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Grisly Find Suggests Humans Inhabited Arctic 45,000 Years Ago - Slashdot

Grisly Find Suggests Humans Inhabited Arctic 45,000 Years Ago - Slashdot
Source: slashdot.org

Ofsted calls The Cornwall College Group a ‘catalyst’ for raising skills levels: STAFF and students across The Cornwall

Ofsted calls The Cornwall College Group a ‘catalyst’ for raising skills levels: STAFF and students across The Cornwall College Group are celebrating after the group was rated good in all categories by Ofsted. The report praises the expertise of teachers on all the campuses, the...
Source: westbriton.co.uk

In this book Tony Atkinson - Centennial Professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science - asks the question,

In this book Tony Atkinson - Centennial Professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science - asks the question, "If we wish to reduce the extent of inequality, how can this be done?" His answer includes looking at history for evidence of what has worked in the past and what could be...
Source: harvard.edu

United Arab Emirates, Persian Gulf : Image of the Day: Crews aboard the International Space Station often look for signs

United Arab Emirates, Persian Gulf : Image of the Day: Crews aboard the International Space Station often look for signs of human activity along the coastlines of the Persian Gulf, where a growing Middle Eastern population has been moving.
Source: nasa.gov

Why Is So Much Reported Science Wrong - Slashdot

Why Is So Much Reported Science Wrong - Slashdot
Source: slashdot.org

Cornwall Council's High Court victory over £160m BT contract - BBC News: A £160m contract between a council and corporate

Cornwall Council's High Court victory over £160m BT contract - BBC News: A £160m contract between a council and corporate giant BT will be scrapped following a High Court battle.
Source: bbc.co.uk

Japanese Company Makes Low-Calorie Noodles Out of Wood - Slashdot

Japanese Company Makes Low-Calorie Noodles Out of Wood - Slashdot
Source: slashdot.org

Investigation Reveals How Easy It Is To Hijack a Science Journal Website - Slashdot

Investigation Reveals How Easy It Is To Hijack a Science Journal Website - Slashdot
Source: slashdot.org

Anti-VEGF Pharmacotherapy as an Alternative to Panretinal Laser Photocoagulation for Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy:

Anti-VEGF Pharmacotherapy as an Alternative to Panretinal Laser Photocoagulation for Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy: From 1976 to 1981, the results of the Diabetic Retinopathy Study identified that panretinal laser photocoagulation (PRP) for high-risk proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) reduced...
Source: jamanetwork.com

Hospitals Can 3D Print a Patient's Vasculature For Aneurysm Pre-Op Practice - Slashdot

Hospitals Can 3D Print a Patient's Vasculature For Aneurysm Pre-Op Practice - Slashdot
Source: slashdot.org

NASA Earth Observatory : : Sitting atop the Andes plateau on the border between Peru and Bolivia, the lake is the highest

NASA Earth Observatory : : Sitting atop the Andes plateau on the border between Peru and Bolivia, the lake is the highest major body of navigable water in the world and the largest lake in South America.
Source: nasa.gov

Police Find Paris Attackers Coordinate Via Unencrypted SMS - Slashdot

Police Find Paris Attackers Coordinate Via Unencrypted SMS - Slashdot
Source: slashdot.org

Microsoft To Provide New Encryption Algorithm For the Healthcare Sector - Slashdot. "The new algorithm is dubbed SEAL (Simple

Microsoft To Provide New Encryption Algorithm For the Healthcare Sector - Slashdot. "The new algorithm is dubbed SEAL (Simple Encrypted Arithmetic Library) and is based on homomorphic encryption"
Source: slashdot.org

Media demonstrate ignorance of correlation vs. causation by reporting the coffee study in Circulation - Association of Coffee

Media demonstrate ignorance of correlation vs. causation by reporting the coffee study in Circulation - Association of Coffee Consumption with Total and Cause-Specific Mortality in Three Large Prospective Cohorts. See reports in Telegraph, Tribune, BT news, South Wales Argus!, Harvard's own press release....
Source: ahajournals.org

NASA Earth Observatory : : Modern international shipping meets the ancient world in the famous canal.

NASA Earth Observatory : : Modern international shipping meets the ancient world in the famous canal.
Source: nasa.gov

Tangerine: IPhone movie shows Hollywood's unseen side - BBC News: Micro-budget comedy drama Tangerine, the story of two

Tangerine: IPhone movie shows Hollywood's unseen side - BBC News: Micro-budget comedy drama Tangerine, the story of two transgender prostitutes in Los Angeles, is remarkable not just because it shows a side of Hollywood rarely seen in the cinema, but because the whole film was shot using iPhones.
Source: bbc.co.uk

Prone (face-down) position for mechanical ventilation of adults with acute respiratory failure | Cochrane

Prone (face-down) position for mechanical ventilation of adults with acute respiratory failure | Cochrane
Source: cochrane.org

Ad Networks Using Inaudible Sound To Link Phones, Tablets and Other Devices - Slashdot

Ad Networks Using Inaudible Sound To Link Phones, Tablets and Other Devices - Slashdot
Source: slashdot.org

Windows 3.1 Glitch Causes Problems At French Airport -- Wait, 3.1? - Slashdot

Windows 3.1 Glitch Causes Problems At French Airport -- Wait, 3.1? - Slashdot
Source: slashdot.org

Mozilla Launches Firefox For IOS - Slashdot. My favourite browser now follows me on all platforms.

Mozilla Launches Firefox For IOS - Slashdot. My favourite browser now follows me on all platforms.
Source: slashdot.org