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Gene variants for living to 100 identified

News: Extending Lifespan    July 1, 2010
Under the heading, “Research Ripe for Over-interpretation” a team of scientists from the Boston University Schools of Public Health and Medicine and the Boston Medical Center have published in the July 1, 2010 issue of the journal Science a paper identifying a suite of gene variants that can be used to predict whether people can [...]
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Technology predictions so awful, they’re good

Spun: March 2, 2010
Making predictions about future technology, or even the impact of current technology is tempting fate. That is to say, you’re fated to be wrong, much of the time…at best. I should know; it’s what this blog does a lot. However, I’ve always liked the definition of an expert, attributed to Niels Bohr or Werner Heisenberg [...]
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