein that reverses brain aging(sciencedaily.com)

110 points by stevenjgarner 1 year ago | 55 comments

GLP-1 may slow biological aging(universityofcalifornia.edu)

136 points by dzink 9 days ago | 121 comments

University of California news article reporting a UC San Diego study suggesting a popular GLP-1 weight loss drug may slow biological aging.

Aging may be a program, not a breakdown(quantamagazine.org)

33 points by elo2000 1 month ago | 36 comments

Quanta Magazine Q&A with Junyue Cao on single-cell studies of mouse cells suggesting aging is a programmed remodeling of cell populations rather than random wear.

AI tools are spotting errors in research papers(nature.com)

555 points by kgwgk 1 year ago | 200 comments

Nature news article on a growing movement using AI and large language models to detect errors in research papers, sparked by a flawed black plastic utensils study.

There are no new ideas in AI, only new datasets(blog.jxmo.io)

448 points by bilsbie 1 year ago | 240 comments

Jack Morris essay arguing that major AI breakthroughs, including LLMs, came from new datasets rather than new ideas or methods.

Human brains are preconfigured with instructions for understanding the world(news.ucsc.edu)

414 points by XzetaU8 11 months ago | 284 comments

UC Santa Cruz news article reporting research suggesting early developing human brains are preconfigured with instructions for understanding the world.

Enhancing gut-brain communication reversed cognitive decline in aging mice(med.stanford.edu)

368 points by mustaphah 7 months ago | 176 comments

Stanford Medicine news article reporting that enhancing gut-brain communication reversed cognitive decline in aging mice.