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Woman, 90, in hospital after 'escaping' from care home - BBC News: A 90-year-old woman with dementia is being treated in

Woman, 90, in hospital after 'escaping' from care home - BBC News: A 90-year-old woman with dementia is being treated in hospital after going missing from a care home in Cornwall.
Source: bbc.co.uk

Flooding in France : Image of the Day: After days of downpours, water levels on the Seine River rose to heights not seen

Flooding in France : Image of the Day: After days of downpours, water levels on the Seine River rose to heights not seen in 34 years.
Source: nasa.gov

Differences in incomes of physicians in the United States by race and sex: observational study: Objectives To estimate

Differences in incomes of physicians in the United States by race and sex: observational study: Objectives To estimate differences in annual income of physicians in the United States by race and sex adjusted for characteristics of physicians and practices. Design Cross sectional survey study. Setting...
Source: bmj.com

Incredibly focused Japanese author describing her tidying technique. Basically get rid of everything that you don't really,

Incredibly focused Japanese author describing her tidying technique. Basically get rid of everything that you don't really, really like and then store things where you can see them all. The KonMari technique. I enjoyed the argument she gave about sorting out your stuff. You can do it now, do it at some...
Source: amazon.co.uk

Read this lovely short book "On Bullshit". It succinctly and elegantly describes what it is. Very useful if you want to

Read this lovely short book "On Bullshit". It succinctly and elegantly describes what it is. Very useful if you want to better understand whether you (or someone else) is lying or crafting some finely wrought bullshit.
Source: princeton.edu

Skin cancer: Pair of drugs 'eliminate 20% of tumours' - BBC News: A fifth of people with advanced melanoma have no sign

Skin cancer: Pair of drugs 'eliminate 20% of tumours' - BBC News: A fifth of people with advanced melanoma have no sign of tumours in their body after treatment with a pair of immunotherapy drugs, a study shows.
Source: bbc.co.uk

Fast food may expose consumers to phthalates: reported fast food intake, the type of fast food they ate and the fat content

Fast food may expose consumers to phthalates: reported fast food intake, the type of fast food they ate and the fat content of their food over the previous 24 hours. The surveys also included objective measurements of chemicals in urine samples.
Source: reuters.com

Activists scale Nelson's Column in protest over London's 'toxic' air: Protesters from environmental campaign group Greenpeace

Activists scale Nelson's Column in protest over London's 'toxic' air: Protesters from environmental campaign group Greenpeace have scaled Nelson’s Column in a protest over air pollution in London. The group gathered at the Trafalgar Square statue at around 4.10am before starting its ascent,...
Source: standard.co.uk

Massive NHS Kernow debts spark health cut fears - BBC News: Health services in Cornwall could face "big hits" after NHS

Massive NHS Kernow debts spark health cut fears - BBC News: Health services in Cornwall could face "big hits" after NHS Kernow admits is could end the year with debts of £57m.
Source: bbc.co.uk

Watch the world’s first 360° VR surgery live stream on Thursday: VR operations: it’s all about stitch ‘em up, not

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...
Source: arstechnica.com

Peer to peer breastmilk sharing - "personal social media pages and private groups [used] rather than more well-known milk

Peer to peer breastmilk sharing - "personal social media pages and private groups [used] rather than more well-known milk sharing sites". Milk Sharing in Practice: A Descriptive Analysis of Peer Breastmilk Sharing: Abstract Peer breastmilk sharing has emerged in recent years as a subject of investigation...
Source: liebertpub.com

Good read. Animal Liberation by Peter Singer. A powerful book on animal rights written 40 years ago (updated 20 years ago

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 ......
Source: amazon.co.uk

Amazon bans cheap USB-C cables in wake of Google engineer’s crusade | ExtremeTech: Amazon has agreed to formally disallow

Amazon bans cheap USB-C cables in wake of Google engineer’s crusade | ExtremeTech: Amazon has agreed to formally disallow the sale of cables that don't conform to the USB-C specification after one Google engineer found a number of faulty cables -- including cables that destroyed hardware. It's a small...
Source: extremetech.com


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This is the Tesla Model 3, coming in 2017 for $35,000: After ten years of waiting, Tesla has revealed the Model 3, the vehicle

This is the Tesla Model 3, coming in 2017 for $35,000: After ten years of waiting, Tesla has revealed the Model 3, the vehicle that CEO Elon Musk hopes will take the electric car to the masses. At the unveiling of the Model 3 this evening at the...
Source: theverge.com

Linux at 25: Why It Flourished While Others Fizzled: Timing, cost, and the right license made all the difference

Linux at 25: Why It Flourished While Others Fizzled: Timing, cost, and the right license made all the difference
Source: ieee.org

Machines Just Got Better at Lip Reading: New speech recognition technology can distinguish sounds that look the same on

Machines Just Got Better at Lip Reading: New speech recognition technology can distinguish sounds that look the same on lips, making lip reading easier for machines
Source: ieee.org

Nottingham woman, 93, found living in 'squalor' - BBC News: A council investigates how a 93-year-old woman was left to live

Nottingham woman, 93, found living in 'squalor' - BBC News: A council investigates how a 93-year-old woman was left to live alone in "shocking" conditions despite carers being paid to look after her.
Source: bbc.co.uk

Social media beneficial for sharing and building upon patient experiences, research shows: University of Leicester research

Social media beneficial for sharing and building upon patient experiences, research shows: University of Leicester research suggests patients often seek medical knowledge from social media platforms rather than traditional medical sources.
Source: eurekalert.org


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