Archive for February, 2013

Common Ancestor of Mammals Plucked From Obscurity – NYTimes.com

Friday, February 8th, 2013

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/08/science/common-ancestor-of-mammals-plucked-from-obscurity.html?ref=science&smid=tw-nytimes&_r=0

successful crowdfunding effort

Tuesday, February 5th, 2013

You can get your gut microbiome sequenced
http://www.indiegogo.com/americangut?c=home

Save Our Inboxes! Adopt the Email Charter!

Tuesday, February 5th, 2013

http://emailcharter.org/problem.html

The World’s Tweets Light Up the Globe in Stunning Live Visualization | Wired Design | Wired.com

Tuesday, February 5th, 2013

http://www.wired.com/design/2013/02/tweetping/

Machine translation: Conquering Babel | The Economist

Tuesday, February 5th, 2013

http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21569014-simultaneous-translation-computer-getting-closer-conquering-babel

Rita Levi-Montalcini | The Economist

Tuesday, February 5th, 2013

http://www.economist.com/news/obituary/21569019-rita-levi-montalcini-biologist-died-december-30th-aged-103-rita-levi-montalcini

Patrick Radden Keefe: A Mass Shooter’s Tragic Past : The New Yorker

Tuesday, February 5th, 2013

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/02/11/130211fa_fact_keefe?currentPage=all

Mapping malware’s genome to fight future attacks – tech – 04 January 2013 – New Scientist

Tuesday, February 5th, 2013

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21728985.300-mapping-malwares-genome-to-fight-future-attacks.html

Coffee to go: Is this the end of our favourite drink? – environment – 09 January 2013 – New Scientist — Maybe we should breed a better coffee ?

Tuesday, February 5th, 2013

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21728971.500-coffee-to-go-is-this-the-end-of-our-favourite-drink.html

Google Gets in Your Face – IEEE Spectrum

Tuesday, February 5th, 2013

http://m.spectrum.ieee.org/consumer-electronics/gadgets/google-gets-in-your-face