U.S. Life Expectancy Declines, Albeit Slightly, for First Time in 2 Decades: By Amy Orciari Herman Edited by André Sofair,
U.S. Life Expectancy Declines, Albeit Slightly, for First Time in 2 Decades: By Amy Orciari Herman
Edited by André Sofair, MD, MPH, and William E. Chavey, MD, MS
Life expectancy at birth decreased from 78.9 years in 2014 to 78.8 years in 2015 — the first … NEJM Journal Watch.
Source: jwatch.org
End-of-Rotation House Staff Changes Linked to Increased Patient Mortality: By Amy Orciari Herman Edited by David G. Fairchild,
End-of-Rotation House Staff Changes Linked to Increased Patient Mortality: By Amy Orciari Herman
Edited by David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH, and Lorenzo Di Francesco, MD, FACP, FHM
Resident and intern service changes are associated with increased mortality among hospitalized patients, suggests a retrospective...
Source: jwatch.org
Brain Computation Is Organized via Power-of-Two-Based Permutation Logic: There is considerable scientific interest in understanding
Brain Computation Is Organized via Power-of-Two-Based Permutation Logic: There is considerable scientific interest in understanding how cell assemblies - the long-presumed computational motif - are organized so that the brain can generate cognitive behavior. The Theory of Connectivity proposes that...
Source: frontiersin.org
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
Digital-native outlets in Europe are more pragmatic than innovative, report suggests
"Digital-native news outlets in Europe tend to be more focused on delivering quality journalism than on creating new business models or innovating about ways news is presented, according to a new report from Oxford’s Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism that studied 12 online startups in France,...
Source: niemanlab.org
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
Baby bracelet aims to save newborns in India from hypothermia: The 8m babies born prematurely every year in India are at
Baby bracelet aims to save newborns in India from hypothermia: The 8m babies born prematurely every year in India are at risk of hypothermia. A Bangalore startup has invented a bracelet to protect them
Source: theguardian.com
Scotland’s offer to give abortions to Northern Irish women shames Stormont | Patrick Corrigan: Theresa May must follow
Scotland’s offer to give abortions to Northern Irish women shames Stormont | Patrick Corrigan: Theresa May must follow Nicola Sturgeon’s lead in exposing the intransigence of Northern Ireland politicians and the inequality of access to terminations
Source: theguardian.com
Powerful Earthquake Exposes New Land Near Kaikoura : Image of the Day: The quake lifted rocks, seaweed, and creatures above
Powerful Earthquake Exposes New Land Near Kaikoura : Image of the Day: The quake lifted rocks, seaweed, and creatures above the water line in some coastal areas of New Zealand.
Source: nasa.gov
The UK government's latest deluded idea: 'banning' underage sexting on social media: When the UK government is not busy
The UK government's latest deluded idea: 'banning' underage sexting on social media: When the UK government is not busy looking for ways to invade internet users' privacy, it's looking for ways to restrict what they are able to do online -- particularly when it comes to things of a sexual nature.
Source: betanews.com
Lights for the Enlightened: An Engineering Trek in the Himalayas: How a band of techie volunteers electrified Lingshed monastery
Lights for the Enlightened: An Engineering Trek in the Himalayas: How a band of techie volunteers electrified Lingshed monastery and school
Source: ieee.org
Study: White deaths exceeded births in one-third of states: More white deaths than births were reported in 17 US states,
Study: White deaths exceeded births in one-third of states: More white deaths than births were reported in 17 US states, more than in any time in history, compared to only four in 2004. More than 121 million people -- roughly 38 percent of the total US population -- reside in the 17 states with white...
Source: eurekalert.org
Wales organ donations 'encouraging' in year after consent law - BBC News: A new organ donation law, brought in a year ago
Wales organ donations 'encouraging' in year after consent law - BBC News: A new organ donation law, brought in a year ago in Wales, is saving lives, say ministers.
Source: bbc.co.uk
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
New computational model provides a tool for improving the production of valuable drugs: The model allows scientists to make
New computational model provides a tool for improving the production of valuable drugs: The model allows scientists to make comprehensive simulations without doing tedious experiments in the laboratory. Hence, the model will tell the scientist, which metabolic pathways are involved in the production...
Source: eurekalert.org
The US government is finally telling people that homeopathy is a sham: Companies that make homeopathic products will be
The US government is finally telling people that homeopathy is a sham: Companies that make homeopathic products will be required to spell out that their products are not based on science.
Source: vox.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
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
Reuters built its own algorithmic prediction tool to help it spot (and verify) breaking news on Twitter: "The world has
Reuters built its own algorithmic prediction tool to help it spot (and verify) breaking news on Twitter: "The world has a lot more witnesses now, and we can't be at everything. Our tool helps shift some of the burden of witnessing and lets journalists do much more of the high value-added work."
Source: niemanlab.org
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