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Snapchat reportedly has more daily users than Twitter. What does that mean for news?: Snapchat now has more active daily

Snapchat reportedly has more daily users than Twitter. What does that mean for news?: Snapchat now has more active daily users than Twitter, Bloomberg reported Thursday. Snapchat has 150 million active daily users, up from 110 million in December, Bloomberg reported. Twitter, meanwhile, has less...
Source: niemanlab.org

Ultrathin Stick-On Device Measures, Displays Blood Oxygen Concentration |: Fitness trackers are exceptionally popular nowadays

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
Source: medgadget.com

In Privacy Versus Security, End-to-End Encryption Is Definitely Winning: Viber and WhatsApp have switched it on to protect

In Privacy Versus Security, End-to-End Encryption Is Definitely Winning: Viber and WhatsApp have switched it on to protect 1.7 billion users worldwide
Source: ieee.org

Tell big brands: stop rainforest destruction: Big brands like PepsiCo, Johnson & Johnson & Colgate are still using rainforest-destroying

Tell big brands: stop rainforest destruction: Big brands like PepsiCo, Johnson & Johnson & Colgate are still using rainforest-destroying palm oil. We have to force them to stop before the Indonesian rainforest is ablaze again.
Source: greenpeace.org.uk

Meta-Analysis: Metformin Should Still Be First-Line Diabetes Therapy, Even with Newer Drugs Available: By Amy Orciari Herman

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...
Source: jwatch.org

NHS bullying made me want to kill myself and forced me to quit: I will never forget what happened to me and four years on

NHS bullying made me want to kill myself and forced me to quit: I will never forget what happened to me and four years on I still suffer trauma whenever I go near the hospital where I once worked
Source: theguardian.com

Integrate to Innovate: Using Standards to Push Content Forward: While many of the traditional publishing tasks remain intact,

Integrate to Innovate: Using Standards to Push Content Forward: While many of the traditional publishing tasks remain intact, new tasks that are much more technical in nature have changed the skill sets required to be scholarly publishers. As new and developing…
Source: sspnet.org

Anthropogenic carbon release rate unprecedented during the past 66 million years Richard E. Zeebe. Andy Ridgwell. James

Anthropogenic carbon release rate unprecedented during the past 66 million years Richard E. Zeebe. Andy Ridgwell. James C. Zachos. Nature Geoscience.
Source: nature.com


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Green light for Duchenne muscular dystrophy drug - BBC News: A drug for treating children aged five and over with Duchenne

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.
Source: bbc.co.uk

Nicola Sturgeon to provide free 'baby box' to new parents: First minister’s proposal will offer clothes, nappies and toys

Nicola Sturgeon to provide free 'baby box' to new parents: First minister’s proposal will offer clothes, nappies and toys in bid to tackle infant poverty rates in Scotland
Source: theguardian.com

The Future of US Health Care Policy: The enactment of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010 was the most monumental change

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...
Source: jamanetwork.com

UK government's fracking definition 'could allow drilling without safeguards': Leading geologist warns loophole in government’s

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
Source: theguardian.com

How long will it take? Conceptualizing the temporal dynamics of energy transitions

How long will it take? Conceptualizing the temporal dynamics of energy transitions
Source: sciencedirect.com

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

No excuse for doctors who refuse to treat transgender people: Society is making strides but doctors are still far behind

No excuse for doctors who refuse to treat transgender people: Society is making strides but doctors are still far behind when it comes to giving trans people the treatment they ask for and the respect they deserve, says Jessica Hamzelou
Source: newscientist.com

The Drugs That Built a Super Soldier: During the Vietnam War, the U.S. military plied its servicemen with speed, steroids,

The Drugs That Built a Super Soldier: During the Vietnam War, the U.S. military plied its servicemen with speed, steroids, and painkillers to help them handle extended combat.
Source: theatlantic.com

This student put 50 million stolen research articles online. And they’re free.: Alexandra Elbakyan is challenging the

This student put 50 million stolen research articles online. And they’re free.: Alexandra Elbakyan is challenging the multibillion-dollar academic publishing industry.
Source: washingtonpost.com

Just read the "Happy Life" story - saving abandoned children on the streets of Nairobi. This is about a children rescue

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...
Source: amazon.co.uk

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