Solar Impulse: Zero-fuel plane leaves Seville for Cairo - BBC News: The zero-fuel aeroplane, Solar Impulse, has begun what should be its penultimate flight, leaving Seville in Spain bound for Cairo in Egypt.
Source: bbc.co.uk
“Medium’s team did everything”: How 5 publishers transitioned their sites to Medium: What happened when Pacific Standard, The Ringer, The Awl, The Bold Italic, and Femsplain moved their sites over to Medium.
Source: niemanlab.org
APOD: 2016 June 20 - Sunrise Solstice over Stonehenge
Source: nasa.gov
Very Low Chance of Major Zika Spread Because of Olympics, WHO Says: By Kelly Young
Edited by Susan Sadoughi, MD, and Richard Saitz, MD, MPH, FACP, FASAM
The World Health Organization estimates that the Summer Olympics in Brazil will pose a very low risk for international transmission of the Zika...
Source: jwatch.org
For better recall, try a work out four hours after learning something: Working up a sweat may release molecules that help with memory banking.
Source: arstechnica.com
Hard Evidence: how areas with low immigration voted mainly for Brexit: Did phantom migrants affect the EU referendum result more than actual experiences of immigration?
Source: theconversation.com
On the reception and detection of pseudo-profound bullshit. Excellent paper with gems such as “Hidden meaning transforms unparalleled abstract beauty.” deployed to see who, if anyone, falls for it.
Source: sjdm.org
The integration of an anatomy massive open online course (MOOC) into a medical anatomy curriculum Swinnerton, Bronwen J.. Morris, Neil P.. Hotchkiss, Stephanie. Pickering, James D. Anatomical Sciences Education.
Source: wiley.com
Good read. "Humanising healthcare" by Dr Margaret Hannah. Great ideas briefly and clearly explained. The book outlines an approach in Fife to reduce winter pressures on beds by encouraging patients, staff, and community to seek better health care. The ideas are based on Alaska's Southcentral Foundations's...
Source: amazon.co.uk
Why Whole Wheat Is Better Than White: If you're still eating refined pastas and breads, a switch could add years to your life.
Source: theatlantic.com
"Radar and Under-Bed Sensors Help Evaluate Health of Elderly Folks |: Researchers at the University of Missouri have been testing the usefulness of contact-free sensors for evaluating the health of elderly people living in a retirement community." The sensors are nothing new and the work is published...
Source: medgadget.com
X2 Head Impact Management System Helps Spot Concussions |: X2 Biosystems, a company with offices in Redwood City, CA and Seattle, WA, is releasing its X2 Head Impact Management System for detection and evaluation of events suspected of causing concussion.
Source: medgadget.com
Your Spare Computing Power Could Help Fight Zika: Scientists are using a network called the World Community Grid to process huge amounts of data in an attempt to understand how to tackle the virus.
Source: theatlantic.com
The Plan to Avert Our Post-Antibiotic Apocalypse : A new report estimates that by 2050, drug-resistant infections will kill one person every three seconds, unless the world’s governments take drastic steps now.
Source: theatlantic.com
The scariest chart in Mary Meeker’s slide deck for newspapers has gotten even a tiny bit scarier: It's an annual moment of print realism here at Nieman Lab: The posting of the attention/advertising slide from Mary Meeker's state-of-the-Internet slide deck. It's enough of a tradition that I can now...
Source: niemanlab.org
Nearly half of U.S. adults get news on Facebook, Pew says: More than 40 percent of American adults get news on Facebook, according to a report published Thursday by the Pew Research Center and the Knight Foundation. (Disclosure: Knight is a supporter of the Lab.)
Two-thirds of Facebook users access...
Source: niemanlab.org
Woman, 90, in hospital after 'escaping' from care home - BBC News: A 90-year-old woman with dementia is being treated in hospital after going missing from a care home in Cornwall.
Source: bbc.co.uk
Nitrogen fertiliser can minimise biofuel benefits | Chemistry World
Source: rsc.org
APOD: 2016 May 18 - Halo from Atacama
Source: nasa.gov
New Exoskeleton Exclusively for Disabled Kids |: The Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) has unveiled an exoskeleton designed specifically for children suffering from spinal muscular atrophy. It weig
Source: medgadget.com