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Science and Technology links (April 17th 2021)
- Moderna built their COVID 19 vaccine without having the virus on site. They viewed it as a software problem.
- Human and mice with red hair have elevated pain thresholds.
- Tumors (cancer) consume high levels of sugar. You would think that it means that cancer cells consume a lot of sugar, but it appears that it is not case. Non-cancer cells within tumors are responsible for the high intake in sugar.
- Exergames are physical activities that also stress our intelligence. It appears that exergames might have tangible cognitive benefits.
- Women are entering menopause at an ever older age. They gained a year and half since since 1960.
- About 2.5 billion tyrannosaurus rex lived during the 2.4 million years that the species existed.
- Medical doctors tend to be pessimistic and to overestimate your probability of disease, which may lead to unnecessary treatments.