Submitted by Magitam
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Health secretary Kathleen Sebelius has set back the cause of health care reform in her rush to distance herself from the recommendation of her own department's task force concerning mammograms, writes Steven Pearlstein. The advice that women under 50 shouldn't get annual mammograms was based on science, and Sebelius should. (Read More)
BetaNews.Com:
By Carmi Levy, BetanewsI'm sure I'm not the only one who looks at renderings of Apple's long-rumored tablet - or iTablet, or whatever name the faithful have assigned to it this week - and wishes the FedEx truck would pull up to my door with an early demo in time for the holiday season. I'm sure I'm also not the only one who (Read More)
Submitted by Magitam
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Image by Paul Stevenson via FlickrOne of the advantages of a being a relatively ancient industry analyst is the ability to look back on over 25 years of innovation and spot the real paradigm shifts amidst the updates, revisions, and otherwise mundane changes that attempt, but never deliver, something radically newBasking in (Read More)
The Future Buzz:
You should probably try it. There’s a reason you’re unsure. Perhaps you’re unsure because it involves taking a chance or you don’t think it’s perfect. Yet the ideas – especially the creative variety – that you’re unsure about are probably the most interesting. They’re also probably interesting because they are imperfect (Read More)
The Inquisitr:
The PogoPlug is one of the best plug and play NAS solutions available on the market, it’s simple to use, offers a nice clean and sleek design and users have been flocking to the devices over the last several months. Now the team at PogoPlug have announced some nice new improvements to their gadget.The PogoPlug now comes wit (Read More)
/Film:
After concept work on Battlefield Earth, Red Planet, two Star Wars prequels and The Astronauts Wife, poor old Stephan Martiniere sure could use a break. Okay, that’s not entirely fair - he also got to contribue to I, Robot which ended up being quite a clever film, at least in terms of it’s imagery.One of his assignments app (Read More)
WebUrbanist:
Photographs of Japan from the Meiji and Taisho Periods (1868-1926) have captivated viewers around the world since they were first circulated. One photographer in particular captured Japanese life so beautifully that his work has been seen by countless people all across the globe. Until very recently, though, his name was vi (Read More)
Submitted by Magitam
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In today's economic climate being great at delivery is no longer enough. Having a team of seasoned professionals who measure their success by the success of the projects they have worked on is not a sustainable model for the future. Many consultancy and business services firms have build a business based on many one-off pro (Read More)
Yahoo! News: Science News:
LiveScience.com - Grandma doesn't spend much time online - but she would be better off if she did, researchers agree. (Read More)
Yahoo! News: Science News:
SPACE.com - NASA offered a total of $400,000 to inventors who can
make stronger and more dexterous spacesuit gloves Thursday in the second Astronaut
Glove Challenge. (Read More)
Yahoo! News: Science News:
AFP - India, a stronghold of vegetarianism where the cow is a sacred animal for the majority Hindu population, has urged the rest of the world to give up eating beef to help reduce global warming. (Read More)
Submitted by Emmeffe2
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Cool, geeky brain science stuff.Cingulate Cortex and the Evolution of Human Uniqueness Figuring out how the brain decides between two options is difficult. This is especially true for the human brain, whose activity is typically accessible only via the small and occasionally distorted window provided by new imaging (Read More)