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As Ebola outbreak rages, vaccine is 97.5% effective, protecting over 90K people(arstechnica.com)
36 points by scottie_m 7y ago|4 comments
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Hulu buys AT&T's stake, leaving Comcast and Disney as owners(engadget.com)
4 points by scottie_m 7y ago|0 comments
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U.S. Measles Outbreaks Show No Signs of Slowing Down(sciencenews.org)
4 points by scottie_m 7y ago|0 comments
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Hubble Space Telescope Sees Messier 62(sci-news.com)
2 points by scottie_m 7y ago|0 comments
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Elon Musk says Tesla is “vastly ahead” on self-driving(arstechnica.com)
7 points by scottie_m 7y ago|1 comments
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by scottie_m 7y ago
It can’t today, and until it proves to do so making claims about future tech in relation to present policy is a bad idea.
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People Cause Replication Problems, Not Machine Learning(americanscientist.org)
1 points by scottie_m 8y ago|0 comments
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Taking Too Much Vitamin D Can Lead to Kidney Failure(sci-news.com)
4 points by scottie_m 8y ago|0 comments
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by scottie_m 8y ago
Agreed. Genentic engineering will probably be helpful, but first we do as you say, have to know what to engineer for. Then of course we’ll have a kind of speciation event and we’ll risk having a kind of genetic apartheid based on people who
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LHCb Results Add Clues to Pentaquark Mystery(symmetrymagazine.org)
1 points by scottie_m 8y ago|0 comments
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Our Closest Neighboring Exoplanets Could Be Habitable After All(sci-news.com)
4 points by scottie_m 8y ago|0 comments
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by scottie_m 8y ago
It’s not a study, but it’s been hypothesized that radiation and cosmic rays could cause lasting damage of just this sort through particle showers within the brain. Truthfully though there is very little in the way of studies for the simple
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by scottie_m 8y ago
It really isn’t when you look at what he’s being charged with.
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by scottie_m 8y ago
It’s still responsive for me, weird. Thanks for offering an alternative to people who need it though!
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by scottie_m 8y ago
I think the comparison to heroin is unhelpful for a start. People who are inclined to dismiss your concerns are given ammunition from the title alone, because it is after all, wildly hyperbolic. Then the first half of your piece is equal pa
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Ultra-Time-Efficient Exercise Lowers Blood Pressure, Boosts Brain Function(sci-news.com)
149 points by scottie_m 8y ago|43 comments
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by scottie_m 8y ago
The black hole is warping spacetime around it in a severe fashion. The innermost (unstable) orbit is called the photon sphere, and light can make several orbits around the hole before either falling in, or going off to infinity. The result
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Widely-Used Food Additive TBHQ Impairs Immune Responses to Influenza Infection(sci-news.com)
33 points by scottie_m 8y ago|9 comments
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by scottie_m 8y ago
The whole point of relativity is that space and time are part of the same fabric: spacetime. Movement through both is relative, and inseparable. The Lorentz factor is a factor for distance, time, and mass.
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by scottie_m 8y ago
Breaking down whole chickens with all bones and connective tissues is one of the areas where a good pressure cooker really shines. I like to make big piles of chicken and beef stock using a pressure cooker, then reducing it on the stovetop.
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by scottie_m 8y ago
Given populations of primates who use rocks to break nuts and shellfish open, I would not be shocked if this is a trait that primates evolved many times in various contexts. Still, most felids and canids (as others point out) crush bones ro
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Even Viruses Can Get Infected with Other Viruses(theatlantic.com)
2 points by scottie_m 8y ago|0 comments
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by scottie_m 8y ago
I’m pretty sure that Tesla investors with lots of money on the line invested in a car company, not Elon Musk’s hagiography.
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by scottie_m 8y ago
If I’m wealthy and want my SUV motorcade to drive through NYC all day I can trivially afford it, even if my need asymptotically approaches zero. If I’m a desperate person working three jobs to support my family, I have a great need, and yet
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by scottie_m 8y ago
They also don’t have re-education camps for religious minorities, a social credit score, and no rule of law. The U.S. is deeply flawed, especially when you take their war on drugs into account, but I’d still prefer them over China any day o
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Filing Your Taxes Is an Expensive Time Sink. That’s Not an Accident(theatlantic.com)
177 points by scottie_m 8y ago|155 comments
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The Strange Beauty of Salt Mines(theatlantic.com)
5 points by scottie_m 8y ago|0 comments
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by scottie_m 8y ago
I’m not clear that this makes Burger King any more ethical, or less unethical. You wouldn’t praise a prolific serial killer for letting the odd victim go. Besides, fast food has a lot to answer for besides animal welfare.
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by scottie_m 8y ago
“It was a mistake, and we’re sorry.” Repeat in an infinite loop because the collective media and societal memory is similar to a concussed bee’s.
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Pandora to test interactive voice ads later this year(techcrunch.com)
1 points by scottie_m 8y ago|0 comments

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