Sunday, December 16, 2018

Drinking orange juice reduces dementia risk by almost 50 per cent

There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with a bottle of Antipodean Pinot 

North Pole warns of pilot shortage as reindeer leave for commercial sleighlines Duffle Blog

Drinking orange juice reduces dementia risk by almost 50 per cent: study - Geo News Drinking orange juice reduces dementia risk by almost 50 per cent: study

Every novel is like this, desperation, a frustrated attempt to save something of the past. Except that it still has not been established whether it is the novel that prevents man from forgetting himself or the impossibility of forgetfulness that makes him write novels.

Look at the tip of your index finger. About two thousand nerve receptors are embedded in it, ready to tell you about the world.
NO MATTER WHERE YOU GO, THAT’S WHERE YOU ARE: Westerners who seek the secret to a fulfilled life in other cultures are bound to be disappointed.


‘Transmissible’ Alzheimer’s theory gains traction Nature. “That the transmissibility of the amyloid-beta could be preserved after so many decades underlines the need for caution, says [Mathias Jucker at the Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research]. The sticky amyloid clings tightly to materials used in surgical instruments, resisting standard decontamination methods.” Yikes.

21ST CENTURY RELATIONSHIPS: Is Swiping Right On Tinder Considered Cheating?

Roger the kangaroo: Enormous roo dies aged 12 BBC

100 metres and growing: Australia's tallest tree leaves all others in the shade

The Opera House Project - What are the challenges of building an Australian icon?