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Evidence of possible 'probing' attacks on Internet infrastructure? Someone is learning how to take down the Internet.

Evidence of possible 'probing' attacks on Internet infrastructure? Someone is learning how to take down the Internet.
Source: kurzweilai.net

The Plan to Avert Our Post-Antibiotic Apocalypse : A new report estimates that by 2050, drug-resistant infections will kill

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

Brits Can Now Insure Their Driverless Cars: Adrian Flux, which specializes in cars, takes a bold first step in robocar insurance

Brits Can Now Insure Their Driverless Cars: Adrian Flux, which specializes in cars, takes a bold first step in robocar insurance
Source: ieee.org

Turning Carbon Dioxide Into Stone. Carbon capture in basalt takes only 2 years says research team in Iceland.

Turning Carbon Dioxide Into Stone. Carbon capture in basalt takes only 2 years says research team in Iceland.
Source: thenakedscientists.com

Fast food may expose consumers to phthalates: reported fast food intake, the type of fast food they ate and the fat content

Fast food may expose consumers to phthalates: reported fast food intake, the type of fast food they ate and the fat content of their food over the previous 24 hours. The surveys also included objective measurements of chemicals in urine samples.
Source: reuters.com

How long will it take? Conceptualizing the temporal dynamics of energy transitions

How long will it take? Conceptualizing the temporal dynamics of energy transitions
Source: sciencedirect.com

This is the Tesla Model 3, coming in 2017 for $35,000: After ten years of waiting, Tesla has revealed the Model 3, the vehicle

This is the Tesla Model 3, coming in 2017 for $35,000: After ten years of waiting, Tesla has revealed the Model 3, the vehicle that CEO Elon Musk hopes will take the electric car to the masses. At the unveiling of the Model 3 this evening at the...
Source: theverge.com

Good read. Obliquity by John Kay on behavioural economics. "The world is complex, imperfectly known, and our knowledge of

Good read. Obliquity by John Kay on behavioural economics. "The world is complex, imperfectly known, and our knowledge of it is incomplete, and these things will remain true however much we learn and however much we analyse it." That is why we need to be 'oblique' or muddle through rather than be direct...
Source: amazon.co.uk

Seeing takeaway food makes you eat more, say researchers in Fenland study. "Government strategies to promote healthier

Seeing takeaway food makes you eat more, say researchers in Fenland study. "Government strategies to promote healthier diets through planning restrictions for takeaway food could be most effective if focused around the workplace." Associations between exposure to takeaway food outlets, takeaway food...
Source: bmj.com

More Than Half of What Americans Eat Is 'Ultra-Processed': And those foods account for 90 percent of U.S. added sugar intake,

More Than Half of What Americans Eat Is 'Ultra-Processed': And those foods account for 90 percent of U.S. added sugar intake, new research says.
Source: theatlantic.com

Next Generation Learning Analytics: Or, How Learning Analytics is Passé: "'Learning Analytics,' as so many know it, is

Next Generation Learning Analytics: Or, How Learning Analytics is Passé: "'Learning Analytics,' as so many know it, is already passé. There is almost always a disconnect between research innovation and the popular imagination. By the time a new concept or approach achieves widespread acceptance, its...
Source: timothyharfield.com

Cheap Plasmonic Interferometer Could Enable Prickless Glucose Monitor: Turns out plasmonic internferometers don't need a

Cheap Plasmonic Interferometer Could Enable Prickless Glucose Monitor: Turns out plasmonic internferometers don't need a coherent light source to take measurements
Source: ieee.org

"In its ongoing effort to make MOOCs more and more like traditional education, Coursera has launched 'mentor-guided courses'

"In its ongoing effort to make MOOCs more and more like traditional education, Coursera has launched 'mentor-guided courses' for the cost of $US 248." I like Stephen Downes and the way he pokes fun at the big MOOC companies. Their aim though is simply to try and monetize their courses. The mentor...
Source: downes.ca

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

eLearning Modules will Die… and 702010 will hold the Smoking Gun: "When talking about technology and learning it’s hard

eLearning Modules will Die… and 702010 will hold the Smoking Gun: "When talking about technology and learning it’s hard not to think about elearning modules. They’ve been the bread and butter of digital learning solutions for decades and the industry behind them has helped many, including myself,...
Source: learnnovators.com

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

The rise of the robots Excellent read but of a gloomy dystopian future where robots and software take over manual tasks

The rise of the robots Excellent read but of a gloomy dystopian future where robots and software take over manual tasks (as they already have done) and also skilled labour displacing even highly skilled jobs in time. Healthcare might survive a little longer but physicians assistants empowered by...
Source: amazon.co.uk

In this book Tony Atkinson - Centennial Professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science - asks the question,

In this book Tony Atkinson - Centennial Professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science - asks the question, "If we wish to reduce the extent of inequality, how can this be done?" His answer includes looking at history for evidence of what has worked in the past and what could be...
Source: harvard.edu

College at Oxford Will Remove Cecil Rhodes Plaque | Inside Higher Ed

College at Oxford Will Remove Cecil Rhodes Plaque | Inside Higher Ed
Source: insidehighered.com