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Artificial sweetener usage thought to facilitate C difficile virulence(nature.com)
2 points by growlix 9y ago|2 comments
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by growlix 9y ago
On the "Delusion <-> Con Artist" continuum, I'm inclined to think she's more on the delusion end. If your intent is to defraud, you'd want to avoid a domain that's 1) scientifically accountable, and 2) su
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by growlix 9y ago
In addition to the mechanisms described by others, it seems that antibiotics alter the microbiome in a manner that affects nutrient metabolism. source: https://www.nature.com/articles/nature11400 abstract: Antibiotics
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Human Rights Watch Report: Secret Evidence Erodes Fair Trial Rights in USA(hrw.org)
2 points by growlix 9y ago|0 comments
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by growlix 9y ago
Also that "brainwaves" have meaning beyond the behavior, brain region, and context in which they're being examined.
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by growlix 9y ago
Your comprehension seems spot on to me, though maybe you feel like you're missing something given the apparent discrepancy between the hype vs. value of this research. I think there are two relevant factors here: 1) MIT is very good at
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by growlix 9y ago
The study's design cannot address causality. They report a correlation between beta rhythms and the subjects' behavior. It's unclear whether local field potentials (LFPs), of which "beta rhythms" are one specific fr
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by growlix 9y ago
Interesting that this stems in part from misinterpretation of confidence intervals. The referenced paper, A Statistical Error in the Estimation of the Recommended Dietary Allowance for Vitamin D [0], seems like an excellent example to illus
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A universal tradeoff between power, precision and speed in physical communication [pdf](ganguli-gang.stanford.edu)
1 points by growlix 9y ago|0 comments
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by growlix 9y ago
It is amazing how many of these control rooms are just huge surfaces covered in dials and instruments that lack any representative structure of the system they are monitoring and controlling.
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by growlix 9y ago
This seems to be a pretty significant step in miniaturization. It seems noteworthy that the animals perform more trials of the task with this implant as compared to an older, larger implant. However, the article is misleading: this device d
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Government Spyware Targets Mexican Journalists and Their Families(mobile.nytimes.com)
187 points by growlix 9y ago|36 comments
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Trade Secrets Are Harming Criminal Justice(mobile.nytimes.com)
2 points by growlix 9y ago|0 comments
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by growlix 10y ago
Direct link to PDF: http://unbounce.com/docs/The-Unbounce-Conversion-Benchmark-R...
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Average Conversion Rates by Industry and Expert Recommendations(unbounce.com)
1 points by growlix 10y ago|1 comments
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by growlix 10y ago
There's an interesting New Yorker article from a few years ago that profiles some the firms and individuals involved in taste/scent making: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/11/23/the-taste
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by growlix 10y ago
The associated paper, for those that desire the "full" version: http://cowles.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/pub/d20/d20...
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Children's Doll May Be Recording All Conversations(npr.org)
13 points by growlix 10y ago|5 comments
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Determining lifestyle through skin-related chemical traces left on belongings(pnas.org)
3 points by growlix 10y ago|0 comments
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Contra Costa: Judge jails judicial reform advocate who discussed divorce online(eastbaytimes.com)
72 points by growlix 10y ago|7 comments
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The blanket octopus uses the Portuguese man o' war's tentacles as weapons [pdf](ganino.com)
2 points by growlix 10y ago|0 comments
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A New Constraint on the Drake Equation(online.liebertpub.com)
49 points by growlix 10y ago|56 comments
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Uber's claim that it's drivers aren't employees may expose it to antitrust laws(nakedcapitalism.com)
2 points by growlix 10y ago|0 comments
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SOPA hypocrisy in gif-laden House Judiciary Committee press release(languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu)
2 points by growlix 11y ago|0 comments
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Denver Police Caught Misusing Databases Got Light Punishments, Report Says(nytimes.com)
93 points by growlix 11y ago|16 comments
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Freedom 251 $4 Smartphone is Sketchy as Hell(androidauthority.com)
2 points by growlix 11y ago|1 comments
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by growlix 11y ago
The security architecture described here seems pretty clever. Is this degree of security unique across mobile devices? If the phone in question was from a different manufacturer or ran a different OS, would the FBI have to ask its creator f
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by growlix 11y ago
Let us honor Justice Scalia's memory by refraining from interpreting or contextualizing any prose for the remainder of the day.
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by growlix 11y ago
Robert Sapolsky makes an interesting point about the idea of "a" gene-environment interaction[0]: genes only exist in the context of an environment, and so "The problem with "a gene-environment interaction" is the s
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The Real Value of $100 in Each State(taxfoundation.org)
8 points by growlix 11y ago|0 comments

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