"thiel’s current fixation on the end of the world as we know it is in theological language called eschatology, the study of the “last things.” his specific bête noire is the antichrist, the villain of these end times scenarios..."

"the traditional inca chronology has collapsed. new radiocarbon dates show the empire lasted longer than was previously thought—and met more resistance..."

"this weekend, the new york times published an article featuring marissa mayer with the headline ‘what do women want from a.i.?’ marissa is one of the most prominent women in tech. first female engineer at google. former ceo of yahoo. board member at walmart, starbucks, at&t, and hilton. she’s achieved things that most people, men or women, can only dream of. so when the nyt features her to talk about what women want from ai, i’m listening..."

"after more than three decades of economic gloom, japan is back. this should be welcome news, but there is a downside that’s going to make things challenging for america and its economic stewards in the trump administration. remember the butterfly flapping its wings and causing tornadoes? it’s like that, only in this case the butterfly is a $7.6 trillion bond market..."

"mori's original hypothesis states that as the appearance of a robot is made more human, some observers' emotional response to the robot becomes increasingly positive and empathetic, until it becomes almost human, at which point the response quickly becomes strong revulsion..."

"the phenomenon remained largely unstudied until 2005, when professor adam zeman of the university of exeter was approached by a man who seemed to have lost the ability to visualize after undergoing minor surgery..."

"targeted gene therapies are highly effective at stopping cancers, but the very abundance of the treatments, plus cost and sluggish change, are hindering access..."

"a large health-record analysis found that glucosamine use was associated with a 25% higher likelihood of mild cognitive impairment progressing to dementia. lab experiments suggest the popular joint supplement may intensify an abnormal sugar-tagging process in the alzheimer’s brain, although researchers say clinical trials are needed to determine whether it actually causes harm..."

"melanie had been called to the main hospital on the remote island of saipan to translate for the woman, who had travelled alone from china to give birth in the us territory, automatically giving her baby us citizens..."

"in the past five years alone, novel drugs have been shown to modestly slow decline in early alzheimer's, while growing evidence suggests some dementia cases could potentially be delayed or prevented through risk reduction..."