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＊Newscientist
"We may finally know what causes Alzheimer’s – and how to stop it"
HEALTH 23 January 2019, updated 30 January 2019
By Debora MacKenzie
AFTER decades of disappointment, we may have a new lead on fighting Alzheimer’s disease. Compelling evidence that the condition is caused by a bacterium involved in gum disease could prove a game-changer in tackling one of medicine’s biggest mysteries, and lead to effective treatments or even a vaccine.
"Earth could warm by 14°C as growing emissions destroy crucial clouds"
ENVIRONMENT 25 February 2019
By Michael Le Page
If we keep burning fossil fuels with reckless abandon, we could trigger a cloud feedback effect that will add 8°C on top of all the warming up to that point. That means the world could warm by more than 14°C above the pre-industrial level.
"First ever real image of a black hole revealed"
SPACE 10 April 2019
By Leah Crane
We have peered into the abyss for the very first time. The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), which uses a network of telescopes around the globe to turn all of Earth into an enormous radio telescope, has taken the first direct image of a black hole.
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2199330-first-ever-real-image-of-a-black-hole-revealed/
“Anti-ageing drugs are coming that could keep you healthier for longer”
Longevity research is no longer aimed at prolonging lives, it is trying to keep us fit right until the end. New anti-ageing drugs may finally be here to make that happen
24 April 2019
By Graham Lawton
MICHAEL WEST got talking to a guy next to him on an aeroplane. “The man asked what I did and I told him,” says West. The man seemed impressed and West continued, thinking he had a friendly audience. “But after a while he said: ‘You’re lying to me. I read everything and I’ve never heard any of this. This is so amazing and so revolutionary that if it was true, I would know about it already’.”
＊Yale大学のサイトから
School of Medicine reduces student debt by 50% over two years
february 18, 2019
The School of Medicine announced that it is reducing the unit loan — the amount that medical students who receive need-based scholarships are expected to borrow — from $23,000 to $15,000 per year for all students attending in the 2019-2020 academic year and thereafter. Together with the unit loan reduction that went into effect for the current academic year — from $30,000 to $23,000 — this is a reduction of 50% in two years. This means that more of a student's demonstrated need will be covered by scholarship funds, and less by loans.
https://news.yale.edu/2019/02/18/school-medicine-reduces-student-debt-50-over-two-years
＊New York Times
"Paper or Plastic? Time to Bring Your Own Bag"
The City Council has approved a 5-cent charge on paper bags, making it harder to hide from the statewide ban on single-use plastic ones.
By Michael Gold
April 22, 2019
Attention, New York City shoppers: Don’t think you’re going to easily avoid the statewide ban on plastic bags by just switching to paper ones.
Starting next year, those are also going to cost you 5 cents each.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/22/nyregion/nyc-paper-bag-fee.html