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Super Blood Moon to Make Last Appearance Until 2033 - NYTimes.com

Super Blood Moon to Make Last Appearance Until 2033 - NYTimes.com
Source: nytimes.com

How to see the moon's most stunning night in 30 years: On Sunday night, the moon will be both its brightest and its darkest

How to see the moon's most stunning night in 30 years: On Sunday night, the moon will be both its brightest and its darkest in the year. But if you’re looking up to the sky, you’ll want to make sure you time it right — the full show will only last for about 71 minutes.
Source: independent.co.uk

The Sharing Economy Attracts Older Adults - NYTimes.com

The Sharing Economy Attracts Older Adults - NYTimes.com
Source: nytimes.com

Maths helps prepare for new diseases - BBC News: Researchers develop a mathematical model that can help determine the surveillance

Maths helps prepare for new diseases - BBC News: Researchers develop a mathematical model that can help determine the surveillance effort required to detect the arrival of costly invasive pathogens.
Source: bbc.co.uk

3D-printed swimming microrobots can sense and remove toxins | KurzweilAI

3D-printed swimming microrobots can sense and remove toxins | KurzweilAI
Source: kurzweilai.net

Completely paralyzed man voluntarily moves his legs, UCLA scientists report | KurzweilAI

Completely paralyzed man voluntarily moves his legs, UCLA scientists report | KurzweilAI
Source: kurzweilai.net

Gliptins and Cardiovascular Outcomes: A Comparative and Critical Analysis after TECOS: The issue related to macrovascular

Gliptins and Cardiovascular Outcomes: A Comparative and Critical Analysis after TECOS: The issue related to macrovascular outcomes and intensive glycemic control was hotly debated after the publication of landmark trials like ACCORD, ADVANCE, and VADT. The only benefits seem to come from intervening...
Source: hindawi.com

Mozilla fixes 14-year old Firefox bug, turbocharges Adblock Plus | ExtremeTech: Firefox patched an ancient bug today --

Mozilla fixes 14-year old Firefox bug, turbocharges Adblock Plus | ExtremeTech: Firefox patched an ancient bug today -- and fixed a major problem with Adblock Plus in the process.
Source: extremetech.com

Life expectancy climbs worldwide but people spend more years living with illness and disability | KurzweilAI

Life expectancy climbs worldwide but people spend more years living with illness and disability | KurzweilAI
Source: kurzweilai.net

Junior doctor contracts are threat to NHS, warn Royal Colleges: Medical specialism colleges tell Jeremy Hunt that ‘punitive

Junior doctor contracts are threat to NHS, warn Royal Colleges: Medical specialism colleges tell Jeremy Hunt that ‘punitive terms’ will damage staff numbers, morale and patient safety
Source: theguardian.com

BlaBlaCar, a French Ride-Sharing Start-Up, Is Valued at $1.6 Billion - NYTimes.com

BlaBlaCar, a French Ride-Sharing Start-Up, Is Valued at $1.6 Billion - NYTimes.com
Source: nytimes.com

Google officially launches new NFC payment service Android Pay | ExtremeTech: Google is trying NFC payments again with Android

Google officially launches new NFC payment service Android Pay | ExtremeTech: Google is trying NFC payments again with Android Pay, but you might not be able to use it yet.
Source: extremetech.com

How to capture and convert CO2 from a smokestack in a single step | KurzweilAI

How to capture and convert CO2 from a smokestack in a single step | KurzweilAI
Source: kurzweilai.net

Magnetic solitons may lead to more energy-efficient computing | KurzweilAI

Magnetic solitons may lead to more energy-efficient computing | KurzweilAI
Source: kurzweilai.net

Drug Company Backs off $750 per Pill Price Tag for Pyrimethamine — Physician’s First Watch

Drug Company Backs off $750 per Pill Price Tag for Pyrimethamine — Physician’s First Watch
Source: jwatch.org

McDonald's cage-free egg pledge pressures farmers, squeezes supply: This month's pledge by McDonald's Corp to phase out

McDonald's cage-free egg pledge pressures farmers, squeezes supply: This month's pledge by McDonald's Corp to phase out eggs laid by caged hens in its North American restaurants will increase competition for limited supplies of cage-free eggs.
Source: reuters.com

Pierre Louis and the "numerical method"

The French doctor who analysed the use of blood letting in pneumonia and settled the argument about whether it was helpful or harmful. Numbers trump even the most strongly voiced opinions. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Charles_Alexandre_Louis "Pierre-Charles-Alexandre Louis (14 April 1787...
Source: wikipedia.org

Day 246 - #thecrapartist - Sketches in Venice Some sketches this morning in the drizzle. Stood on one of those classic

blog post image Day 246 - #thecrapartist - Sketches in Venice Some sketches this morning in the drizzle. Stood on one of those classic Venetian bridges over a canal trying to ignore the complexities of passing Gondolas and tourists with suitcases. The buildings are all at different angles and festooned with windows...

Vitamin D and Health

Although heavy going at times I attended an interesting update on Vitamin D at Truro today. Basically Vitamin D seems ... well ... vital not only for bones but for soft tissues as well(1). It would be interesting to explore the relationship with diabetes, Type 1 in particular, in more detail. I had been...