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No, the Best Science Students Aren’t Becoming Financiers: New research throws a wrench into the Wall Street “brain drain”

No, the Best Science Students Aren’t Becoming Financiers: New research throws a wrench into the Wall Street “brain drain” debate.
Source: hbr.org

Google Plans New, Smarter Messaging App: Google is building a new mobile-messaging service that taps its artificial intelligence

Google Plans New, Smarter Messaging App: Google is building a new mobile-messaging service that taps its artificial intelligence know-how and so-called chatbot technology to try to catch up with rivals.
Source: wsj.com

Social-media news consumers at higher risk of ‘information bubbles’ | KurzweilAI

Social-media news consumers at higher risk of ‘information bubbles’ | KurzweilAI
Source: kurzweilai.net

This Christmas, take heart: Capitalism [free trade] is saving the world [reducing poverty]: As the remarkable retreat of

This Christmas, take heart: Capitalism [free trade] is saving the world [reducing poverty]: As the remarkable retreat of malaria across Africa shows, free trade is a very efficient way of spreading medicine and wealth.
Source: telegraph.co.uk

Government launches first 'TripAdvisor' style website for care homes: The system will allow residents and relatives to provide

Government launches first 'TripAdvisor' style website for care homes: The system will allow residents and relatives to provide reviews of care homes and to give them a star rating
Source: telegraph.co.uk

NHS Kernow ordered to deal with financial problems - BBC News: NHS Kernow is ordered to deal with its financial problems

NHS Kernow ordered to deal with financial problems - BBC News: NHS Kernow is ordered to deal with its financial problems by NHS England, including a projected £14m deficit.
Source: bbc.co.uk

Tier 2 immigration cap preventing NHS from effective overseas recruitment - Hospital Dr

Tier 2 immigration cap preventing NHS from effective overseas recruitment - Hospital Dr
Source: hospitaldr.co.uk

Electron lifetime is at least 66,000 yottayears - physicsworld.com: Charge conservation stands the test of time at the

Electron lifetime is at least 66,000 yottayears - physicsworld.com: Charge conservation stands the test of time at the Borexino experiment
Source: physicsworld.com

Cornwall Council's High Court victory over £160m BT contract - BBC News: A £160m contract between a council and corporate

Cornwall Council's High Court victory over £160m BT contract - BBC News: A £160m contract between a council and corporate giant BT will be scrapped following a High Court battle.
Source: bbc.co.uk

80,000 additional healthcare staff to be available for employment in the NHS by 2020 says HEE - Hospital Dr

80,000 additional healthcare staff to be available for employment in the NHS by 2020 says HEE - Hospital Dr
Source: hospitaldr.co.uk

New public management - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

New public management - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Source: wikipedia.org

Cycling infrastructure (changes to the road environment) for reducing cycling injuries in cyclists | Cochrane

Cycling infrastructure (changes to the road environment) for reducing cycling injuries in cyclists | Cochrane
Source: cochrane.org

Giroptic Is Building The GoPro For Virtual Reality: French startup Giroptic just raised $4.5 million for a new kind of

Giroptic Is Building The GoPro For Virtual Reality: French startup Giroptic just raised $4.5 million for a new kind of action camera. Giroptic looks like a GoPro, but if you look closely, you can notice three..
Source: techcrunch.com

Cambridgeshire's £800m NHS out-sourcing contract ends - A five-year £800m NHS out-sourcing contract ends after eight months

Cambridgeshire's £800m NHS out-sourcing contract ends - A five-year £800m NHS out-sourcing contract ends after eight months because the company running it failed to achieve what Andrew MacPherson, Managing Director of The NHS Strategic Projects Team that managed the procurement on behalf of the CCG...
Source: bbc.co.uk

Is this a circle? Your answer could reveal your political stance: A simple test has been devised that could determine your

Is this a circle? Your answer could reveal your political stance: A simple test has been devised that could determine your political outlook, according to a study. Researchers say those who see the shape above as a circle are more likely to have liberal political views.
Source: independent.co.uk

CDC: New Diabetes Cases on the Decline in the U.S.: By the Editors For the first time in decades, the annual number of

CDC: New Diabetes Cases on the Decline in the U.S.: By the Editors For the first time in decades, the annual number of new diabetes cases among U.S. adults appears to be declining, according to … NEJM Journal Watch.
Source: jwatch.org

New concept: treating nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy with light adaptation of rods during sleep Eye.

New concept: treating nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy with light adaptation of rods during sleep Eye.
Source: nih.gov

Organ donation: Groundbreaking law change in Wales means all adults become donors: Revolutionary new system will 'save hundreds

Organ donation: Groundbreaking law change in Wales means all adults become donors: Revolutionary new system will 'save hundreds of lives' in dramatic departure from current 'opt-in' process and will be closely watched by rest of UK
Source: telegraph.co.uk

Digital archive of Cornish life opens online - BBC News: A photo, film and audio archive documenting Cornish life is made

Digital archive of Cornish life opens online - BBC News: A photo, film and audio archive documenting Cornish life is made available online.
Source: bbc.co.uk

This Buddhist temple's 1,400-year-old ginkgo tree is dropping a sea of yellow: Thousands of people from all over China have

This Buddhist temple's 1,400-year-old ginkgo tree is dropping a sea of yellow: Thousands of people from all over China have headed to the Zhongnan Mountains to appreciate the simple beauty of a tree shedding its leaves for the 1,400th consecutive year. The storied gingko tree’s leaves start falling...
Source: independent.co.uk