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Specification for ventilators to be used in UK hospitals for Covid-19 outbreak(gov.uk)
1 points by biofox 7y ago|0 comments
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by biofox 7y ago
Watching this was slightly bittersweet. It reminded me of just how exciting technology was when multimedia computing and the web were taking off. Maybe I've become cynical with age, but I miss the optimism and feeling of limitless pote
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To help aging populations, classify organismal senescence(science.sciencemag.org)
2 points by biofox 7y ago|0 comments
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by biofox 7y ago
100% agree. Just to add, as well as being difficult to perform, some experiments are highly sensitive to noise. In my experience, it's not uncommon in biology to sometimes have difficulty replicating your own experiments. There are alw
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by biofox 7y ago
According to this BBC article, the average cost of ECMO treatment in the UK is £45,000 per patient: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-45409281 Medical care in the US is seriously broken.
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by biofox 7y ago
I'd recommend starting by looking at the literature of the area you want to publish in. Familiarise yourself with the main journals, and try to get a feel for the customs of the field. Almost all publications provide guidelines for aut
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by biofox 7y ago
The problem is not only that of preserving the data, but also accessing it. We can read manuscripts and tablets produced millennia ago, but are already running into difficulties accessing digital media published in our lifetimes. E.g. Compa
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Rogue emissions of ozone-depleting chemical pinned to China(nature.com)
2 points by biofox 7y ago|0 comments
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by biofox 7y ago
Whenever this topic comes up, I'm always reminded of James T. Kirk after his promotion to admiral: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CL9Dl0i1Ef8
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Quantum Machine Appears to Defy Universe’s Push for Disorder(quantamagazine.org)
84 points by biofox 8y ago|15 comments
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LENR Energy: Science or Pseudoscience?(mathscholar.org)
1 points by biofox 8y ago|0 comments
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Metal-Organic Frameworks(johncarlosbaez.wordpress.com)
1 points by biofox 8y ago|0 comments
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by biofox 8y ago
Nicotine certainly isn't anywhere near as harmful as other compounds in tobacco, but it is known to promote cell proliferation and angiogenesis, both of which contribute to the growth and spread of malignant cells. https://e
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by biofox 8y ago
This is so painful to read. From the Bishop who oversaw the destruction: "We found a large number of books in these characters and, as they contained nothing in which were not to be seen as superstition and lies of the devil, we burned
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Negative Carbon Emissions(johncarlosbaez.wordpress.com)
93 points by biofox 8y ago|87 comments
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by biofox 8y ago
I don't work in this area, but ECM scaffolds undergo significant change with age. Crosslinks and age-related remodelling degrade the mechanical properties of the scaffold and interfere with normal cell migration and differentiation. Yo
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Be a Dad(overcomingbias.com)
1 points by biofox 8y ago|0 comments
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by biofox 9y ago
One of my favourite old education films, on the Stirling engine: Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqIapDKtvzc Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFfMruoRMGo
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by biofox 9y ago
DNA repair mechanisms can synthesise new segments in response to damage. There was also a paper published last month claiming DNA synthesis following learning, but I'm sceptical: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed&#x2F
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by biofox 9y ago
The problem I have with it is that it helps to legitimize the view that an uneducated person's opinions and intuitions are more valid than expertise. In the current political climate, it's dangerous to continue stoking that narrat
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by biofox 9y ago
I worded my comment poorly. You're right... the number in not artificial. And I agree with your point on humans being capable of many things. I want to live in a society where people can make a living doing things they enjoy and are go
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by biofox 9y ago
I am completely committed to removing biases and discrimination that stand in the way of competent people, but I find the idea of equality of outcome for its own sake to be deeply troubling. It moves the discussion away from systemic bia
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by biofox 9y ago
The best advice I've read on keeping a lab notebook is to not worry about neatness. Being a perfectionist, I used to delay writing things down, because I felt I needed to take time to "do it right". Or, I'd write things
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by biofox 9y ago
Neil Armstrong also apparently suffered from imposter syndrome: http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2017/05/the-neil-story-with-ad...
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by biofox 9y ago
This is a fantastic site! I've already spent far more time than I should have clicking on "Surprise me..." and discovering something interesting. If anyone knows of any other interesting Web 1.0 sites, please submit them to w
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Court demands that search engines and internet service providers block Sci-Hub(sciencemag.org)
3 points by biofox 9y ago|0 comments
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by biofox 9y ago
Free will is a tricky subject. It certainly feels like I can deliberate and come to a free choice, by abstracting decisions from my immediate and prior influences. I have previously tried to come to terms with not having free will, and it l
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by biofox 9y ago
That's an interesting point I hadn't noticed before. Everyone downvoting the comment should read this: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_liberalism
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by biofox 9y ago
Another movie with the same theme is Waking Life. I also found it a lot more thought-provoking than Inception. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0243017/
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by biofox 9y ago
Applying denials retroactively makes no sense whatsoever -- it defeats the whole point of archiving. Do you know if archive.org still has a copy?

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