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Science, Not Muscle, Driving Many Olympic Wins(abcnews.go.com)
1 points by graeham 13y ago|0 comments
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Bill Nye reviews a career as the Science Guy (asme.org)
1 points by graeham 13y ago|0 comments
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by graeham 13y ago
Its a bit annoying that the input locks when you've been hit. You keep typing and even though you spell it correctly you're later in the word so its marked as wrong.
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Aiming toys at just boys or girls hurts economy(bbc.co.uk)
2 points by graeham 13y ago|0 comments
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China's Jade Rabbit rover pronounced dead on the moon(newscientist.com)
1 points by graeham 13y ago|0 comments
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by graeham 13y ago
How has this story not died yet? The critical point for reducing gun violence is obviously downstream of manufacturing the gun. Further, motivated people with modest training can manufacture far more dangerous weapons with other technologi
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Tiny motors controlled inside human cell(bbc.co.uk)
3 points by graeham 13y ago|0 comments
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New laser-printed material is lighter than water, as strong as steel(arstechnica.com)
2 points by graeham 13y ago|0 comments
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by graeham 13y ago
I've always thought "proof of work" in cryptocurrencies was a bit of a misnomer since the the "work" is useless. Could resources be used for productive work instead, for example distributed computation? I'm th
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IOS8, Health Data, and Open Data(avc.com)
1 points by graeham 13y ago|0 comments
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by graeham 13y ago
It is certainly biased, but >100 people think it is interesting and its also something that hasn't be reported on very well by other media.
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On Turing’s “Computing Machinery and Intelligence”(graehamdouglas.com)
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by graeham 13y ago
The oil industry works like industries are supposted to from Econ 101: at $150 oil like there was in 2008, there is a lot more oil that becomes economically viable than the $100 oil now, or the $30 oil in the early 2000's (off-shore, o
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How Mosquitoes Detect People(nih.gov)
5 points by graeham 13y ago|0 comments
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How Sleep Clears the Brain(nih.gov)
127 points by graeham 13y ago|47 comments
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by graeham 13y ago
Last year, Apple spent $1.1B on R&D ( http://www.google.co.uk/finance?q=NASDAQ%3AAAPL&fstype=ii&ei... ). Google spent $6.6B ( http://www.google.co.uk/finance?fstype=ii&q=NASDAQ:GOOG ). The big
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Engineering, naivety and the birth of Second Sight's 'bionic eye'(massdevice.com)
1 points by graeham 13y ago|0 comments
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by graeham 13y ago
I think its quite cool as well. Great application of the technology, where the custom capabilities of 3D printing make it a true advantage. On demand, custom surgical training tools and implants are the future.
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3D-printed skull simulates sensations of brain surgery(newscientist.com)
4 points by graeham 13y ago|2 comments
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Satellite launched to boost broadband access on-the-go(spaceflightnow.com)
1 points by graeham 13y ago|0 comments
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Genetic Testing Doesn’t Improve Warfarin Dosing(nih.gov)
1 points by graeham 13y ago|0 comments
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Record-breaking gas ship launched, bigger one planned(reuters.com)
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Soon, biomedical sensors to keep astronauts fit in space(in.news.yahoo.com)
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OrCam: artifical vision for people with visual disabilities(orcam.com)
2 points by graeham 13y ago|1 comments
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by graeham 13y ago
"Generally" refers to an average trend, not that all examples must follow that trend. I am not that familiar with Marfan's or this case, so I don't know if this device is useful in this case ( http://www.medtro
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by graeham 13y ago
I find it fascinating that such an old procedure has been revisited sucessfully (not completely unheard of in medicine either). Perhaps better materials (now a polymer mesh) than used previously (cellophane wrap!).
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by graeham 13y ago
Aorta wrapping was actually pioneered in the 1950's, before the graft replacements that the article mentions, but generally the wrapping had a poor result and was abandonded as a technique. (see http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov&
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by graeham 13y ago
Note depending on the field, published research is 6-18 months old by the time its printed, and depending how specific of field you are talking, stuff that is as much as five or even 10 years old may be just as relevant as what has just bee
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Why Manufacturing Matters(asme.org)
1 points by graeham 13y ago|0 comments
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Path to Success for One Palestinian Hacker: Publicly Owning Mark Zuckerberg(wired.com)
11 points by graeham 13y ago|2 comments

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