Brain aging results from a loss of control over how genes are regulated, mouse study suggests

Aging may “erase” the epigenetic markers that control gene expression in the brain, and this may snowball to cause unintended consequences, a new mouse study suggests. Tiny chemical messages attached to our genetic code, called epigenetic markers, change with age in many organs of the human body, leading to the development of ”aging clocks” that…

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4 times open-source apps broke their users’ trust

Preserving privacy is one of the primary reasons that many turn to open-source software. Unfortunately, publicly available source code hasn’t stopped some apps from breaking their users’ trust. Here are some of the most high-profile worst offenses. Ubuntu 12.10 The time Canonical added Amazon listings to your search results In the mid-2000s, Ubuntu became the…

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