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http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=a-new-path-to-longevity

Pandora is a free music service that helps you listen to and discover new music.

I’m listening to Father And Daughter by Paul Simon on Pandora

http://www.pandora.com/music/song/paul+simon/father+daughter?shareImp=true

Enjoy!

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/29/nyregion/scraping-the-40000-ceiling-at-new-york-city-private-schools.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all

Mitt Romney’s Swiss bank account: How do you open a bank account in Switzerland? – Slate Magazine
http://www.slate.com/articles/business/explainer/2012/01/mitt_romney_s_swiss_bank_account_how_do_you_open_a_bank_account_in_switzerland_.html

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Synthetic biology, environmentally friendly weapons, and the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention.
http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2012/01/synthetic_biology_environmentally_friendly_weapons_and_the_biological_and_toxin_weapons_convention_.single.html?onswipe_redirect=no

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Microbubbles Cut Cost of Algae-Derived Biofuel
http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=microbubbles-cut-cost-of-algae-deri-12-01-27

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Making Sure the Next Zuckerberg or Gates Stays Put at Harvard
http://allthingsd.com/20120127/making-sure-the-next-zuckerberg-or-gates-stays-put-at-harvard/

QT:”The responses of the 6,081 faculty respondents show that the administrative burden on faculty is very significant: 42% of the time spent by an average PI on a federally funded research project was reported to be expended on administrative tasks related to that project rather than on research. This administrative burden does not stem from one or a few exceptionally onerous tasks, but instead reflects the cumulative effect of the many administrative burdens imposed by different funding agencies, different offices within agencies, auditing and accrediting agencies, and academic institutions.” http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/fdp/index.htm
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20563268

Useful site…
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/epigenomics

Thanks!
I’ve actually been in touch with the chief scientist at this firm