Shiny things from the day: In Arrested development, at Mosaic, Virginia Hughes looks at a handful of girls who won’t age and an aging scientist who’s determined to figure out why. Literary hero to zero On the rise and fall of literary reputations. New Research on Facebook, Fellowship, and Suicide Clusters – Pacific Standard: The Science […]
Continue reading →A couple weeks ago I found myself staring at an undersized image on my iPhone: the wee tiny cover of Neil Young’s 1979 album Rust Never Sleeps, which I was listening to yet again. Rust deepens nicely over time, because time is its subject. The title track* is about remaining rustless as you age. In “Powderfinger,” another […]
Continue reading →From the lab of Liz Gould, who quite knows her neurogenesis; she’s one of those who proved a few years back that it occurs, despite insistence by many that it didn’t happen. Only tried on rats so far. But … encouraging results. More research is needed. Which is a good thing. Aging is associated with compromised […]
Continue reading →From FlowingData: Remember photographer Noah Kalina? He took a picture of himself every day for six years and made a time-lapse video with the photos. The Simpsons even did a spoof that showed Homer’s life over a couple of minutes. Kalina’s kept the picture-taking going, and it’s been twelve and a half years now. He made a new […]
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