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  • Patent trolls own Sony IP

    Jury finds iPhone infringes Nokia, Sony patents owned by “troll” Joe Mullin, arstechnica.com Flickr user Jesus LeonWhen MobileMedia Ideas formed in 2010, it was probably the biggest sign yet that the idea of “patent-trolling” had gone corporate. The company exists solely to get licensing fees from essentially the entire cell phone… RT @arstechnica: Jury finds…

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  • NYC bio hackers make new foods at meetup

    The hackathon about hacking meat Cesar Torres, arstechnica.com A particpating member of Hack//Meat, a hackathon held in New York City December 7-9.Mike Lee of Studiofeast.comDevelopers and engineers who participate in hackathons are familiar with the rules. An organizer brings programmers together to work on… RT @arstechnica: The hackathon about hacking meat http://flip.it/eUjBa by @Urraca http://flip.it/RDblg…

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  • Google cloud music match is free

    Google’s cloud-based music-matching service has arrived… and it’s free Cyrus Farivar, arstechnica.com This is what Ars editor Cyrus Farivar sent to Google Play this morning.Cyrus FarivarGoogle has announced its own music-matching locker service, but unlike Amazon’s Cloud Player and Apple’s iTunes Match, this new service is free. Google Play, in th… RT @arstechnica: Google’s cloud…

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  • Personally experiencing the nightmare of health IT

    Robots, iPhones, and Windows XP—a personal journey through hospital IT Sean Gallagher, arstechnica.com On the Sunday after Thanksgiving, I rushed my wife to the emergency room at Baltimore’s Sinai Hospital. What she thought was just the stomach bug du jour turned out to be a life-threatening condition that would take her to nearly every corn……

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  • Why sustainability is not appealing and what else to call it

      Green Blog: What’s Your Meme? Changing the Climate Change Conversation By RACHEL NUWER, nytimes.com What’s the counterpoint to “Drill, baby, drill”? In the emerging field of meme science, researchers try to figure out what language and ideas resonate when it comes to the warming of the planet. What’s Your Meme? Changing the Climate Change…

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  • Visualizing cancer: it’s gone viral

    Cancer Rates Around The World [Infographic] By Emily Elert, popsci.com Global patterns reveal the myth of a “disease of affluence” Can­cer is often con­sid­ered a “dis­ease of afflu­ence”—a mal­a­dy that most­ly afflicts peo­ple in the world’s wealth­i­est coun­tries, often as a con­se­quence of… Cancer Rates Around The World [Infographic] http://flip.it/Pc75S http://flip.it/qUUIU Related articles Light-activated, acid-producing…

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  • Why neuroscience is a load of hype

    Genes, Cells and Brains by Hilary Rose and Steven Rose – review Steven Poole, guardian.co.uk Steven Poole praises a strong exposé of the hype surrounding genetics and neuroscience We have outsourced the job of interpreting ourselves to the modern life sciences. The decoding of the human genome will tell us who we really are, pledged…

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  • Evolutionary medicine: why human touch remains the best medicine

    Squeeze returns breast cancer cells to normal Sarah Yang-Berkeley, futurity.org UC BERKELEY (US) — Mechanical forces alone can revert and stop the out-of-control growth of cancer cells, research shows for the first time.This change happens even though the genetic mutations responsible for malignancy remain, setting up … Squeeze returns breast cancer cells to normal http://flip.it/QCCwJ…

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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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