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Evolution seems to have occurred a million times faster than natural selection alone could explain. Could nature be using

Evolution seems to have occurred a million times faster than natural selection alone could explain. Could nature be using some hidden process? Just read Probably Approximately Correct by Leslie Valiant (a computational theorist). It explores a special class of algorithms which he calls 'ecorthims' that...
Source: amazon.co.uk

Google DeepMind Applies AI To Healthcare With NHS Partnership - Slashdot

Google DeepMind Applies AI To Healthcare With NHS Partnership - Slashdot
Source: slashdot.org

An Electric Car Battery That Will Get You From Paris to Brussels and Back: The metal-air battery carries more energy per

An Electric Car Battery That Will Get You From Paris to Brussels and Back: The metal-air battery carries more energy per kilogram than today’s lithium-ion batteries
Source: ieee.org

Google neural network can tell where photos were taken better than humans | ExtremeTech: This neural network has virtually

Google neural network can tell where photos were taken better than humans | ExtremeTech: This neural network has virtually visited millions of locations to learn what the world looks like.
Source: extremetech.com

Windows 10 now shows ads on the lock screen — here’s how to kill them | ExtremeTech: Microsoft has begun using the Windows

Windows 10 now shows ads on the lock screen — here’s how to kill them | ExtremeTech: Microsoft has begun using the Windows 10 lock screen to advertise content -- but while the game it chose is excellent, some people won't like the precedent this sets.
Source: extremetech.com

Berwick: "You cannot achieve excellence in combat with your future workforce" - Hospital Dr article on comments after the

Berwick: "You cannot achieve excellence in combat with your future workforce" - Hospital Dr article on comments after the imposition of the junior doctor contract.
Source: hospitaldr.co.uk

"to truly improve health equity, we need to swim even further upstream and engage in advocacy for an entire population.

"to truly improve health equity, we need to swim even further upstream and engage in advocacy for an entire population. The WHO Commission on the Social Determinants of Health was explicit that to achieve health equity, we need to tackle the inequitable distribution of power, money and resources". Swimming...
Source: bmj.com

The problem with Plan-Do-Study-Act cycles

"This article presents our reflections on the full potential of using PDSA in healthcare, but in doing so we explore the inherent complexity and multiple challenges of executing PDSA well. Ultimately, we argue that the problem with PDSA is the oversimplification of the method as it has been translated...
Source: bmj.com

Study Supports Prednisolone as First-Line Treatment Option for Gout: By Amy Orciari Herman Edited by David G. Fairchild,

Study Supports Prednisolone as First-Line Treatment Option for Gout: By Amy Orciari Herman Edited by David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH, and Jaye Elizabeth Hefner, MD Prednisolone and indomethacin are equally effective in relieving joint pain in patients with gout, according to an Annals of Internal Medicine...
Source: jwatch.org

Zika News: Puerto Rico Cases, Guillain-Barre Spikes, Persistence in Semen: By Amy Orciari Herman Edited by David G. Fairchild,

Zika News: Puerto Rico Cases, Guillain-Barre Spikes, Persistence in Semen: By Amy Orciari Herman Edited by David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH, and Jaye Elizabeth Hefner, MD Here are the latest reports on the Zika virus: NEJM Journal Watch.
Source: jwatch.org

LIGO detects first ever gravitational waves – from two merging black holes - physicsworld.com

LIGO detects first ever gravitational waves – from two merging black holes - physicsworld.com
Source: physicsworld.com

Establishing hydrogen infrastructure is not an insurmountable problem. Whatever you may have heard. Riversimple’s Finance

Establishing hydrogen infrastructure is not an insurmountable problem. Whatever you may have heard. Riversimple’s Finance Director, Jeff Loo, likens the current Hydrogen infrastructure to the (lack of) early cell phone masts. This is an exciting Welsh start-up, in Llandrindod Wells, is aiming to build...
Source: riversimple.com

RtoP. I've been privileged to work on this programme for the past 18 months with Trish groves at BMJ and now very happy

RtoP. I've been privileged to work on this programme for the past 18 months with Trish groves at BMJ and now very happy to see it launched. It is a collaboration between UCSF and BMJ bringing together the two great themes of conducting great research and getting it published. Visit rtop.bmj.com to try...
Source: bmj.com

Agreement of treatment effects for mortality from routinely collected data and subsequent randomized trials: meta-epidemiological

Agreement of treatment effects for mortality from routinely collected data and subsequent randomized trials: meta-epidemiological survey Lars G Hemkens. Despina G Contopoulos-Ioannidis. John P A Ioannidis. BMJ.
Source: bmj.com

Just finished reading Edgar Schein's Humble Inquiry: the gentle are of asking instead of telling. Edgar Schein is the Professor

Just finished reading Edgar Schein's Humble Inquiry: the gentle are of asking instead of telling. Edgar Schein is the Professor of Management Emeritus at MIT Sloan School of Management. This simply written and short book communicates his life's work on organisational psychology. Very well written. ...
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Computer simulation fills in the blanks of Neanderthal extinction: Even tiny groups of humans would have had the tech to

Computer simulation fills in the blanks of Neanderthal extinction: Even tiny groups of humans would have had the tech to out-compete Neanderthals.
Source: arstechnica.com

Dusty Snow in Central Asia : Image of the Day: A swath of dust tops the snow in Central Asia, but the question is: what

Dusty Snow in Central Asia : Image of the Day: A swath of dust tops the snow in Central Asia, but the question is: what was the source of the dust, and how did it get there?
Source: nasa.gov

Just finished reading Enabling Collaboration - a book on "achieving success through strategic alliances and partnerships"

Just finished reading Enabling Collaboration - a book on "achieving success through strategic alliances and partnerships" by Martin Echavarria (@coherence360). Getting things done invariably involves working with others and when those others are themselves complex organisations it requires some thought....
Source: enablingcollaboration.com

Driverless Dutch Bus Takes Passengers on Public Test: A robot shuttle bus carrying six passengers and no driver conducted

Driverless Dutch Bus Takes Passengers on Public Test: A robot shuttle bus carrying six passengers and no driver conducted its first trial run
Source: ieee.org

Data-driven rugby analysis. Tries vs. kicks, Southern hemisphere vs. Northern. Why Six Nations teams lag behind southern

Data-driven rugby analysis. Tries vs. kicks, Southern hemisphere vs. Northern. Why Six Nations teams lag behind southern hemisphere sides: Out-gunned in the World Cup by the southern hemisphere sides, can the Six Nations teams change their approach, asks Ben Dirs.
Source: bbc.co.uk