[QUOTE=petrw1;505910][url]https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-00007-1?fbclid=IwAR0Ji7tTkJe2Ca-dPeUO82p-b7fYpj7l1WlQA2KxaxCpKi6bx9q-OKZvB_c[/url][/QUOTE]Actually, it's even more north. Look at the map. The magnetic pole is moving closer to the geographic pole.

[QUOTE=petrw1;505910][url]https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-00007-1?fbclid=IwAR0Ji7tTkJe2Ca-dPeUO82p-b7fYpj7l1WlQA2KxaxCpKi6bx9q-OKZvB_c[/url][/QUOTE]Thanks for posting on the latest developments in a situation that has been on the radar for some time now.

The transcript of an old (2003) NOVA episode, [url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/transcripts/3016_magnetic.html]MAGNETIC STORM[/url] might be of interest. A text search on the word "navy" will bring you to an especially interesting tidbit.

[URL="https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612689/never-mind-killer-robotshere-are-six-real-ai-dangers-to-watch-out-for-in-2019/"]Never mind killer robots—here are six real AI dangers to watch out for in 2019[/URL]

[URL="https://www.quantamagazine.org/been-kim-is-building-a-translator-for-artificial-intelligence-20190110/"]A New Approach to Understanding How Machines Think[/URL]

[URL="https://www.outsideonline.com/2378771/why-mountains-make-you-dumber"]Why Mountains Make you Dumber[/URL]

[URL="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/07/science/exoplanets-tess-nasa.html"]Another Day, Another Exoplanet: NASA’s TESS Keeps Counting More[/URL]

[URL="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/oldest-material-smithsonian-institution-came-outer-space-180971017/"]The Oldest Material in the Smithsonian Institution Came From Outer Space[/URL]

[URL="https://engineering.stanford.edu/magazine/article/language-ultimate-frontier-ai-research"]Is language the ultimate frontier of AI research?[/URL]

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[URL="http://news.mit.edu/2019/mapping-brain-high-resolution-0117"]Mapping the brain at high resolution[/URL]

[URL="https://www.knowablemagazine.org/article/technology/2019/sounding-out-brain"]Sounding out the brain[/URL]

[URL="https://www.zmescience.com/science/what-is-the-highest-iq-possible-983142/"]What is the highest IQ in the world (and should you actually care?)[/URL]

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o [url=https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/01/190123144519.htm]Planetary collision that formed the moon made life possible on Earth[/url]: Science Daily: [i]Planetary delivery explains enigmatic features of Earth's carbon and nitrogen[/i]

o [url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/2191814-we-may-finally-know-what-causes-alzheimers-and-how-to-stop-it/]We may finally know what causes Alzheimer’s – and how to stop it[/url] | New Scientist
[quote]We may finally have found the long-elusive cause of Alzheimer’s disease: Porphyromonas gingivalis, the key bacteria in chronic gum disease. That’s bad, as gum disease affects around a third of all people. But the good news is that a drug that blocks the main toxins of P. gingivalis is entering major clinical trials this year, and research published today shows it might stop and even reverse Alzheimer’s. There could even be a vaccine.[/quote]
Huge if true, with "if" being all-important there ... the alleged finding is rather reminiscent to the several-decades-ago one linking stomach ulcers to stomach-lining infection by the pathogenic [i]Helicobacter Pylori[/i] bacterium.

[QUOTE=ewmayer;506854]o [URL="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/01/190123144519.htm"]Planetary collision that formed the moon made life possible on Earth[/URL]: Science Daily: [I]Planetary delivery explains enigmatic features of Earth's carbon and nitrogen[/I]

o [URL="https://www.newscientist.com/article/2191814-we-may-finally-know-what-causes-alzheimers-and-how-to-stop-it/"]We may finally know what causes Alzheimer’s – and how to stop it[/URL] | New Scientist

Huge if true, with "if" being all-important there ... the alleged finding is rather reminiscent to the several-decades-ago one linking stomach ulcers to stomach-lining infection by the pathogenic [I]Helicobacter Pylori[/I] bacterium.[/QUOTE]And just last June, [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/jun/21/alzheimers-link-to-herpes-virus-in-brain-say-scientists[/URL]
Perhaps it's something more general; brains from which exclusion of pathogens is less effective are at higher risk of serious damage. Or more complex. Like we used decades ago to think and talk of cancer as if it was one thing. [url]https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/controversial-new-push-to-tie-microbes-to-alzheimer-s-disease/[/url] [url]https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080522155752.htm[/url]
A vaccine for gingivitis would be big news, just for the dental implications.

[URL="https://www.citylab.com/design/2019/01/paper-maps-digital-navigation-google/581092/?utm_content=edit-promo&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=citylab&utm_source=twitter&utm_term=2019-01-25T19%3A47%3A25"]Why Paper Maps Still Matter in the Digital Age[/URL]

[URL="https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/nascar-moonshine"]How a Group of Daring Bootleggers Created NASCAR[/URL]

[URL="https://engineering.stanford.edu/magazine/article/story-rated-five-stars"]This story is rated five stars![/URL]

[URL="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2019/01/17/population-human-microbiome-new-species-western/?utm_source=dsctwitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dsctwitter&utm_campaign=meetedgar&utm_medium=social&utm_source=meetedgar.com#.XFB201xKhjG"]Thousands Of New Microbiome Species Found Living on the Human Body[/URL]

[URL="https://theconversation.com/is-winter-miserable-for-wildlife-108734"]Is winter miserable for wildlife?[/URL]

[URL="https://www.spectrumnews.org/news/toolbox/new-brain-maps-hint-cerebellums-role-cognition-language/"]New brain maps hint at cerebellum’s role in cognition, language[/URL]

[URL="https://newatlas.com/2018-top-60-most-valuable-scientific-documents/57495/"]The 60 most valuable scientific artifacts of 2018[/URL]

[URL="https://theconversation.com/time-for-a-kondo-clean-out-heres-what-clutter-does-to-your-brain-and-body-109947?utm_campaign=2019-01-27&utm_source=email&utm_medium=knowable-newsletter"]Time for a Kondo clean-out? Here’s what clutter does to your brain and body[/URL]

[URL="https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/01/500-year-long-science-experiment/581155/"]The 500-Year-Long Science Experiment[/URL]

[URL="https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/a26092076/nasa-found-a-giant-underground-cavern-in-antarctica-almost-the-size-of-manhattan/"]NASA Found a Giant Underground Cavern in Antarctica Almost the Size of Manhattan[/URL]

[URL="https://www.us.mensa.org/read/bulletin/features/climbing-mount-rumsfeld/"]Climbing Mount Rumsfeld[/URL]

[URL="https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/01/sleeping-when-sick-could-have-its-own-gene/581719/"]The Special Sleep That Kicks In During a Sickness[/URL]

[URL="https://theconversation.com/150-years-later-2019-is-the-international-year-of-the-periodic-table-109051"]150 years later, 2019 is the International Year of the Periodic Table[/URL]

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[URL="https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/mouse-microgravity-aging-study/"]Could space mice help us develop anti-aging treatments here on Earth?[/URL]

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[QUOTE=rogue;508235]<snip>[URL="https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/01/sleeping-when-sick-could-have-its-own-gene/581719/"]The Special Sleep That Kicks In During a Sickness[/URL]
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There was an episode of [i]All Creatures Great and Small[/i] in which the vet hit on the idea of heavily tranquilizing small animals he had no way of treating, in the hopes that their own recuperative powers would effect a cure during their 24- or 48-hour nap (I forget how long). And, at least in the program, it worked.

In "the Scottish play," the title character mentions[quote]Sleep that knits up the ravell'd sleeve of care,
The death of each day's life, sore labour's bath,
Balm of hurt minds, great nature's second course,
Chief nourisher in life's feast, --[/quote]

There is another thing about sleep associated with illness. I don't know if others have had similar experiences, but...

When I was young, I would always know I had the flu or some other severe illness coming on, because I would always have the same bizarre dream, which I never had any other time. It was the weirdest thing -- while I was [i]having[/i] the dream, I would think, "Oh, no, I'm coming down with something [i]bad![/i]" When I woke up, I'd be starting to feel pretty awful, I'd remember having [i]had[/i] the weird dream and knowing it was the herald of my oncoming illness, but I could not recall what the dream actually [i]was[/i]. My guess was, the dream was induced by a rising fever, but I never knew for sure. Whatever the dream was, I haven't had it in 50 years now.

A [i]lack[/i] of sleep can really be debilitating, at least for most of us. There are people who need very little sleep. I remember seeing a program in which one of the people being featured was a man who needed no more than about 15 minutes of sleep per 24 hours. He had a 3-year-old daughter with the same trait.

[URL="http://news.mit.edu/2019/study-ocean-color-change-phytoplankton-climate-0204"]Study: Much of the surface ocean will shift in color by end of 21st century[/URL]

[URL="https://www.us.mensa.org/read/bulletin/features/the-great-waste/"]The Great Waste[/URL]

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[URL="https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612909/this-new-fabric-will-automatically-cool-you-down-when-you-get-hot-and-sweaty/"]This new fabric will automatically cool you down when you get hot and sweaty[/URL]

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[URL="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/artificial-intelligence-study-human-genome-finds-unknown-human-ancestor-species-180971436/"]Artificial Intelligence Study of Human Genome Finds Unknown Human Ancestor[/URL]

[url]https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/02/a-small-asteroid-may-briefly-blot-out-sirius-monday-night/[/url]