Sean Payton's wild Bill Belichick plan for the Broncos: The coaching idea that could have changed NFL history
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/sean-payton-bill-belichick-broncos-…
"Kate Adamala and Aaron Engelhart and their teams ... have developed the world’s first synthetic cell with a complete life cycle, built entirely from non-living chemical components"
(Not a biologist, posting this because I'm a #Minnesota alum!)
Popular Weight-Loss Drug Found To Slow Biological Aging in Landmark Human Trial
https://scitechdaily.com/popular-weight-loss-drug-found-to-slow-biological-aging-in-landmark-human-trial/
For much of his career, Bruce Menge assumed he would conduct the same research until he died.
The marine biologist has studied sea stars since the 1970s, and the animals had always seemed more solid a bet than others in the ocean.
They have no natural enemies,
regenerate limbs when they lose them
and reproduce prolifically.
Then, just over a decade ago, a mysterious disease wiped out 90 percent of the West Coast’s sea star population.
Tide pools emptied…
celegans_interactomes: C. elegans interactomes (2009)
Ten networks of protein-protein interactions in Caenorhabditis elegans (nematode), from yeast two-hybrid experiments, biological process maps, literature curation, orthologous interactions, and genetic interactions. The WI8 network combines WI2004, WI2007 and BPmaps, while the Integrated Network combines data from all sources.
This network has 2528 nodes and 3864 edges.
Tags: Biological, Protein interactions, Unweighted
Sam Altman and Dario Amodei are among signatories on an open letter urging improved tracking of synthetic DNA potentially used in AI-developed bioweapons (Emily Mullin/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/openai-anthropic-letter-ai-biological-weapons/
from my link log —
Stealing from biologists to compile Haskell faster.
https://iankduncan.com/engineering/2026-05-30-stealing-from-biologists-to-compile-haskell-faster/
saved 2026-06-02
The Average Blokes Podcast
Three blokes talking about whatever they feel like in this chaotic, unprepared and highly unprofessional show...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/the-average-blokes/
Bryan Johnson,
a 48 year old American entrepreneur,
has made headlines for his outlandish anti-ageing techniques
-- spending millions of dollars in a bid to extend his life
and reduce his biological age to that of an 18-year-old.
Johnson refers to his Benjamin Button-esque ways as
‘Project Blueprint’,
meticulously taking 54 supplements a day,
eating every meal between 6am and 11.30am,
and following a strict exercise regimen.
In 2023, …