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If VW can cheat regulators, how many other corporate scams are there out there?: The emissions test scandal at Volkswagen

If VW can cheat regulators, how many other corporate scams are there out there?: The emissions test scandal at Volkswagen is not simply bad for one of the world’s more successful car companies. It has, understandably, led many to wonder if other auto giants have engineered their cars to give misleading...
Source: independent.co.uk

The glucagon‐like peptide 1 receptor agonist liraglutide attenuates the reinforcing properties of alcohol in rodents Vallöf,

The glucagon‐like peptide 1 receptor agonist liraglutide attenuates the reinforcing properties of alcohol in rodents Vallöf, Daniel. Maccioni, Paola. Colombo, Giancarlo. Mandrapa, Minja. Jörnulf, Julia Winsa. Egecioglu, Emil. Engel, Jörgen A.. Jerlhag, Elisabet. Addiction Biology.
Source: wiley.com

WHO | Treat all people living with HIV, offer antiretrovirals as additional prevention choice for people at "substantial"

WHO | Treat all people living with HIV, offer antiretrovirals as additional prevention choice for people at "substantial" risk: 30 September 2015 -- With its "treat-all" recommendation, WHO removes all limitations on eligibility for antiretroviral therapy (ART) among people living with HIV; all populations...
Source: who.int

Study's message to recovering alcoholics: Quit smoking to stay sober: Adult smokers with a history of problem drinking who

Study's message to recovering alcoholics: Quit smoking to stay sober: Adult smokers with a history of problem drinking who continue smoking are at a greater risk of relapsing three years later compared with adults who do not smoke. While treatments for alcohol abuse traditionally require concurrent treatment...
Source: eurekalert.org

Ukraine outbreak brings polio back to Europe, WHO says: Two children in southwestern Ukraine have been paralyzed by polio,

Ukraine outbreak brings polio back to Europe, WHO says: Two children in southwestern Ukraine have been paralyzed by polio, the first outbreak of the disease in Europe since 2010, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday, in a setback for a global eradication campaign.
Source: reuters.com

Here are the Top 100 Tools for Learning 2015: Over 2,000 learning professionals from around the world from both education

Here are the Top 100 Tools for Learning 2015: Over 2,000 learning professionals from around the world from both education and enterprises contributed to the 9th Annual Survey of Learning Tools. Very many thanks to all those who took the time t...
Source: c4lpt.co.uk

EU May Forbid the Transfer of Personal Data To the US - Slashdot

EU May Forbid the Transfer of Personal Data To the US - Slashdot
Source: slashdot.org

High-volume facilities better for nursing hip fractures: There isn't a lot of information available to help family caregivers

High-volume facilities better for nursing hip fractures: There isn't a lot of information available to help family caregivers choose the best skilled nursing facility for an elderly loved one who breaks a hip, but a new study suggests a potentially useful quality indicator: the facility's number of hip...
Source: medicalxpress.com

EU May Forbid the Transfer of Personal Data To the US - Slashdot

EU May Forbid the Transfer of Personal Data To the US - Slashdot
Source: slashdot.org

Executive Summary to EDC-2: The Endocrine Society's Second Scientific Statement on Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals: This

Executive Summary to EDC-2: The Endocrine Society's Second Scientific Statement on Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals: This Executive Summary to the Endocrine Society's second Scientific Statement on environmental endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) provides a synthesis of the key points of the complete...
Source: endocrine.org

Science leaders make investment case - BBC News: Leading figures in the scientific community argue for a lift in public

Science leaders make investment case - BBC News: Leading figures in the scientific community argue for a lift in public research spending to boost the British economy.
Source: bbc.co.uk

Developing a website in Comic Sans - a dyslexia-friendly site consistent with equality and diversity training. Thanks for

Developing a website in Comic Sans - a dyslexia-friendly site consistent with equality and diversity training. Thanks for the challenge Simon! Here is the work in progress. It turns out that Comic Sans is not entirely web friendly (who'd have thought) but the team at www.comicneue.com have sorted out...
Source: wikipedia.org

Food tracking app links less sleeping to more eating: Even people who think they eat three meals a day may actually graze

Food tracking app links less sleeping to more eating: Even people who think they eat three meals a day may actually graze for most of their waking hours and consume fewer calories when they get more sleep, a small U.S. study suggests.
Source: reuters.com

Computer-Aided Detection for Mammography Seems to Offer Few Benefits NEJM Journal Watch.

Computer-Aided Detection for Mammography Seems to Offer Few Benefits NEJM Journal Watch.
Source: jwatch.org

Blood-cleansing biospleen device developed for sepsis therapy: Things can go downhill fast when a patient has sepsis, a

Blood-cleansing biospleen device developed for sepsis therapy: Things can go downhill fast when a patient has sepsis, a life-threatening condition in which bacteria or fungi multiply in a patient's blood—often too fast for antibiotics to help. A new device inspired by the human spleen and developed...
Source: medicalxpress.com

Snowden Joins Twitter, Follows NSA - Slashdot

Snowden Joins Twitter, Follows NSA - Slashdot
Source: slashdot.org

The tropical steam-engine: how does El Niño warm the entire globe?: El Niño has a hugely pervasive effect on global temperatures

The tropical steam-engine: how does El Niño warm the entire globe?: El Niño has a hugely pervasive effect on global temperatures - for every degree the tropical Pacific warms, land temperatures warm by 1.5 degrees. How? Because the tropical ocean is a very good heater.
Source: theconversation.com

Introducing Facebook and Summit’s K-12 Education Project | Facebook Newsroom: A group of Facebook engineers has partnered

Introducing Facebook and Summit’s K-12 Education Project | Facebook Newsroom: A group of Facebook engineers has partnered with local educators to create a classroom experience that takes advantage of all the technology and information accessible to a kid growing up today.
Source: newsroom.fb.com

Facebook founder calls for universal Internet to help cure global ills | Reuters

Facebook founder calls for universal Internet to help cure global ills | Reuters
Source: reuters.com

Tools for illuminating brain function make their own light: A variant on the optogenetics technique gives neuroscientists

Tools for illuminating brain function make their own light: A variant on the optogenetics technique gives neuroscientists the choice of activating neurons with light or an externally supplied chemical.
Source: eurekalert.org