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http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/08/health/for-scientists-an-exploding-world-of-pseudo-academia.html

http://igraph.sourceforge.net/

http://www.faseb.org/Scientific-Image-Competition/Winners.aspx#sthash.VxStkwTV.HGi9yNAg.dpbs

http://www.technologyreview.com/news/514366/with-personal-data-predictive-apps-stay-a-step-ahead/

MT @nytimes: Bloomberg Admits Terminal Snooping http://bit.ly/16u7fVX If Google/AOL/Yahoo likewise, would tell reporters our email access?
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/13/business/media/bloomberg-admits-terminal-snooping.html

Amherst grad who committed suicide… teaches one to appreciate the water that one’s swimming in
http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2013/05/10/david-foster-wallace-commencement-video-goes-viral-five-years-after-death

http://nyti.ms/10lV6yc

Bland New Jersey buildings are commanding rents four times as high as Class A high-rises in Manhattan, but it isn’t the space that attracts. It’s the electrical capacity.
QT:”Why pay $600 or more a square foot at unglamorous addresses like Weehawken, Secaucus and Mahwah?”

Interesting comparing to genomic ultraconserved elements MT @paulbloomatyale: 23 “ultraconserved” words http://bit.ly/10DU4KX http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=4612

QT:
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They were determined to talk about something other than concussions, a counterintuitive ambition considering the rampant worry about the effects of head trauma in young athletes. But the Washington group knew something most do not: the No. 1 killer of young athletes is sudden cardiac arrest, typically brought on by a pre-existing, detectable condition that could have been treated. Another substantial yet hidden lethal threat is heat stroke, a condition considered completely preventable.
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http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2013/05/12/flesh-eating-plant-cleaned-junk-minimalist-genome/