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Happy Sunday. Welcome to the best of The Conversation.
Just published:
I’m not getting any younger. And I’m greedy for not only a long life – but a long, healthy, productive one.
So I was interested in a piece we published this week by Aditi Gurkar, a scientist interested in redefining “age.”
Age is not just a number, writes the assistant professor of geriatric medicine. Gurkar explains that scientists are searching for a “unique fingerprint for biological age,” including epigenetic clocks and zombie cells.
Later this week, we’ll bring you stories about the many forms succession can take, antisemitism on Twitter and the physics of superconductors.
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Healthspan measures incorporate quality of life in ways that lifespan does not.
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Aditi Gurkar, University of Pittsburgh
Aging is a major risk factor for many chronic diseases. Figuring out what influences longevity and how to identify rapid agers could lead to healthier and longer lives for more people.
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William Chittenden, Texas State University
SVB, as it’s known, collapsed with lightning speed following a run on its deposits.
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Alexander Hinton, Rutgers University - Newark
A scholar of extremism attended the CPAC meeting in March, in part to try to understand political polarization, and only saw signs of a worsening divide.
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Adam Hume, Boston University; Elke Mühlberger, Boston University; Judith Olejnik, Boston University
The Marburg virus, a close cousin of Ebola, currently has no approved treatments or vaccines to protect against it.
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Keith Musselman, University of Colorado Boulder
A series of atmospheric rivers has raised California's flood risk as rain falls on deep snowpack. It's a growing problem in many areas as the planet warms.
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A U.S. surveillance drone flies over the USS Coronado in the Pacific Ocean during an April 2021 drill.
U.S. Navy/Chief Mass Communication Specialist Shannon Renfroe
Ashley S. Deeks, University of Virginia
International law states that states have to operate ‘due regard’ for the right of nations to fly drones above international waters. Washington claims Russia violated this standard in incident.
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Joe Charbonnet, Iowa State University
The drinking water systems serving over 70 million people may not meet newly proposed water quality standards. It could cost hundreds of billions of dollars to fix that.
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Dennis W. Jansen, Texas A&M University; Andrew Rettenmaier, Texas A&M University
The program’s expenses are rising rapidly as baby boomers retire and health care costs grow.
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Nir Eisikovits, UMass Boston
Our tendency to view machines as people and become attached to them points to real risks of psychological entanglement with AI technology.
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Kimberly Howe, Tufts University
A scholar who visited Syria after the earthquake observes that as the war has dragged on, a humanitarian organization she’s researched for 10 years has branched out.
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