Friday Grab Bag

Published: Jan. 27, 2018, 12:30 a.m.

b"Future news from a variety of angles. What ties them together? You decide.\\n\\nScientists reverse genetic aging, memory decline in rats\\n\\nThey injected rats with viral vectors that expressed FKBP1b, causing a rise in overall expression of the protein.\\xa0\\n\\nBoth long- and short-term treatment improved the performance of aging rats in a water maze task: FKBP1b was able to prevent cognitive decline in long-term rats and reverse it in short-term rats.\\n\\nChina\\u2019s 30 story tall air cleaning tower is a successful test for many 150 story air cleaning towers\\n\\nChina has created an experimental air purifying tower that is over 100 meters (328 feet) tall in northern China. It reduces 2.5 micron air pollution by about 15% over a 10 square kilometer area.\\n\\nElon Musk: \\u201cThe Singularity for This Level of the Simulation Is Coming Soon\\u201d\\n\\nThe singularity for this level of the simulation is coming soon. I wonder what the levels above us look like.\\n\\nGood chance they are less interesting and deeper levels are better. So far, even our primitive sims are often more entertaining than reality itself.\\n\\n\\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 5, 2017\\n\\nGEEKOUT\\n\\nFurrion Exo-Bionics\\n\\ngoo.gl/tucTDH\\n\\nNew Season of X-Files\\n\\nNew Amazon Series: Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams\\n\\nBaby Driver is brilliant artsy stylish action-packed fun\\n\\nWT 396-708"