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https://www.1843magazine.com/content/features/myth-buster

Superhero Genes
https://story.CaliforniaSunday.com/superhero-gene-euan-ashley-stanford Profiles @EuanAshley lab. Highlights how extreme elite athletes are in physiology #SportsGene

The case of human nose shape & climate adaptation
http://journals.PLoS.org/plosgenetics/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1006616 Comparing its Qst-Fst statistic w/ that for height & skin color

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“To address the question of whether local adaptation to climate is responsible for nose shape divergence across populations, we use Qst–Fst comparisons to show that nares width and alar base width are more differentiated across populations than expected under genetic drift alone. To test whether this differentiation is due to climate adaptation, we compared the spatial distribution of these variables with the global distribution of temperature, absolute humidity, and relative humidity. We find that width of the nares is correlated with temperature and absolute humidity, but not with relative humidity. We conclude that some aspects of nose shape may indeed have been driven by local adaptation to climate. However, we think that this is a simplified explanation of a very complex evolutionary history, which possibly also involved other non-neutral forces such as sexual selection.”
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Split between seller & buyer
https://www.cthomesllc.com/2010/10/who-pays-the-real-estate-commissions/

https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/21/16343304/uber-location-tracking-opt-out-apple-ios11

https://www.forbes.com/sites/maggiemcgrath/2016/01/17/billions-for-the-99-breaking-down-the-hedge-fund-speak-of-showtimes-newest-thriller/#5cc9c5f64125

http://nypost.com/2017/09/20/woman-couldnt-explain-mysterious-amazon-orders-until-her-parrot-talked

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/what-happens-when-a-superstorm-hits-dc-w504341

Breaking Into the #Brain
http://CEN.ACS.org/articles/92/i2/Breaking-Brain.html Contrasts potential for drug discovery in neuro-diseases v #cancer (which is “easier”)

interesting brain v cancer contrast

#AI just made guessing your password…easier
http://www.ScienceMag.org/news/2017/09/artificial-intelligence-just-made-guessing-your-password-whole-lot-easier rather Number cracked raises #security/#privacy concerns HT @Rozowsky

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The new study aimed to speed this up by applying deep learning, a brain-inspired approach at the cutting edge of AI. Researchers at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey, started with a so-called generative adversarial network, or GAN, which comprises two artificial neural networks. A “generator” attempts to produce artificial outputs (like images) that resemble real examples (actual photos), while a “discriminator” tries to detect real from fake. They help refine each other until the generator becomes a skilled counterfeiter.
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