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How People Living at Earth's Extremes Reveal the Genome's Best Tricks: Evolution has sculpted the human genome to cope with

How People Living at Earth's Extremes Reveal the Genome's Best Tricks: Evolution has sculpted the human genome to cope with Earth’s toughest climates, inadvertently pointing geneticists towards medically important genes.
Source: theatlantic.com

Ukraine outbreak brings polio back to Europe, WHO says: Two children in southwestern Ukraine have been paralyzed by polio,

Ukraine outbreak brings polio back to Europe, WHO says: Two children in southwestern Ukraine have been paralyzed by polio, the first outbreak of the disease in Europe since 2010, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday, in a setback for a global eradication campaign.
Source: reuters.com

Here are the Top 100 Tools for Learning 2015: Over 2,000 learning professionals from around the world from both education

Here are the Top 100 Tools for Learning 2015: Over 2,000 learning professionals from around the world from both education and enterprises contributed to the 9th Annual Survey of Learning Tools. Very many thanks to all those who took the time t...
Source: c4lpt.co.uk

APOD: 2015 September 29 - Supermoon Total Lunar Eclipse and Lightning Storm

APOD: 2015 September 29 - Supermoon Total Lunar Eclipse and Lightning Storm
Source: nasa.gov

Open peer review could result in better quality of peer review: Whether or not a research article has been peer reviewed

Open peer review could result in better quality of peer review: Whether or not a research article has been peer reviewed openly can seemingly make a difference to the quality of the peer review, according to research carried out by BioMed Central's Research Integrity Group and Frank Dudbridge from the...
Source: medicalxpress.com

High-volume facilities better for nursing hip fractures: There isn't a lot of information available to help family caregivers

High-volume facilities better for nursing hip fractures: There isn't a lot of information available to help family caregivers choose the best skilled nursing facility for an elderly loved one who breaks a hip, but a new study suggests a potentially useful quality indicator: the facility's number of hip...
Source: medicalxpress.com

Executive Summary to EDC-2: The Endocrine Society's Second Scientific Statement on Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals: This

Executive Summary to EDC-2: The Endocrine Society's Second Scientific Statement on Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals: This Executive Summary to the Endocrine Society's second Scientific Statement on environmental endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) provides a synthesis of the key points of the complete...
Source: endocrine.org

Turkish man dies after spending 47 years in a state hospital: Hospital staff say a 70-year-old man who died after nearly

Turkish man dies after spending 47 years in a state hospital: Hospital staff say a 70-year-old man who died after nearly half a century in a Turkish ward stayed there ‘because he had nowhere else to go’
Source: theguardian.com

Food tracking app links less sleeping to more eating: Even people who think they eat three meals a day may actually graze

Food tracking app links less sleeping to more eating: Even people who think they eat three meals a day may actually graze for most of their waking hours and consume fewer calories when they get more sleep, a small U.S. study suggests.
Source: reuters.com

Computer-Aided Detection for Mammography Seems to Offer Few Benefits NEJM Journal Watch.

Computer-Aided Detection for Mammography Seems to Offer Few Benefits NEJM Journal Watch.
Source: jwatch.org

Take an Eye Exam on Your Laptop - NYTimes.com

Take an Eye Exam on Your Laptop - NYTimes.com
Source: nytimes.com

Study: Racially charged hate crimes go up as broadband expands: Trend is higher in regions with more segregation, racism;

Study: Racially charged hate crimes go up as broadband expands: Trend is higher in regions with more segregation, racism; "lone wolf" factor explored.
Source: arstechnica.com

A Breast Cancer Surgeon Who Keeps Challenging the Status Quo - NYTimes.com

A Breast Cancer Surgeon Who Keeps Challenging the Status Quo - NYTimes.com
Source: nytimes.com

Introducing Facebook and Summit’s K-12 Education Project | Facebook Newsroom: A group of Facebook engineers has partnered

Introducing Facebook and Summit’s K-12 Education Project | Facebook Newsroom: A group of Facebook engineers has partnered with local educators to create a classroom experience that takes advantage of all the technology and information accessible to a kid growing up today.
Source: newsroom.fb.com

Facebook founder calls for universal Internet to help cure global ills | Reuters

Facebook founder calls for universal Internet to help cure global ills | Reuters
Source: reuters.com

Irish marchers demand referendum on legalising abortion: Thousands gather in capital to put pressure on government to call

Irish marchers demand referendum on legalising abortion: Thousands gather in capital to put pressure on government to call referendum on liberalising law after next general election
Source: theguardian.com

Facebook Takes a Step Into Education Software reports the New York Times.

Facebook Takes a Step Into Education Software reports the New York Times.
Source: nytimes.com

Tools for illuminating brain function make their own light: A variant on the optogenetics technique gives neuroscientists

Tools for illuminating brain function make their own light: A variant on the optogenetics technique gives neuroscientists the choice of activating neurons with light or an externally supplied chemical.
Source: eurekalert.org

Junior doctors' strike receives overwhelming support, poll shows: Patients and medical profession in favour of action over

Junior doctors' strike receives overwhelming support, poll shows: Patients and medical profession in favour of action over proposed contract that could cut pay by 30% and force junior doctors to work more antisocial shifts
Source: theguardian.com

Junior doctors: why are you protesting?: Doctors and medical students are set to protest on Monday evening in London against

Junior doctors: why are you protesting?: Doctors and medical students are set to protest on Monday evening in London against proposed changes to trainee’s contracts. Will you be there?
Source: theguardian.com