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JSTOR begins offering free yet limited access to its online academic library By Ben Kersey, theverge.com Online digital library JSTOR will begin offering free access to its catalogue of journals, papers, and books. The Register & Read program will now allow individuals to register for the service, but members will only be able to read……
2013 Prediction: Science Funding Remains Strong By Juliet Eilperin, popsci.com Barack Obama’s second term should see the same focus on funding science and technology—although the budget ax is looming. Science and technology have utterly transformed human life in the past few generations, and forecasts of the… RT @gram_positive: But will remain weak in the Philippines.…
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‘This generation’s Agent Orange:’ New registry to tally, track burn pit illnesses among vets By Bill Briggs, NBC News contributor, nbcnews.com An American flag dangles from the Torres home, the sign of a long battle won: a new law — signed Thursday by President Barack Obama — creating a registry of U.S. service members perhaps…
The Fiscal Cliff Is Forcing a Biomedical Day of Reckoning Luke Timmerman, xconomy.com Luke TimmermanSarah Palin, the onetime candidate for the second-highest elected office in the U.S., once delivered a rant on the campaign trail about waste she perceived in federal support of fruit fly research.Scientists everywhere were… http://flip.it/DNFcj Related articles Watch the Palin Turkey…
Why 2013 Will Be a Big Year for NYC’s Tech Start-Ups! Alan McGlade, forbes.com New York City has a thriving start-up scene and now is firmly established as the number two innovation center behind Silicon Valley. The ramp in momentum can be felt across the city landscape from the mayor’s office where Michael… RT @flipboardtech:…
FDA Guidance on Responding to Unsolicited Requests for Off-Label Information pharma-mkting.com Two days after Christmas, on December 27, 2011, while most of us were still on vacation, the FDA quietly issued “Guidance for Industry Responding to Unsolicited Requests for Off-Label Information About Prescription Drugs and Medical… RT @pharmaguy: FDA Guidance on Responding to Unsolicited Requests…
This Weird Map Visualizes Air Pollution as Nose Hair Length smithsonianmag.com If there’s one thing nobody wants, it’s really long nose hairs. Which is perhaps why Clean Air Asia has decided to start visualizing each person’s air pollution exposure as super-long, disgusting nose hairs. The group says: The more… This Weird Map Visualizes Air Pollution…
76 things banned in the Bible, most of which are punishable by death Xeni Jardin, boingboing.net An oldie but goodie single-purpose Tumblr listing things banned in Leviticus, the banny-est of all scriptures. The sex stuff you can imagine (no bonking animals, dudes if you are a dude, divorcées, your grandmother, or your own children… RT…
Pesticides In Tap Water Linked To Rise In Food Allergies Morgana Matus, inhabitots.com Image courtesy of ShutterstockWhen planning a meal for a playdate or birthday party, it seems you always have to be aware of a food allergy for at least someone in you child’s friend group. According to the Centers for Disease Control and……
Most Doctors Fail To Warn Pregnant Patients About Environmental Risks That Could Endanger Their Fetuses Jennifer Chait, inhabitots.com Image courtesy of ShutterstockA new nationwide survey, conducted by University of California, San Francisco researchers, shows that most doctors are not informing their pregnant patients about environmental risks they may encounter while… RT @inhabitat: A troubling survey…
Top 10 Chemicals Most Likely to Cause Autism and Other Learning Disorders Jennifer Chait, inhabitots.com This year, the CDC reported that autism now affects 1 of every 88 American children, which is an unusually high increase from previous years. Now, we may have some more clues as to what is causing the dramatic increases. The…
Nine facts about guns and mass shootings in the United States Ezra Klein, washingtonpost.com When we first collected much of this data, it was after the Aurora, Colo. shootings, and the air was thick with calls to avoid “politicizing” the tragedy. That is code, essentially, for “don’t talk about reforming our gun control laws.”Let’s be……
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