Monday, November 25, 2019

Even Privacy-Focused Cryptocurrency Can Spill Your Secrets | WIRED

https://www.wired.com/story/harry-pottery-cryptocurrency-privacy-zcash-monero/


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Disease transmission and introgression can explain the long-lasting contact zone of modern humans and Neanderthals | Nature Communications


https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-12862-7

We propose that after several hundred thousand years of largely independent evolution, Neanderthals and Moderns likely acquired immunity and tolerance to different suites of pathogens—a temperate pathogen package in the case of Neanderthals and a tropical pathogen package in Moderns. The re-establishment of contact in the Levant would have resulted in exposure of each species to novel pathogens carried by the other species. In turn, these pathogens could have spread to the new susceptible hosts, placing a considerable disease burden on both species.

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Sunday, November 24, 2019

Best Books of 2019 with Literary, Nonfiction, Mystery, Thriller, & Noir Books. | More2Read

https://more2read.com/review/best-books-of-2019/


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Inverse: What does vitamin D do for you? Why it might be a scam for most people


What does vitamin D do for you? Why it might be a scam for most people
Vitamin D is an immensely popular supplement. But as vitamin D's popularity continues to soar, an increasing number of researchers warn that the science just doesn't support the hype. Here's what we know about vitamin D's effects on health — and what we don't.

Read in Inverse: https://apple.news/Apei-eb_ARaeVuvF-Frmf2w


Shared from Apple News


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