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  • Silicon Valley, meet Genome Valley

                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…

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  • Digital tracking reveals the relation between birds and cigarette butts

    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…

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  • Cory Booker goes on food stamps to show us what food insecurity feels like

    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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  • Designer bacteria decode your health via your poo

    E. chromi Designer Bacteria Will Color Your Poo According to Your Illness | Inhabitat – Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building natural run says:, inhabitat.com E. chro­mi is an exper­i­men­tal col­lab­o­ra­tion between design­ers and sci­en­tists work­ing in the field of syn­thet­ic biol­o­gy. Royal Col­lege of Art grad­u­ates’ James King and Daisy Gins­berg, togeth­er with…

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  • Drug companies return to nutritional supplements for innovation

    (via Consumer, Drug Firms Vie in Vitamins – WSJ.com) Related articles We mistook drugs for food supplements: Ram Singh (thehindu.com) Myths In The Pricing Of New Drugs (forbes.com) Decreasing Diabetes Risk In Obese Children And Adolescents Through Vitamin D Supplementation (medicalnewstoday.com)

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  • Green holiday gift guide

    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)

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  • Bio mimicry and Steve Jobs last remarks

    How Can Designers and Architects Use Biomimicry to Stay on the Cutting Edge of Innovation? | Inhabitat – Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Diane Pham says:, inhabitat.com Short­ly before his death in 2011, Steve Jobs said, “I think the biggest inno­va­tions of the 21st cen­tu­ry will be at the inter­sec­tion of biol­o­gy and…

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  • Cancer survivor uses social media to improve medical help

    Drew Olanoff, Cancer Survivor, gets Tattoo of Biggest Donor’s Twitter Handle Jay Scott, huffingtonpost.com The name Drew Olanoff may be one that you have heard before. If you are a twit­ter afi­ciona­do (like me!), you may have once uti­lized the hash­tag #blamedrewscancer. If you haven’t, well here are a few things you should know: after…

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  • FDA approved iPhone EKG machine

    This $200 iPhone Case Is An FDA-Approved EKG Machine Co.Design, huffingtonpost.com Most iPhone cases just pro­tect your phone from drops. If you’re get­ting fancy, it may have a fish­eye cam­era lens or a screen-printed back. But what about diag­nos­ing coro­nary heart dis­ease, arrhyth­mia, or con­gen­i­tal heart defects? The… http://flip.it/tkpwY Related articles EPI Life: World’s first…

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  • GOP and UN disability treaty position

    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…

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  • Does 48 fps cause motion sickness?

    ‘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…

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  • Papa John’s Obamacare Stance Costs Company Its Reputation: Study

    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,…

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