NASA is designing a massive solar sail to reach interstellar space | ExtremeTech: NASA wants to reach the edge of the solar system faster, so it's designing a solar sail that could do it in just 10 years.
Source: extremetech.com
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
Moderately Obese Patients Benefit from Vagal Nerve Blockade Using vBloc Neurometabolic Therapy |: Medgadget previously reported on the first U.S. implantation of the vBloc Neurometabolic Therapy system, an FDA-approved medical device for treating obesit
Source: medgadget.com
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
AI helps answer thousands of health queries in Zambia via SMS: UNICEF is testing a machine learning system to boost the quantity and quality of health advice provided via a popular text-based service in Zambia and Uganda
Source: newscientist.com
Biologists start sharing unpublished work—oh, the horror!: Bemused physicists watch biologists start biorXiv, party likes it's 1991.
Source: arstechnica.com
Birds measure magnetic fields using long-lived quantum coherence - physicsworld.com
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nuTonomy to Test World's First Fully Autonomous Taxi Service in Singapore This Year: MIT startup could be the first company in the world to deploy fully autonomous urban vehicles that you can ride in
Source: ieee.org
Vegetarian Dietary Patterns and the Risk of Colorectal Cancers: Colorectal cancers are a leading cause of cancer mortality, and their primary prevention by diet is highly desirable. The relationship of vegetarian dietary patterns to colorectal cancer risk is not well established.To evaluate the association...
Source: nih.gov
Press Announcements - FDA approves first leadless pacemaker to treat heart rhythm disorders: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the first pacemaker that does not require the use of wired leads to provide an electrical connection between the pulse-generating device and the heart. While...
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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
Meet the 25-Year-Old Behind the World's First Online School for Refugees | VICE | United States: Markus Kressler and his partner Vincent Zimmer are the founders of Kiron—a non-governmental, nonprofit organization providing a way for refugees to integrate into society.
Source: vice.com
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
Interactive telemedicine: effects on professional practice and health care outcomes. "the use of [telemedicine] TM in the management of heart failure appears to lead to
similar health outcomes as face-to-face or telephone delivery of care;
there is evidence that TM can improve the control of blood...
Source: wiley.com
Peer to peer breastmilk sharing - "personal social media pages and private groups [used] rather than more well-known milk sharing sites". Milk Sharing in Practice: A Descriptive Analysis of Peer Breastmilk Sharing: Abstract Peer breastmilk sharing has emerged in recent years as a subject of investigation...
Source: liebertpub.com
Hans Rosling asks: Has the UN gone mad? The United Nations just announced their boldest goal ever: To eradicate extreme poverty for all people everywhere, already by 2030. Don't Panic. End Poverty.
Source: gapminder.org
The Guardian view on the Panama Papers: secret riches and public rage | Editorial: Editorial: Resentment of a financial elite has been simmering for years. Now the biggest-ever leak moves the focus to politicians. Tackling tax avoidance is the only way to restore trust
Source: theguardian.com
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
Giant rats to sniff out tuberculosis in Tanzania, Mozambique prisons. No this is not an April Fool story ... The APOPO centre is alive and active. “We believe our unique TB Detection Rat
technology will prove itself as an effective mass-screening tool," said
APOPO's U.S. director, Charlie Richter....
Source: reuters.com