In Celebration of Open Data | PLOS Biologue: It’s not every day I get to write something that is just fun. In celebration of OpenCon, and to recognise all of the fantastic articles that we’ve published at PLOS with a focus on Data Sharing across all of the PLOS journals, we’re really excited...
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Swarm of Origami Robots Can Self Assemble Out of a Single Sheet: Harvard's self-folding robots are getting close to being able to walk straight out of a printer
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E-learning predictions for 2017. Joining the folly of futurists and pollsters here are my e-learning predictions for 2017. I'm looking forward to engaging with as many of them as I can. Conversational technology. Why not have immediate access and personal learning support on platforms through messaging...
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CBC threatens podcast app makers, argues that RSS readers violate copyright: The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation publishes several excellent podcasts, notably the As It Happens feed; like every podcast in the world, these podcasts are available via any podcast app in the …
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Good read - The Path. A quick overview of 5 Chinese philosophies making them relevant to how we should think about how we live today. I've not read much about them and assumed they were pretty much ancient and irrelevant, reduced to one-liner aphorisms, but Michael Puett has been teaching a popular...
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When anyone tries to predict what the financial markets will do just remind them that complex adaptive systems are tricky.
"It is clear that the financial system exhibits all of the classic characteristics of a [Complex Adaptive System], with the consequence that analysis of the likely reaction of...
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The President Reviews the Lessons of the Affordable Care Act: By Joe Elia
Edited by David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH, and Lorenzo Di Francesco, MD, FACP, FHM
President Barack Obama presents his analysis of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in JAMA , which also contains several editorials on the future of...
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Corticosteroids for Bell's palsy | Cochrane "The available moderate- to high-quality evidence from randomised controlled trials showed significant benefit from treating Bell's palsy with corticosteroids. We calculated that to stop one person from being left with facial weakness, 10 people need to be...
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New Exoskeleton Exclusively for Disabled Kids |: The Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) has unveiled an exoskeleton designed specifically for children suffering from spinal muscular atrophy. It weig
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The Strong Evidence Against Spanking: A review of the available research finds that physical punishment is significantly linked to bad outcomes for kids.
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Ultrathin Stick-On Device Measures, Displays Blood Oxygen Concentration |: Fitness trackers are exceptionally popular nowadays with consumers, though they're still pretty basic in their abilities. Even the more capable heart rate
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Meta-Analysis: Metformin Should Still Be First-Line Diabetes Therapy, Even with Newer Drugs Available: By Amy Orciari Herman
Edited by David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH, and Jaye Elizabeth Hefner, MD
Evidence from a new meta-analysis "supports current guidelines with metformin as the recommended first-line...
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Green light for Duchenne muscular dystrophy drug - BBC News: A drug for treating children aged five and over with Duchenne muscular dystrophy will be made available to around 50 children through NHS England.
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The Future of US Health Care Policy: The enactment of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010 was the most monumental change in US health care policy since the passage of Medicaid and Medicare in 1965.1,2 Despite a bill that was more than 900 pages, the primary goals of the legislation were clear: increase...
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UK government's fracking definition 'could allow drilling without safeguards': Leading geologist warns loophole in government’s legal definition of fracking could enable companies to bypass safety precautions
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Watch the world’s first 360° VR surgery live stream on Thursday: VR operations: it’s all about stitch ‘em up, not shoot ’em up. "On May 22 2014, Mr Shafi Ahmed, consultant general colorectal, and
laparoscopic surgeon at Barts NHS trust was in the news for bringing his
craft a good deal...
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Vegetarian Dietary Patterns and the Risk of Colorectal Cancers: Colorectal cancers are a leading cause of cancer mortality, and their primary prevention by diet is highly desirable. The relationship of vegetarian dietary patterns to colorectal cancer risk is not well established.To evaluate the association...
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Samsung patents smart contact lenses with a built-in camera: Samsung has been granted a patent for smart contact lenses with a built-in camera that activates when you blink.
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Just read the "Happy Life" story - saving abandoned children on the streets of Nairobi. This is about a children rescue centre in Nairobi started 14 years ago and has now expanded to caring directly for around 100 children across two sites. They have offered for adoption over 170 children. The city...
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Good read. Animal Liberation by Peter Singer. A powerful book on animal rights written 40 years ago (updated 20 years ago and re-issued recently with an introduction by Yuval Hariri) and having stood the test of time and debate. It is called 'the bible' of the animal rights movement and rightly so ......
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