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Deep Learning Reinvents the Hearing Aid: Finally, wearers of hearing aids can pick out a voice in a crowded room

Deep Learning Reinvents the Hearing Aid: Finally, wearers of hearing aids can pick out a voice in a crowded room
Source: ieee.org

“Pizzagate” conspiracy theory prompts gunman to “self-investigate” pizza parlor

“Pizzagate” conspiracy theory prompts gunman to “self-investigate” pizza parlor
Source: arstechnica.com

Stadium for Cornwall: Cornish Pirates' Colin Groves hopes work will start in 2017: Cornish Pirates director Colin Groves

Stadium for Cornwall: Cornish Pirates' Colin Groves hopes work will start in 2017: Cornish Pirates director Colin Groves estimates work on the Stadium for Cornwall will start "in the middle of 2017".
Source: bbc.co.uk

Pisa tests: UK lags behind in global school rankings - BBC News: The UK is still lagging behind at education, with little

Pisa tests: UK lags behind in global school rankings - BBC News: The UK is still lagging behind at education, with little progress in international rankings.
Source: bbc.co.uk

Spikes in search engine data predict when drugs will be recalled: An algorithm can predict drug recalls on the basis of

Spikes in search engine data predict when drugs will be recalled: An algorithm can predict drug recalls on the basis of internet searches made using Microsoft’s Bing, and might help identify faulty batches
Source: newscientist.com

Urine test for fatigue could help prevent accidents: Doctors, pilots, air traffic controllers and bus drivers have at least

Urine test for fatigue could help prevent accidents: Doctors, pilots, air traffic controllers and bus drivers have at least one thing in common -- if they're exhausted at work, they could be putting lives at risk. But the development of a new urine test, reported in the ACS journal Analytical Chemistry,...
Source: eurekalert.org

Science historians mark 150 years of 'the tree of life' in Nature article: How can we depict diversity? Biologists of the

Science historians mark 150 years of 'the tree of life' in Nature article: How can we depict diversity? Biologists of the 19th century faced this question as they became aware not only of the huge variety of plant and animal species, but also of the connections between these species. Ultimately it was...
Source: phys.org

Global carbon growth stalls as US coal continues to slump - BBC News: Declining US coal consumption played a significant

Global carbon growth stalls as US coal continues to slump - BBC News: Declining US coal consumption played a significant role in keeping down global emissions of carbon dioxide, says a report.
Source: bbc.co.uk

Grampound Bowling Club invites school pupils to try the game: IN 2014 the primary school in Grampound approached Grampound

Grampound Bowling Club invites school pupils to try the game: IN 2014 the primary school in Grampound approached Grampound Bowling Club to see if it could offer the children an opportunity to learn to play bowls.
Source: northcornwall-today.co.uk

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

APOD: 2016 November 28 - Arp 240: A Bridge between Spiral Galaxies from Hubble

APOD: 2016 November 28 - Arp 240: A Bridge between Spiral Galaxies from Hubble
Source: nasa.gov

What Edtech Can Learn from Theranos (EdSurge News): In 2014, Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes graced the covers of Forbes,

What Edtech Can Learn from Theranos (EdSurge News): In 2014, Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes graced the covers of Forbes, Fortune and Inc. magazines. The next year, Holmes was named one of Time's Most Influential People and the Stanford drop-out had raised more than $600M in private capital. When I...
Source: edsurge.com

New nursing apprentice role announced - BBC News: Aspiring nurses can soon enrol on a new on-the-job apprenticeship role,

New nursing apprentice role announced - BBC News: Aspiring nurses can soon enrol on a new on-the-job apprenticeship role, the government says.
Source: bbc.co.uk

Stand up for medical neutrality in war zones, international community urged - Hospital Dr

Stand up for medical neutrality in war zones, international community urged - Hospital Dr
Source: hospitaldr.co.uk

Seven-day GP opening had 'no impact' on emergency admissions or out of hours - Hospital Dr

Seven-day GP opening had 'no impact' on emergency admissions or out of hours - Hospital Dr
Source: hospitaldr.co.uk

A whole city vows to help its young people apply for college - The Hechinger Report: JACKSON — Like millions of high-school

A whole city vows to help its young people apply for college - The Hechinger Report: JACKSON — Like millions of high-school seniors nationwide, Murrah High School senior Desmond Jones, 17, is preparing to go to college next fall. Jones is interested in attending the University of Southern Mississippi...
Source: hechingerreport.org

Python is the Growing Platform for Applied Machine Learning - Machine Learning Mastery: You should pick the right tool for

Python is the Growing Platform for Applied Machine Learning - Machine Learning Mastery: You should pick the right tool for the job. The specific predictive modeling problem that you are working on should dictate the specific programming language, libraries and even machine learning algorithms to use....
Source: machinelearningmastery.com

A computer program just ranked the most influential brain scientists of the modern era: Semantic Scholar extends its reach

A computer program just ranked the most influential brain scientists of the modern era: Semantic Scholar extends its reach to neuroscience, analyzing millions of science articles. What will the business of intelligent agents look like in coming years? The successful ones will be those with the best...
Source: sciencemag.org

Missing GP records in Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk 'total 9,000' - BBC News: More than 9,000 patients' records have gone missing

Missing GP records in Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk 'total 9,000' - BBC News: More than 9,000 patients' records have gone missing since private firm Capita took over NHS file transferring services, a BBC survey shows.
Source: bbc.co.uk

In Celebration of Open Data | PLOS Biologue:   It’s not every day I get to write something that is just fun. In celebration

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...
Source: plos.org