Facebook Strives to Bring Cheap Wi-Fi to Rural India: On a rooftop at the Shri Kunjapuri temple, located a mile high in

2015-10-26 10:54:19

Facebook Strives to Bring Cheap Wi-Fi to Rural India: On a rooftop at the Shri Kunjapuri temple, located a mile high in the foothills of the Himalayas, a metal tower with five microwave relay dishes pokes a bit further into the sky. It does not look like much, and neither the resident monkeys nor the...
Source: nytimes.com

Drug Firm Offers $1 Version of $750 Daraprim Pill - Slashdot

2015-10-26 10:38:44

Drug Firm Offers $1 Version of $750 Daraprim Pill - Slashdot
Source: slashdot.org

NHS medical director coy on 'weekend effect' of hospital deaths: Prof Sir Bruce Keogh did not confirm Jeremy Hunt’s claim

2015-10-26 10:29:14

NHS medical director coy on 'weekend effect' of hospital deaths: Prof Sir Bruce Keogh did not confirm Jeremy Hunt’s claim that 11,000 patients died every year from understaffed hospitals
Source: theguardian.com

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2015-10-25 11:38:17

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Source: elsevierhealth.com

Traffic deaths preventable, WHO says in call for road safety: Countries must introduce tougher laws to prevent drivers from

2015-10-19 23:24:26

Traffic deaths preventable, WHO says in call for road safety: Countries must introduce tougher laws to prevent drivers from speeding or drinking and help reduce the toll of 1.25 million people killed each year in traffic accidents, the World Health Organization said on Monday.
Source: reuters.com

How Is the NSA Breaking So Much Crypto? - Slashdot

2015-10-17 02:10:38

How Is the NSA Breaking So Much Crypto? - Slashdot
Source: slashdot.org

Microsoft Now Uses Windows 10's Start Menu To Display Ads - Slashdot

2015-10-15 18:33:26

Microsoft Now Uses Windows 10's Start Menu To Display Ads - Slashdot
Source: slashdot.org

UV light robots cut c. diff transmissions by 25 percent on cancer patient floors: New research from Penn Medicine infection

2015-10-11 23:48:07

UV light robots cut c. diff transmissions by 25 percent on cancer patient floors: New research from Penn Medicine infection control specialists found that ultraviolet robots helped reduce the rates transmission of the common bacterial infection known as Clostridium difficile among cancer inpatients --...
Source: eurekalert.org

2015-10-09 10:29:53

Source: nytimes.com

How Wind and Politics Pushed the Price of Texas Electricity Below Zero - Slashdot

2015-10-05 17:38:23

How Wind and Politics Pushed the Price of Texas Electricity Below Zero - Slashdot
Source: slashdot.org

NASA Earth Observatory : : This photograph shows one of the few places on Earth where an international boundary can be seen

2015-10-05 17:37:19

NASA Earth Observatory : : This photograph shows one of the few places on Earth where an international boundary can be seen at night.
Source: nasa.gov

Tick abundances in South London parks and the potential risk for Lyme borreliosis to the general public NELSON, C.. BANKS,

2015-10-05 08:47:58

Tick abundances in South London parks and the potential risk for Lyme borreliosis to the general public NELSON, C.. BANKS, S.. JEFFRIES, C. L.. WALKER, T.. LOGAN, J. G. Medical and Veterinary Entomology.
Source: wiley.com

Cassandra Rewritten In C++, Ten Times Faster - Slashdot

2015-10-03 19:04:24

Cassandra Rewritten In C++, Ten Times Faster - Slashdot
Source: slashdot.org

UK Man Gets Britain's First-Ever Conviction For Illegal Drone Use - Slashdot

2015-10-03 19:04:17

UK Man Gets Britain's First-Ever Conviction For Illegal Drone Use - Slashdot
Source: slashdot.org

Why it's time for English rugby fans to stop singing Swing Low, Sweet Chariot: The Rugby World Cup starts on Friday, with

2015-10-03 12:20:04

Why it's time for English rugby fans to stop singing Swing Low, Sweet Chariot: The Rugby World Cup starts on Friday, with the hosts England facing off against Figi at Twickenham. As you'd expect, the home side's fans will be out in full force, and singing their hearts out in support of Stuart Lancaster's...
Source: independent.co.uk

Australians' experiences with access to health care in 2013–14. "Nearly 10% ... avoided seeing a GP due to cost" in some

2015-10-02 01:24:43

Australians' experiences with access to health care in 2013–14. "Nearly 10% ... avoided seeing a GP due to cost" in some parts of Australia. (Sample sizes are not quoted in the release but, from another report, it looks like the original survey was of 36,000 Australians aged 15 and over.) The...
Source: myhealthycommunities.gov.au

Bjarne Stroustrup Announces the C++ Core Guidelines - Slashdot

2015-10-01 09:31:50

Bjarne Stroustrup Announces the C++ Core Guidelines - Slashdot
Source: slashdot.org

Snowden Joins Twitter, Follows NSA - Slashdot

2015-09-30 11:36:39

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

Seagull at Mevagissey

2015-09-25 12:00:00

A seagull in the sunshine on the harbour at Mevagissey. Tweeted this whilst on a cycle.
Source: twitter.com

Thousands of NHS doctors apply to be able to work abroad amid contract changes: General Medical Council reveals 3,468 requests