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Theresa May’s Empty Brexit Promises: The Prime Minister and her fellow Brexiteers don’t have a viable economic vision

Theresa May’s Empty Brexit Promises: The Prime Minister and her fellow Brexiteers don’t have a viable economic vision to offer.
Source: newyorker.com

Why Did People on Medicaid Vote for Trump?: A new report explores why those who benefitted from Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion

Why Did People on Medicaid Vote for Trump?: A new report explores why those who benefitted from Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion supported the man who promised to reverse it.
Source: theatlantic.com

In a final betrayal of the Cadbury brand, Kraft has quietly abandoned its promise to stick with Fairtrade: When John Cadbury

In a final betrayal of the Cadbury brand, Kraft has quietly abandoned its promise to stick with Fairtrade: When John Cadbury founded his legendary confectionary firm in 1824, he was selling just three products: tea, coffee and – perhaps more predictably – drinking chocolate. With the help of his...
Source: independent.co.uk

US Hospitals Prepare for Penis Transplants: This Medical News & Perspectives story discusses the clinical advances and future

US Hospitals Prepare for Penis Transplants: This Medical News & Perspectives story discusses the clinical advances and future promise of penis transplants. Bridget M. Kuehn. JAMA.
Source: jamanetwork.com

Female doctors may be forced to quit over new contract, experts say: Two presidents of medical royal colleges say analysis

Female doctors may be forced to quit over new contract, experts say: Two presidents of medical royal colleges say analysis of contract shows PM’s promises to help women are false
Source: theguardian.com

Having a fridge laser could spare you from food poisoning: New method promises to cheaply and easily detect wriggling bacteria

Having a fridge laser could spare you from food poisoning: New method promises to cheaply and easily detect wriggling bacteria on your grub.
Source: arstechnica.com

10 ways MOOCs have forced Universities into a rethink. "MOOCs have made us think. As one of the most fascinating developments

10 ways MOOCs have forced Universities into a rethink. "MOOCs have made us think. As one of the most fascinating developments in higher education in my lifetime, they are,in many ways, a pioneer of a more ‘open’ spirit in learning. I’d contend that MOOCs, for all their promises and faults,...
Source: blogspot.co.uk

Faster optimization: New general-purpose optimization algorithm promises order-of-magnitude speedups on some problems. Larry

Faster optimization: New general-purpose optimization algorithm promises order-of-magnitude speedups on some problems. Larry Hardesty | MIT News Office.
Source: mit.edu

This junior doctor contract puts patients in danger | Dan Poulter: Cutting the pay and worsening working conditions will

This junior doctor contract puts patients in danger | Dan Poulter: Cutting the pay and worsening working conditions will not attract new doctors to hard-to-recruit specialisms such as A&E. But more than that, it could compromise patient care
Source: theguardian.com