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Wednesday, May 31, 2017
Vancomycin 3.0 - The fight continues
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Recent news (1) that a new breed of antibiotics, possibly many orders of higher potency than what is currently available, is entering the f...
Monday, May 29, 2017
Sleep discrimination
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A recent study (1) concludes that the world is heading toward sleepless nights with climate change driving temperatures up. A mere 1 degree...
Friday, May 26, 2017
Tactical valley of ignorance
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Many of the rich and famous appear to be now indicating that universal income (1) is a good policy. It may be too little too late with chil...
Friday, May 19, 2017
Immigrants
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Nearly 3% of the population - 250 million, live outside the country of their birth (1) and it is a constant reminder that humans have been ...
Wednesday, May 10, 2017
The advantages of sex
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A recent study (1) suggests that genetic interactions are driving selection. This is an important finding and it suggests that mutations ar...
Saturday, May 6, 2017
Pinnacle
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At the pinnacle of innovation, technology and war mongering, those who are climbing it seem to have left behind nearly ten million of their...
Friday, May 5, 2017
The bulge in the frontal cortex
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Recent finding in the Journal of Neurological Sciences (1) that Descartes' brain had an unusual bulge in the frontal cortex is further...
Friday, April 28, 2017
Faking news
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Recent news that an unvaccinated Portuguese girl has died of measles (1) is a constant reminder that ignorance can exact a high cost. A sin...
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