This dovetails with your discussion on the podcast about your surprise with how people responded to your use of AI. People can feel different about using AI to do research and using AI to replace artists to support your podcast episodes. What you use AI for &why can change whether it should be used.

“Yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should.” (Dr. Ian Malcolm, Jurassic Park)

I am a fan of your podcast, I know you can address the question. @smpritchard.bsky.social asked why you want this? (Assume the perfection.)

Once you have that connection... Some data on making the relationship last by savoring it.

#Illini #savor #romance #relationship

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Most People Don’t Have a ‘Type’ Many daters have a list of traits they’re looking for in a partner—but can be perfectly happy with someone who has few of them.

On this, the 15th of February... On the disconnect between what we think we want and what actually is attractive.

#UCDavis #romance #attraction

www.theatlantic.com/family/2026/...

A lifetime of social ties adds up to healthy aging | Cornell Chronicle Research shows the biological aging process can be slowed by strong social connections and support.

So, divisive social policy harms those being excluded from the greater community? What does it mean that we may provide actual relief for retirement accounts (social safety net), but not to the harm of divisive social policy?

#Cornell #aging #health #community #belonging

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Why Do We Remember Some Life Moments—but Not Others? BU study finds memories of mundane incidents can be strengthened when they get attached to a memory of an emotionally charged event

Interesting research, but, if giving human characteristics to animals is anthropomorphism, what is it when we do it to an organ? What does it mean for the brain to decide? I suspect not the same as when we say a person decided.

#aging #health #cognitivehealth #BostonU #memory

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Having a sense of purpose may protect against dementia People who reported a higher sense of purpose in life were about 28% less likely to develop cognitive impairment, according to a new UC Davis study.

Pondering what your life's purpose is? Knowing it and pursuing it may be vital in delaying the onset of cognitive decline. This is in addition to studies indicating that it may be associated with long life.

#cognitivehealth #dementia #health #aging #UCDavis #purpose

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Day and night get equal billing as fall equinox arrives. Here are 3 things to know The autumnal equinox arrives Monday, marking the start of the fall season for the Northern Hemisphere and the spring in the Southern Hemisphere.

Welcome to the fall / spring (Northern / Southern Hemisphere)! I hope the balance of the day / night cycle reminds us to seek out a healthy balance in our personal, social, and professional lives. Shine brightly.

www.pbs.org/newshour/sci...

2025 Ig Nobel Prize for Perfect Pasta Sauce The Ig Nobel Prize honors research that first makes people laugh, then makes them think. Its 35th award ceremony possibly also makes people hungry: ISTA physicist Fabrizio Olmeda and colleagues resear...

On the pasta sauce research.
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FYA: For your amusement.

Read Martin Luther King Jr.'s 'I Have a Dream' speech in its entirety Americans across the U.S. are celebrating King's legacy this weekend. One way to reflect on his life and message is by revisiting his celebrated 1963 speech delivered at the Lincoln Memorial.

Good morning. Yesterday (August 28th) was the anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's "I have a dream" speech. You can read it or listen to it here:
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