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Amazon bans cheap USB-C cables in wake of Google engineer’s crusade | ExtremeTech: Amazon has agreed to formally disallow

Amazon bans cheap USB-C cables in wake of Google engineer’s crusade | ExtremeTech: Amazon has agreed to formally disallow the sale of cables that don't conform to the USB-C specification after one Google engineer found a number of faulty cables -- including cables that destroyed hardware. It's a small...
Source: extremetech.com

United States Geological Survey confirms it: Fracking causes earthquakes | ExtremeTech: Entities all around the world, from

United States Geological Survey confirms it: Fracking causes earthquakes | ExtremeTech: Entities all around the world, from cities to whole countries, have issued moratoria on fracking pending conclusive evidence of its risks. Well, some of that evidence is in: fracking causes earthquakes.
Source: extremetech.com

White dwarf with nearly pure oxygen atmosphere surprises astronomers - physicsworld.com

White dwarf with nearly pure oxygen atmosphere surprises astronomers - physicsworld.com
Source: physicsworld.com


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Model 3 | Tesla Motors

"Model 3 is fully electric, so you never need to visit a gas station again. If you charge overnight at home, you can wake up to a full battery every morning. And when you’re on the road, it’s easy to plug in along the way—at any public station or with the Tesla charging network."
Source: teslamotors.com

Doctors Without Borders Using 3D Printing, Virtual Reality to Plan Hospitals |: Médecins Sans Frontières, aka Doctors

Doctors Without Borders Using 3D Printing, Virtual Reality to Plan Hospitals |: Médecins Sans Frontières, aka Doctors Without Borders, is investigating how 3D printing and virtual reality technologies can help the organization setup fi
Source: medgadget.com

Warning over rising number of deaths among Lake District walkers: Cumbria mountain rescue and police say ramblers may push

Warning over rising number of deaths among Lake District walkers: Cumbria mountain rescue and police say ramblers may push themselves too hard, as incidents on the fells increase
Source: theguardian.com

Researchers identify candidate biomarker of accelerated onset diabetic retinopathy: Mass. Eye and Ear researchers describe,

Researchers identify candidate biomarker of accelerated onset diabetic retinopathy: Mass. Eye and Ear researchers describe, for the first time, an association between a defective myogenic response of blood vessels in the retina and early, accelerated development of retinopathy in patients with type 1...
Source: eurekalert.org

Pioglitazone use and risk of bladder cancer: population based cohort study Marco Tuccori. Kristian B Filion. Hui Yin. Oriana

Pioglitazone use and risk of bladder cancer: population based cohort study Marco Tuccori. Kristian B Filion. Hui Yin. Oriana H Yu. Robert W Platt. Laurent Azoulay. BMJ. The authors conclude, "The results of this large population based study indicate that pioglitazone is associated with an increased...
Source: bmj.com

Less than 1 percent of millions of Google e-cigarette searches focused on quitting smoking: A study of Google search trends

Less than 1 percent of millions of Google e-cigarette searches focused on quitting smoking: A study of Google search trends led by researchers from the University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center and San Diego State University as part of the Internet Tobacco Vendors Study shows...
Source: eurekalert.org

Rare example of lost language found on stone hidden 2500 years ago: This could change our understanding of the mysterious

Rare example of lost language found on stone hidden 2500 years ago: This could change our understanding of the mysterious Etruscan civilization in Italy.
Source: arstechnica.com

Best way to stop overprescribing antibiotics? Public shaming, of course: Doctors may be as irrational as the rest of us

Best way to stop overprescribing antibiotics? Public shaming, of course: Doctors may be as irrational as the rest of us mere mortals, researchers say.
Source: arstechnica.com

Having a fridge laser could spare you from food poisoning: New method promises to cheaply and easily detect wriggling bacteria

Having a fridge laser could spare you from food poisoning: New method promises to cheaply and easily detect wriggling bacteria on your grub.
Source: arstechnica.com

Mount Fuji : Image of the Day: The highest peak in Japan is one of the nation’s most striking symbols.

Mount Fuji : Image of the Day: The highest peak in Japan is one of the nation’s most striking symbols.
Source: nasa.gov

Linux at 25: Why It Flourished While Others Fizzled: Timing, cost, and the right license made all the difference

Linux at 25: Why It Flourished While Others Fizzled: Timing, cost, and the right license made all the difference
Source: ieee.org

SKrashen: The Most Intrusive Technology of All Time

SKrashen: The Most Intrusive Technology of All Time
Source: blogspot.com

Amputee 'wasted' cash on prosthetic leg - BBC News: An amputee says he paid nearly £10,000 on a prosthetic limb because

Amputee 'wasted' cash on prosthetic leg - BBC News: An amputee says he paid nearly £10,000 on a prosthetic limb because he was not told he could have been entitled to a similar one on the NHS.
Source: bbc.co.uk

Biosimilar drugs could save up to $110 billion by 2020 - IMS : Lower-cost copies of complex biotech drugs, known as biosimilars,

Biosimilar drugs could save up to $110 billion by 2020 - IMS : Lower-cost copies of complex biotech drugs, known as biosimilars, could save the United States and Europe's five top markets as much as 98 billion euros ($110 bln) by 2020, a new analysis showed on Tuesday.
Source: reuters.com

Is evidence-based policymaking in crisis? « Healthcare Economist

Is evidence-based policymaking in crisis? « Healthcare Economist
Source: healthcare-economist.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