Author: timbatchelder
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With an anthropologist’s eye, Duke pioneers a new approach to medical AI
STAT: With an anthropologist’s eye, Duke pioneers a new approach to medical AI. https://www.statnews.com/2020/10/05/duke-artificial-intelligence-hospital-medicine/
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Distributed, localized, precision fermentation production hubs and upcoming technological disruption
In the next 10 years, key technologies will converge to completely disrupt the five foundational sectors—information, energy, food, transportation, and materials—that underpin our global economy. We need to make sure the disruption benefits everyone. Source: We are approaching the most consequential technological disruption in
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WHO panel endorses protocol for COVID-19 herbal medicine clinical trials
The Regional Expert Committee on Traditional Medicine for COVID-19 formed by the World Health Organization (WHO), the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention and the African Union Commission for Social Affairs has endorsed a protocol for phase III clinical trials of herbal medicine for COVID-19 as well as a charter and…
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Children raised in greener areas have higher IQ, study finds
Research also found lower levels of difficult behaviour in rich and poor neighbourhoods Source: Children raised in greener areas have higher IQ, study finds | Environment | The Guardian
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A History of Outdoor Schooling
A century ago, a deadly disease sparked a novel concept: teaching in the great outdoors to keep kids safe Source: A History of Outdoor Schooling | History | Smithsonian Magazine
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COVID-19 Might Just Be The First Big Pandemic Of This Century due to Deforestation, Environmental Degradation
In an August report in the journal Cell, Fauci and medical historian David Morens, his National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) colleague, foresee an accelerating rate of pandemics in the years ahead driven largely by deforestation, urban crowding, and wet markets for wild game, which will make increasing environmental degradation worldwide in…
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Why Haven’t Clear Face Masks Caught On Yet?
Even though protective masks have become more common, transparent versions that make lip-reading possible aren’t in widespread use in hospitals, schools, or big-box stores. Source: Why Haven’t Clear Face Masks Caught On Yet?
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What U.S. States Are Ready To Test & Trace?
Source: What U.S. States Are Ready To Test & Trace?
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Lockdown ‘silence’ reveals mesmerizing sounds
The world has recently grown quieter, bringing attention to some of earth’s most mesmerizing sounds. Listen in awe in these eight acoustically rich places. Source: Lockdown ‘silence’ reveals mesmerizing sounds | CNN Travel
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Children raised in greener areas have higher IQ, study finds
Research also found lower levels of difficult behaviour in rich and poor neighbourhoods Source: Children raised in greener areas have higher IQ, study finds
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