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The mass atrocity event in Connecticut took place just a few miles from my own elementary school. I don’t know about you, but I am in the mood for some uplifting news right now. PSI Impact magazine, for which I am a contributor, asked its readers to nominate 10 great global health moments of the past year, then asked experts write profiles of each milestone. This list will lift your spirits.
Top 10 Global Health Milestones in 2012
An Unexpected Ass Kicking
You can read the followup to this post here. I sat down at yet-another coffee shop in Portland determined to get some work done, catch up on some emails and write another blog post . About 30 minutes into my working, an elderly gentleman at least 80 years old sat down next to me with a hot coffee and a pastry. I smiled at him and nodded and looked back at my computer as I continued to work. “Do you like Apple? As he gestured to the new Macbook Air I had picked up a few days prior.
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RICHARD FEYNMAN: A more interesting outlook
There are many tales of people acting on what they firmly believe is the right answer. One of the classics being the call to legislate on a biblical passage where pi is calculated to be 3. It didn’t get very far.The future is brighter than you think
Peter Diamandis says too much focus is placed on negative news He says the truth is that the world is poised for abundance through innovation Diamandis: Social changes have vastly increased wealth, reduced disease and violence He says smart phones put knowledge, tools in the hands of billions around the world Editor's note: Peter Diamandis is an expert on innovation, the author of "Abundance," and founder and chief executive of the X PRIZE Foundation, a nonprofit focused on creating large incentive prizes to drive breakthroughs. He spoke at the TED2012 conference in February.
A cache of over 40 letters reveals the artist’s humour and imagination ... From THE ECONOMIST online When René Magritte was 13 years old, his mother drowned herself in a local river. When the body was recovered her face was found to be covered with her nightdress.
DAVID FOSTER WALLACE, IN HIS OWN WORDS
first image the company touch bionics has developed the world’s first bionic finger for patients missing fingers called prodigits. while bionic hands have existed in many forms, patients missing only some fingers haven’t really had a solution. prodigits is a powered prosthetic that allows patients with partial hands to regain their dexterity, making simple tasks simple and easy. because each patient is different prodigits adapts to suit the user. the sockets are custom designed and built and can be made to replace anywhere from one to five fingers. the company estimates that there are up to 1.2 million partial hand amputees worldwide that could benefit from their device. http://www.touchbionics.com via the globe and mail <p style="text-align:right;color:#A8A8A8"></p>
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It began with the hedge fund guy who crossed state lines for sex. When I read his sex diary, my expectations were low; they sunk to a nadir when I opened the e-mail introducing his submission: I am a loyal reader, and this diary combines a decent week sexually with an insight into a complex psyche, if I say so myself.
Sex Diaries Editor Gets Personally Inspired by the Diarists - ELLE
Peter Weyland has been a magnet for controversy since he announced his intent to build the first convincingly humanoid robotic system by the end of the decade. Whether challenging the ethical boundaries of medicine with nanotechnology or going toe to toe with the Vatican itself on the issue of gene-therapy sterilization, Sir Peter prides himself on his motto, “If we can, we must.” After a three year media blackout, Weyland has finally emerged to reveal where he’s heading next. Wherever that may be, we will most certainly want to follow. Conceived and designed by Ridley Scott and Damon Lindelof and directed by Luke Scott. Sir Peter Weyland was born in Mumbai, India at the turn of the Millennium.
Peter Weyland at TED2023: I will change the world
40 Photo-Illustrated Questions to Refocus Your Mind
post written by: Marc Email Asking the right questions is the answer… It’s not the answers you get from others that will help you, but the questions you ask of yourself.At the meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Atul Butte gave a talk entitled, "Translational Medical Discoveries Through Data Transparency and Reuse." It could just as easily been called "how to run a successful research lab without having a lab." Butte, who is faculty at Stanford, was part of a panel that discussed the open sharing of data, and he used his own experience to provide a compelling case study that showed that, when researchers share their data, it enables others to drive a field forward in new ways. Butte focused on a specific type of data, generated by what are called DNA or gene chips.
How to run a successful research lab without having a lab
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The movements which deal with single issues or single solutions are bound to fail because they cannot control effects while leaving causes in place. From Resurgance Issue 198 More articles by Wendell Berry I HAVE HAD WITH MY friend Wes Jackson a number of useful conversations about the necessity of getting out of movements — even movements that have seemed necessary and dear to us — when they have lapsed into self-righteousness and self-betrayal, as movements seem almost invariably to do.