Editor's note

If you’re looking for a way to stay healthy in this age of obesity, new research has uncovered an important clue. Satchin Panda, of UCSD and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, just completed a study in mice that shows that eating all your meals within a certain window during the day may be key to keeping obesity and diabetes at bay – even when you eat sugary, fatty food.

Conservatives and President Donald Trump have accused Google News of delivering politically biased results, but recently published research from media scholars Seth Lewis and Efrat Nechushtai finds no such thing. However, they do find the question understandable: Google News does favor mainstream media sources, which are seen as leaning left, and isn’t transparent about how its algorithms work.

Science is advancing to a point where one day it might be possible to slow down or halt human aging. Philosopher John K. Davis, whose book for MIT Press deals with the subject of life extension, asks that we consider at least two questions: First, Is extended life good? Second, could extending life harm others?

Bijal Trivedi

Science and Technology Editor

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Time-restricted eating can overcome the bad effects of faulty genes and unhealthy diet

Satchin Panda, University of California San Diego

You've heard the adage, you are what you eat. But a new study suggests that you are 'when' you eat may be more accurate. Restricting eating times can keep chronic diseases at bay and ward off obesity.

Hey Google: How’s your news? BigTunaOnline/Shutterstock.com

Google News serves conservatives and liberals similar results, but favors mainstream media

Seth Lewis, University of Oregon; Efrat Nechushtai, Columbia University

Google News does not differentiate search results according to users' politics – but it does favor mainstream news sites, which are seen as leaning left, and doesn't clearly disclose how its algorithms work.

Telomeres, a part of DNA that hold the key to biological aging. Lightspring/Shutterstock.com

Want to live longer? Consider the ethics

John K. Davis, California State University, Fullerton

Several companies are trying to develop life extension methods that could enable some people to live far longer. There are some ethical dilemmas.

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Education

Health + Medicine

  • It’s 2018. Do you know where your medical records are?

    Bita A. Kash, Texas A&M University ; Stephen L. Jones, Cornell University

    What if you never had to pick up a medical record or image from one doctor to take to another? That capability already exists, but it's not being well-utilized. Here's a look at why.

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"Overall this recent discovery from our group is important because it suggests a way that humans can develop chronic pain following trauma exposure without experiencing tissue injury."

 

Chronic pain after trauma may depend on what stress gene variation you carry

 

Sarah Linnstaedt

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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