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The personalized medicine revolution is almost here Narges Bani Asadi, venturebeat.com Narges Bani Asadi is a founder and the CEO of Bina Technologies. Bina is working to commercialize years of multidisciplinary research at the intersection of systems biology, big data, high performance computing, and genomics. Narges holds a… The personalized medicine revolution is almost here…
The Math Formula That Tells Us How Long Everything Will Live Jesus Diaz, gizmodo.com NPR’s Robert Krulwich has a whimsical piece on the one formula that rules it all, from unicellular organisms to whales and sequoias and humans. A math formula that governs our life and tells us when to die.Even more interesting: the same…
boston.com Do you know someone with a snoring problem? Buy them a pair of running shoesand not just so they can lose weight. Thats the argument in an article in the current issue of the always entertaining Medical Hypotheses. The author,… An antidote for snoring: exercise Related articles Do All Dogs Snore? (dogster.com) Snoring Mouthpiece…
11 Traditional Breakfasts From Around the World bootsnall.com It could be that a lone bagel and a cup of coffee to-go is your idea of breakfast, and the only time you actually sit down for this important meal is on weekends and holidays, but what about when you travel? What happens when you are i……
Can a High-Tech ‘Biological Passport’ End Sports Doping Forever? Sam Laird, mashable.com Lance Armstrong says it helped scare him off performance-enhancing drugs forever. It’s already been implemented in track and field as well as cycling, and world tennis authorities are now considering adding it to their arsenal as well.It’s called … http://flip.it/ZpQkh Related articles WADA…
Fart-eating underpants could do a lot for air pollution By Sarah Miller, grist.org I have been wanting to alter my rather closed-minded opinion that Japanese culture is really weird, but I guess I’m going to have to say sayonara to that idea, at least for today — because a Japanese textile company has invented… RT…
Best bed-bug poison may be Merck meds for humans By Susie Cagle, grist.org From hotel beds to movie theater seats, it seems bed bugs are absolutely everywhere these days (and if they’re not, oh god, they might be, so you’ll drive yourself insane investigating every little speck you spot). Standard methods for… RT @grist: Best…
Buy or die: The survivalist approach to climate doom By Susie Cagle, grist.org Climate change is coming! Quick, buy more stuff!! That’s the advice from the New York Times Magazine feature “How to Survive Societal Collapse in Suburbia.” Wait, don’t laugh yet — we’ll get to that. First, meet Ron Douglas, a… RT @grist: A…