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Expereal: iPhone app to rate/analyze your life via data visualization Jonathan Cohen, boingboing.net Expereal is a free iPhone app developed to help people better understand themselves, to feel even more connected to the world, and to, hopefully, make more informed decisions about their lives. The marketplace has social media… RT @BoingBoing: Expereal: iPhone app to…
New evidence of ‘chemo brain’ proves cognitive damage from cancer treatment isn’t ‘all in your head’ Xeni Jardin, boingboing.net Cancer survivors everywhere are nodding in agreement today: “chemo brain” is real, as those of us who have experienced the cognitive damage associated with chemotherapy already know. Memory loss, problems with concentration an… RT @BoingBoing: New…
scientificamerican.com Help researchers map the human microbiome, the microorganisms that inhabit every inch of our skin as well as our ears, mouth, sinuses, genitals and gut [More] uBiome, Citizen Science | Scientific American http://flip.it/6OVC4 http://flip.it/FKzXC uBiome Related articles The uBiome Citizen Science Project Interview (makezine.com) What Really Happens When You Take Antibiotics? (wakingtimes.com) On Ethics…
Do jellyfish hold the secret to immortality, and a cure for cancer? Xeni Jardin, boingboing.net Nathaniel Rich on the so-called “immortal jellyfish,” Turritopsis dohrnii: “[It] seems able to survive, and proliferate, in every ocean in the world. It is possible to imagine a distant future in which most other species of li… RT @BoingBoing: Do…
Maggie Koerth-Baker, boingboing.net More than 100 biomedical and life science companies are clustered in Genome Valley, a research park in Hyderabad, India. (Via Joanne Manaster) Silicon Valley, meet Genome Valley Related articles The Other Silicon Valley That The Tech Industry Is Leaving Behind [Video] (techcrunch.com) Silicon Valley to boost…
What birds are doing with your cigarette butts Maggie Koerth-Baker, boingboing.net Nicotine is one of nature’s bug zappers. Seriously. Lots of plants have evolved to produce bug-repelling chemicals as part of their defense mechanisms and tobacco happens to be one of those plants. So when city-dwelling birds use the… RT @BoingBoing: What birds are doing…
Cory Booker goes on food stamps – Salon.com By Mary Elizabeth Williams, salon.com The Newark mayor goes on a food-stamp diet to show us what poverty tastes like Cory Booker is a rare and unique brand of politician. Cory Booker is a human being. Since taking office in 2006, the mayor of Newark has made…
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Inhabitat Green Holiday Gift Guide inhabitat.com http://flip.it/M3Ixh Related articles Inhabitat’s Week in Green: stair-climbing vacuum cleaner, carbon dioxide diapers and a real 3D-printed face (engadget.com)
Jon Stewart: Have Republicans Hit ‘Rock Bottom’ With Failed United Nations Disability Treaty? Carol Hartsell, huffingtonpost.com For the second day in a row, Jon Stewart hammered at Republicans over irrational partisanship. On Tuesday, he took down Boehner and company’s indecent fiscal cliff proposal, and on Wednesday “The Daily Show” host took senate… http://flip.it/iamVo Related articles…
‘Hobbit’ Motion Sickness, Nausea Critics Shot Down By Warner Bros. And Peter Jackson Cavan Sieczkowski, huffingtonpost.com Warner Bros. and Peter Jackson are responding to claims that “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” is causing motion sickness and nausea among viewers. Peter Jackson’s fantasy flick premiered in New Zealand on Nov. 28 and claims of… http://flip.it/WRhuh Related…
Joe Van Brussel, huffingtonpost.com Turns out nobody wants a side of politics with their pizza. Public opinion of Papa John’s dropped precipitously after CEO John Schnatter’s public comments about Obamacare, according to a new study from YouGov BrandIndex, which researches brand… http://flpbd.it/Ch49y Papa John’s Obamacare Stance Costs Company Its Reputation: Study Related articles Suck it,…
Petition Claims Ingredient In Gatorade Is A Flame Retardant, Unsafe For Consumption Mary Beth Quirk, consumerist.com (Clean Wal-Mart)Gatorade is under fire from a new consumer petition claiming that the company’s beverage contains an unhealthy ingredient, brominated vegetable oil (or BVO), that was developed as a flame retardant. Opponents of the emulsifier, whi… Related articles Top…
Tech Workers See Opportunity as Health-Care Law Kicks In By Jeff Green & Shannon Pettypiece -, bloomberg.com John Tricas said he heard opportunity knocking and learned networking software two decades ago, when it was the “next big thing.” Now he senses a similar opening as the health-care overhaul law takes effect. In September, the… http://flpbd.it/1fR6x…
Big Data: You Have No Idea How Much It Will Change Your Life Juan Enriquez, inc.com Futurist Juan Enriquez on the mind-blowing changes that Big Data is about to unleash on your business, your health, and life in general. Most modern humans are now attempting to cram more data into their heads in a single…
By Neil Janowitz, fastcompany.com Lessons: “Sometimes people are offended by the name, which is obviously never our intention. But I’ve learned that we’re not here to please everyone, and I’m ok with that. Not everybody loves what we do—and that’s probably for … Fuck Cancer CEO Yael Cohen On You Can’t Please Everybody Related articles…
Scanadu’s Medical Tricorder Will Measure Your Vital Signs In Seconds BY ARIEL SCHWARTZ, fastcoexist.com No more searching the medicine cabinet for the thermometer or being worried that your blood pressure is too high. Just hold this device up to your temple for a moment and you can start to track your health. It was less…
The Potential Health Benefits of Parasitic Gut Worms Brandon Keim, wired.com A dose of parasitic whipworms cured monkeys with chronic diarrhea, fixing immune systems gone haywire and offering a snapshot of the unexpected benefits worms — which might someday be used as living vaccines — offer to people. The Potential Health Benefits of Parasitic Gut…
Data: Bringing Hidden Healthcare Data Into the Open Sarah Mitroff, wired.com Self-described health IT hacktivist and author Fred Trotter has hatched a plan to bring hidden healthcare data into the open. http://flpbd.it/ncJYs Related articles ‘Hacktivist’ group Anonymous strikes at Israeli government websites (washingtontimes.com) HIT firm ranks hospitals based on patient engagement tools, social presence &…
The Tricorder X Prize: The Biggest Thing In Home Health Care Since The Thermometer? Cormac Foster, readwrite.com The Qualcomm Tricorder X Prize promises to turn everybody into a Doctor McCoy by 2016. It could change everything about the way we practice medicine. But are we ready for it? If you’re a redshirt thinking you might…
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