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  • The purpose of biotech regulation is to avoid growing bone in your eye

    Unproven Stem-Cell Cosmetic Treatments Can Grow Bones In Your Eyes By Paul Adams, popsci.com New cosmetic creams and therapies that make use of stem cells carry bizarre, gruesome risks. A woman in Los Ange­les went to her doc­tor with pain and click­ing in her eye­lid, fol­low­ing a cos­met­ic pro­ce­dure a few months ear­li­er. The… Unproven…

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  • Cultural intelligence and why IQ tests are still irrelevant

    IQ tests ‘do not reflect intelligence’ By Nick Collins, Science Correspondent, telegraph.co.uk IQ tests are misleading because they do not accurately reflect intelligence, according to a study which found that a minimum of three different exams are needed to measure someone’s brainpower. For more than a cen­tu­ry our intel­li­gence quo­ti… RT @TelegraphSci: IQ tests ‘do…

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  • Clothing brands that are correcting their toxic tactics

    Triumph Lingerie Gets Oeko-Tex’s Eco-Friendly Seal of Approval ecouterre.com Photo by Jas­min Malik Chua for Ecouterre One of the world’s largest pro­duc­ers of lin­gerie, under­wear, and loungewear is final­ly giv­ing Ma Earth the sup­port she deserves. Tri­umph Inter­na­tion­al announced Thurs­day that its entire… RT @inhabitat: Lingerie giant Triumph shows it’s possible to green up your…

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  • How worms can make money off of airport waste

    1.9 Million Worms Chomp Down Airport Waste in North Carolina | Inhabitat – Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Jill Fehrenbacher HOW TO: Green Your Christmas Tree TweetShare on TumblrEmail Christmas trees are one of the most enjoyable traditions of the holiday season, and there are lots of easy ways to go green with…

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  • Eco disaster redistributes tech to those in need

    Rogue Hurricane Sandy volunteers are redistributing wealth By Liat Clark, wired.co.uk Politics New York­ers weary of urban inequal­i­ty have taken it upon them­selves to pil­fer equip­ment from lux­u­ry devel­op­ment sites in the after­math of Hur­ri­cane Sandy, and redis­trib­ute it to those in need. The group is oper­at­ing… RT @WiredUK: Rogue Hurricane Sandy volunteers are redistributing…

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  • iPhones becoming your roaming physician on call

    One day smartphones will know your body better than you do By Guest Author, wired.co.uk Technology This is a guest post by Mark Cur­tis, chief client offi­cer at design con­sul­tan­cy firm Fjord. Smart­phones, tablets and the range of apps that run on these devices are trans­form­ing the health and lifestyle sec­tor, and a… RT @WiredUK:…

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  • Funf: computational social science in your pocket

    Open-source Funf platform taps into Android’s huge knowledge about you By Daniel Cossins, wired.co.uk Magazine This arti­cle was taken from the Novem­ber 2012 issue of Wired mag­a­zine. Be the first to read Wired’s arti­cles in print before they’re post­ed online, and get your hands on loads of addi­tion­al con­tent by sub­scrib­ing… http://flip.it/FiWXt Related articles Why…

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  • Bankers realize food speculation is causing global food insecurity

    Banks consider quitting food speculation due to role in global hunger By Brandon Keim, wired.co.uk Business Finan­cial giant Bar­clays is con­sid­er­ing an end to food spec­u­la­tion, a con­tro­ver­sial prac­tice linked to sud­den, dan­ger­ous spikes in glob­al food prices. Rich Ricci, head of Bar­clays’ cor­po­rate and invest­ment bank­ing… http://flip.it/eCcTF Related articles Millions face starvation as world…

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  • DIY history digitizes ethnomedical recipe books

    DIY History crowdsources the transcription of 17th century cookbooks By Carren Jao, wired.co.uk Culture “We are what we eat,” the old say­ing goes. If so, there’s no bet­ter way to digest cul­ture than to comb through painstak­ing­ly hand­writ­ten cook­books. Now, the Uni­ver­si­ty of Iowa Libraries has made the task expo­nen­tial­ly eas­i… RT @WiredUK: DIY History…

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  • DIY history identifies forgotten bio prospecting knowledge

    How to make calves’ head soup, and other culinary treats from the past By Carren Jao, wired.co.uk Culture The Uni­ver­si­ty of Iowa Libraries has made the task expo­nen­tial­ly eas­i­er with the launch of DIY His­to­ry, a crowd­sourc­ing ini­tia­tive that allows vol­un­teers to tran­scribe the Sza­th­mary Culi­nary Archives, cen­turies’ wort… http://flip.it/m6bBi Related articles BioCurious DIY BioPrinter…

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  • Google ends free Apps for Business service By Sarah Mitroff, wired.co.uk Business I kick myself for not sign­ing up for Google Apps ear­li­er. I want­ed a cus­tom email address using my web­site’s domain name and the eas­i­est option is sign­ing up for a free Google Apps for Busi­ness account. The 7-year-old ser­vice… http://flip.it/c0hiH

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  • Google ends free Apps for Business service By Sarah Mitroff, wired.co.uk Business I kick myself for not sign­ing up for Google Apps ear­li­er. I want­ed a cus­tom email address using my web­site’s domain name and the eas­i­est option is sign­ing up for a free Google Apps for Busi­ness account. The 7-year-old ser­vice… http://flip.it/c0hiH

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