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http://www.nature.com/nbt/journal/vaop/ncurrent/abs/nbt.2728.html

Whole-genome haplotype reconstruction using proximity-ligation and shotgun sequencing

HaploSeq: #haplotype reconstruction using proximity-ligation. Nice adaptation of functional genomics tech to assembly
http://www.nature.com/nbt/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nbt.2728.html

http://www.genomesunzipped.org/2013/10/genomics-england-and-the-100000-genomes.php

http://singularityhub.com/2013/11/13/causes-of-cancer-likely-found-in-junk-dna-study-says

from @andrewsu
Google Data Highlighter allows website owners to graphically structure data on web pages https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrEJds3QeTw … Need this for biology…

HOT GREASE
The Wild West of used-cooking-oil theft.

BY JOHN COLAPINTONOVEMBER 18, 2013

Hot Grease: a very non-intuitive tale of how the #biofuels boom contributed to #cooking-oil theft
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/11/18/131118fa_fact_colapinto via @nickfountain

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/339/6123/1026

A Call to Cyber Arms: Highlights the effectiveness of #stuxnet & the potential of future cyberweapons
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/339/6123/1026 #security

Interesting discussion of various bits of computer security in relation to the United States and China. There is mention that by far the most successful weapon developed thus far is the Stuxnet virus, which has not been publicly claimed by the United States or Israel but is suggested to have originated with them. There is also mention of a Snowden-like character from China who gave an interview to a US publication in relation to the extent of Chinese hacking.

http://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/the-highway-of-light-that-guided-early-planes-across-1466696698?utm_content=bufferbd774&utm_source=buffer&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Buffer

There is an interesting discussion about synthesized voices and how the technology is changing as well as some of the legal implications of this. Does a person own their voice after it has been moved into a synthesizer? For instance one can easily take the addresses from George Bush and Barak Obama and create synthesized voices from them that sound fairly realistic, which in turn can be used to say virtually anything.

Do you own your own voice? It’s now possible to synthesize realistic #voices from snippets such as an Obama address
http://www.nature.com/nature/podcast/v499/n7457/nature-2013-07-11.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/18/science/developing-a-fax-machine-to-copy-life-on-mars.html?_r=1&

QUIET COMFORT 2
Owner’s Guide
http://worldwide.bose.com/productsupport/assets/pdf/guides/headphones/qc2/en/owg_en_qc2.pdf