Archive for September, 2013

Can Your iPhone Thumbprint Be Used Against You? – Digits – WSJ

Monday, September 16th, 2013

http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2013/09/12/can-your-iphone-thumbprint-be-used-against-you/?mod=e2tw

How to Fall in Love With Math – NYTimes.com

Monday, September 16th, 2013

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/16/opinion/how-to-fall-in-love-with-math.html?smid=tw-nytopinion&seid=auto

No Child Left Untableted – NYTimes.com

Monday, September 16th, 2013

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/15/magazine/no-child-left-untableted.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&smid=tw-nytimes

Obesity: Wider understanding | The Economist

Monday, September 16th, 2013

http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21586269-how-bacteria-your-gut-may-be-shaping-your-waistline-wider-understanding?fsrc=scn/tw/te/pe/widerunderstnading

Biodiversity: Hang on | The Economist

Monday, September 16th, 2013

http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21586346-more-growth-not-less-best-hope-averting-sixth-great-extinction-hang?fsrc=scn/tw/te/pe/hangon

Letters Show Little-Known Side of Summers – WSJ.com

Monday, September 16th, 2013

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324755104579070991436878668.html?mod=e2tw

Are Depression’s Causes Biological? – NYTimes.com

Monday, September 16th, 2013

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/16/opinion/are-depressions-causes-biological.html?smid=tw-nytopinion&seid=auto&_r=0

Distributed variation prefers the golden mean – Gene Expression | DiscoverMagazine.com

Monday, September 16th, 2013

#Variation prefers the golden mean: Moderate selection involves many loci v weak & strong, few http://bit.ly/18MgU6p via @drbachinsky
Moderate selection, many loci; Weak or strong selection, few loci.
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2013/09/distributed-variation-prefers-the-golden-mean/#.UjJTHmSG1MF

Ex-Googler Gives the World a Better Bitcoin | Wired Enterprise | Wired.com

Monday, September 16th, 2013

Ex-Googler Gives the World a Better #Bitcoin: #Litecoin which appreciated $30 to $8.4K in past year
http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2013/08/litecoin via @bkunkel3
http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2013/08/litecoin/

Ray Dolby, 80, Put Passion Into Inventing Technologies for Sound Clarity – WSJ.com

Monday, September 16th, 2013

Ray #Dolby, 80… Inventing Tech for Sound Clarity. Interesting fact: he was a Marshall & Cantab PhD http://on.wsj.com/1ePvWhS MT @ScLoHo
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324755104579071643240575178.html?mod=wsj_share_tweet