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http://www.freep.com/usatoday/article/1975777

Adam D Ewing, Tracy J Ballinger, Dent Earl, Broad Institute Genome Sequencing and Analysis Program, Christopher C Harris, Li Ding, Richard K Wilson and David Haussler

http://genomebiology.com/2013/14/3/R22/abstract

http://m.guardiannews.com/news/datablog/2013/mar/15/twitter-users-tribes-language-analysis-tweets

http://www.wimp.com/whencollaboration/

http://www.ccnl.emory.edu/greg/Berns%20Conformity%20final%20printed.pdf

Elizabeth Kolbert: The Science of Sleeplessness : The New Yorker http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/03/11/130311fa_fact_kolbert

Nat Biotechnol. 2012 May;30(5):413-21. doi: 10.1038/nbt.2203. Carter SL, Cibulskis K, Helman E, McKenna A, Shen H, Zack T, Laird PW, Onofrio RC, Winckler W, Weir BA, Beroukhim R, Pellman D, Levine DA, Lander ES, Meyerson M, Getz G.

http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2013/03/06/1218772110.abstract Private traits and attributes are predictable from digital records of human behavior

Michal Kosinskia
David Stillwella, and
Thore Graepelb

Yankees, Baseball’s Big Spenders, Are Reining It In – NYTimes.com
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/12/sports/baseball/yankees-baseballs-big-spenders-are-reining-it-in.html

http://http://ispspeedindex.netflix.com/usa (via @WSJ: Netflix announces index that ranks ISPs on quality http://bit.ly/101iJeW )

Identity Theft: Nature and Nurture in Art and Science
By Christina Agapakis | March 12, 2013
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Art and science address the question of what makes us who we are in different, difficult, often contradictory ways. Since the phrase “nature and nurture” was first used in the late 19th century, trying to separate the contributions of inborn heredity and external environment to our unique individuality, there have been people who argue for the supremacy of our genome, epigenome, connectome, our individual historical moment and social milieux, or all of the above. ”
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/oscillator/2013/03/12/identity-theft-nature-and-nurture-in-art-and-science/