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- Being in good physical shape could reduce the risk of nine types of cancer https://www.nbcnews.com/health/cancer/good-fitness-may-reduce-cancer-risk-rcna99853 7 comments
- Shape typing NumPy with pyright and variadic generics https://taoa.io/posts/Shape-typing-numpy-with-pyright-and-variadic-generics/ 2 comments
- Biological sex shapes tumour evolution across cancer types https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-00562-7 9 comments
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- A Garbage-Collected Heap in C++, Shaped Like Typed Python https://www.oilshell.org/blog/2022/05/gc-heap.html 12 comments c++ , programming , python
- [WIP] Pure-Lua implementation of a self-hosted Lua compiler. | Working on a natural decompiler, a rapid type-shape inference for tables, and hopefully, a primitive JIT and AOT compiler one day. https://github.com/leegao/luainlua 5 comments lua
- Scientists have developed a new type of lens that creates multiple focal points, which could make for glasses or contacts that provide a clearer view over a range of distances | The secret, making the lens a spiral shape. https://newatlas.com/technology/spiral-lenses-glasses-focal-points-clarity/ 13 comments science
- Macronutrient Proportions and Fat Type Impact Ketogenicity and Shape the Circulating Lipidome in Dogs — This study demonstrated that the reduction of carbohydrate in canine foods is potentially beneficial to dogs based on improvements in metabolism https://www.mdpi.com/2218-1989/12/7/591 9 comments science
- A Garbage-Collected Heap in C++, Shaped Like Typed Python https://www.oilshell.org/blog/2022/05/gc-heap.html 9 comments compilers
- A Garbage-Collected Heap in C++, Shaped Like Typed Python https://www.oilshell.org/blog/2022/05/gc-heap.html 23 comments cpp
- Josh Gordon’s business manager, Michael Johnson, on type of condition the reinstated WR is in: “Josh is in the best shape of his life.” https://twitter.com/adamschefter/status/926042013459468288 306 comments nfl
- A new type of neural network has cracked a device specifically meant to differentiate humans and machines - Researchers created a neural net that would create character models based on shape and appearance that it could then use to 'understand' a captcha with up to 66.6% accuracy. https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/wjgnjq/ai-vicarious-recursive-cortical-network-captcha 7 comments science
- Official C# language proposal for type shapes (type classes / traits) https://github.com/dotnet/csharplang/issues/164 91 comments programming
- Types are shapes — a graphical programming exploration https://stevekrouse.com/types-are-shapes-d6af1e83192f 7 comments programming
- Book-Shaped Pavilion in Korea Celebrates Historic Birthplace of Printing - "In 1377, nearly a century before the famous Gutenberg Bible was printed in Germany, the Jikji anthology was made using movable metal type" http://weburbanist.com/2016/10/15/book-shaped-pavilion-in-korea-celebrates-historic-birthplace-of-printing/ 109 comments books
- Link between a mitochondrial defect and heart disease discovered. The study uncovers the key role of the protein YME1 in the regulation of the number, type and shape of mitocondria, and demonstrates that its absence induces a metabolic defect typical of patients with heart disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-12-link-mitochondrial-defect-heart-disease.html 20 comments science
- Hair ice is a rare type of ice that looks like white cotton candy and grows on dead wood. Now researchers discovered that what allows hair ice to keep its peculiar, hairy shape is a fungus. http://www.egu.eu/news/180/fungus-shapes-hair-ice-researchers-identify-fungus-responsible-for-peculiar-ice-filaments-that-grow-on-dead-wood/ 264 comments science
- The QWERTY Effect: How Typing May Shape the Meaning of Words http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/03/qwerty-effect-language/ 3 comments cogsci
- The QWERTY effect: How Typing Shapes the Meaning of Words http://www.springerlink.com/content/y22087242663u647/ 11 comments linguistics
- Mystery Behind Galaxy Shapes Solved. "We were completely astonished that our model predicted both the abundance and diversity of galaxy types so precisely," said researcher Nick Devereux of Embry-Riddle University in Arizona. http://tech.bangladeshio.com/mystery-behind-galaxy-shapes-solved-613.php 39 comments science
- Profiling of 200,000 bacterial types revealed a new cofactor that may help a group of rod-shaped bacteria elongate and grow: These findings could identify new drug targets, which may help combat the rising rates of antibiotic resistance, especially in the case of tuberculosis. https://elifesciences.org/articles/57043 3 comments science
- slot — type of a `T`-shaped space in memory https://crates.io/crates/slot 3 comments rust
- Artificial Intelligence can be trained to categorize volcanic ash particle shapes. Because the shapes of volcanic particles are linked to the type of volcanic eruption, this categorization can help provide information on eruptions and aid volcanic hazard mitigation efforts. https://www.titech.ac.jp/english/news/2018/041797.html 4 comments science
- [McMenamin] Lue says LeBron is not in the type of shape he needs to be in: "He's trying to work himself back in shape, but the games are coming so fast and it's hard to really do that. The best way to do that is by him playing more minutes and getting in game shape and we just got to go from there." http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/21241749/cleveland-cavaliers-hold-team-meeting-discuss-early-struggles 109 comments nba
- I'm having a hard time picturing all the different types of orbitals and its shapes, is there a 3D model depicting something close to an actual atom? http://www.webelements.com/shop/shopimages/products/extras/POS0007-A2-orbitron-2010-800.jpg 4 comments askscience
- Eye shape reveals whether an animal is predator or prey, new study shows - A close look at the eyes of 214 types of animal has revealed a relationship between the shape of the pupil and the animal’s ecological niche. http://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/aug/07/eye-shape-reveals-whether-an-animal-is-predator-or-prey-new-study-shows 61 comments worldnews
- Study: a new type of combined portable solar cell can store energy for 18 years through shape changing molecules https://techxplore.com/news/2022-04-solar-energy-electricity-demand.html 25 comments futurology
- Women's birth canals in Africa, Asia, America have different dimensions: study - The size and shape of women’s birth canals vary depending on what part of the world they live in but most medical textbooks are based on a European body type, scientists said Wednesday, warning of health risks. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/10/25/world/science-health-world/womens-birth-canals-africa-asia-america-different-dimensions-study/#.w9gjk5mzbiu 39 comments worldnews
- Researchers propose new type of planetary object: a huge, spinning, donut-shaped mass of hot, vaporized rock, formed as planet-sized objects smash into each other. https://phys.org/news/2017-05-planetary.html 12 comments space
- Hankook has completed initial testing on its fifth-generation airless tire, dubbed the iFlex. The tires do not require any air pressure instead relying on a new type of eco-friendly material. Geometric shapes built into the material provide the bounce & springiness normally provided by air pressure. http://www.wired.com/2015/07/futuristic-car-tires-never-go-flat/ 3 comments technews
- [Evan Silva] Second-round OL Jackson Carman reported to camp out of shape & didn’t win a starting job. So #Bengals will be running out journeyman types Quinton Spain & Xavier Su’a-Filo at guard. https://twitter.com/evansilva/status/1435220346798592004?s=21 436 comments nfl
- Tuchel: “I don’t want to be the type of coach that says ‘No! how many times did I tell you to play diagonally’. It doesn’t work anymore.... So what did we do? We cut the corners from our playground....I can observe them. How do they deal with inside of this shape, and I can support them to improve” https://twitter.com/mfbnvideos/status/1152493893939806208 23 comments soccer
- A new type of conductive graphene foam is incredibly tough and and can be formed into just about any shape and size. A chunk of the foam, which is reinforced by carbon nanotubes, can support more than 3,000 times its own weight and easily bounce back to its original height. http://news.rice.edu/2017/02/13/graphene-foam-gets-big-and-tough/ 5 comments science
- Weight influenced by microbes in the gut: Our genetic makeup influences whether we are fat or thin by shaping which types of microbes thrive in our body, a study on pairs of twins reveals http://www.kcl.ac.uk/newsevents/news/newsrecords/2014/november/weight-influenced-by-microbes-in-the-gut.aspx 14 comments science
- A new type of dolphin with a short, spoon-shaped nose and high, bulbous forehead has been identified from a fossil found in the North Sea. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11673924 7 comments science
- Astronomers capture a real image of two baby stars locked in a gravitational waltz that's twisting their planet-forming disks into a pretzel-shaped knot. The unprecedented look gives researchers a glimpse into the complex formation of the most common type of stellar setup — binary stars. http://www.astronomy.com/news/2019/10/baby-stars-found-twisting-planet-forming-disks-into-a-pretzel 176 comments science
- When mice switching from hear to listening, researchers indentify ten distinct types of activity change in neuronal activity and even the detection of a simple sound is a cognitive process that profoundly and extensively shapes the way the brain works, even at very early stages of sensory processing https://www.unibas.ch/en/News-Events/News/Uni-Research/When-the-brain-switches-from-hearing-to-listening.html 8 comments science
- Summer catch-up programs need to focus on teens' wellbeing, not just academic progress: study finds it is the type of social contact with friends and family that most shape young people's mental health outcomes, like regular voice and video calls with friends instead of texting or social media. https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-06/uob-scp062121.php 8 comments science
- A mobile game called Fooya, uses implicit learning has improved children’s short-term food choices. In the game, an avatar fights robots that represent unhealthy foods, and the avatar’s speed and body shape vary in response to the type of food it eats. https://www.heinz.cmu.edu/media/2021/february/mobile-game-that-uses-implicit-learning-improved-childrens-short-term-food-choices 9 comments science
- Accelerometer data (available to iOS/Android apps without user permission) can be used to spy on people’s health, body shape, tobacco and alcohol consumption, driving style, location, and to infer text typed on the touchscreen. https://dl.acm.org/doi/epdf/10.1145/3309074.3309076 18 comments degoogle
- We're living in the future, now: "...a swarm of about 5,000 flagellated bacteria--of a type which are subject to manipulation by magnetic fields--being directed to assemble six 100 μM epoxy bricks into the shape of a tiny step pyramid." http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/09/cnc_bacteria_swarm_builds_tiny_pyra.html 107 comments science