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http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22029415.300-ditch-the-pedometer–the-ai-in-your-phone-is-better.html#.UnI23Hcslv0?utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=SOC&utm_campaign=twitter&cmpid=SOC%7CNSNS%7C2012-GLOBAL-twitter

http://omicsmaps.com/

Interesting discussion of a sort of aberrant hydrogen atom that has a proton and a muon as opposed to an electron. Since the muon is much heavier than the electron it sits much closer to the proton giving a sense of its shape. One can only imagine what muonic helium would look like with two of these things.

How Big Is the Proton? As determined from muonic hydrogen
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/339/6118/405.summary #physics

Cell division

.@NatureNews on WI-38, a cell line w/ tricky ethics (like #HeLa), from an aborted fetus, but essential for vaccines
http://www.nature.com/news/medical-research-cell-division-1.13273

Interesting discussion of another cell line other than Hela called WI-38 that has some challenging ethical issues. This cell line was taken from a fetus and used to develop important viral medications. The person who originally did this — Hayflick — identified four stakeholders that should really be compensated: the estate of the unborn child, the scientists, the institution and the funders.

In 1962, Leonard Hayflick created a cell strain from an aborted fetus. More than 50 years later, WI-38 remains a crucial, but controversial, source of cells.

http://www.nature.com/news/medical-research-cell-division-1.13273

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/30/technology/personaltech/ipad-air-is-lighter-thinner-and-faster.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&smid=tw-nytimes&_r=0

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/27/books/a-library-of-classics-edited-for-the-teething-set.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20131027

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/28/us/new-milestone-emerges-babys-first-iphone-app.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20131028

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/28/spotting-romantic-relationships-on-facebook/?smid=fb-nytimes&WT.z_sma=TE_RDR_20131028&_r=1

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/johncassidy/2013/10/the-nsa-and-obama-who-watches-the-watchers.html?utm_source=tny&utm_campaign=generalsocial&utm_medium=twitter

Beyond staring down the PM: Can the Guardian Take Its Aggressive Investigations [to a] Global [Brand]? http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/10/07/131007fa_fact_auletta via @Kernos501

staring down the PM to become a global brand

ANNALS OF COMMUNICATIONS
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION
A British newspaper wants to take its aggressive investigations
global, but money is running out.
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/10/07/131007fa_fact_auletta