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http://www.wired.com/2014/12/mathematicians-make-major-discovery-prime-numbers/?mbid=social_twitter

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Roberts_%28scientist%29

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Taylor_%28computer_scientist%29

a father of the internet – licklider, taylor & roberts

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._C._R._Licklider

a father of the internet

mobile.nytimes.com/2014/12/21/style/how-to-be-liked-by-everyone-online.html?ref=fashion&_r=1&referrer=

COPE statement on inappropriate manipulation of
#peerreviewhttp://publicationethics.org/news/cope-statement-inappropriate-manipulation-peer-review-processes Requests to referee sent to fraudulent email addresses

Human Genetics Shape the Gut #Microbiome
http://www.cell.com/abstract/S0092-8674%2814%2901241-0 A particular family of firmicutes is highly heritable & correlated w/ BMI

Goodrich, J.K., Waters, J.L., Poole, A.C., Sutter, J.L., Koren, O., Blekhman, R., Beaumont, M., Van Treuren, W., Knight, R., Bell, J.T., et al. (2014). Human Genetics Shape the Gut Microbiome. Cell 159, 789–799.

Are some people doomed to be fat?
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22429950.400-are-some-people-doomed-to-be-fat.html Overview of metabolism & #obesity; addresses common myths, eg don’t eat before bed

Also:
14 myths and maybes about burning fat
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn26549-14-myths-and-maybes-about-burning-fat.html

http://blog.bina.com/news/bina-technologies-acquired-by-roche?hsCtaTracking=96cac941-9372-4bbf-bacb-3ca6f1ff8cfd%7C3fce0f18-835b-4086-9345-388880861732&utm_campaign=Press%20Releases%20%26%20Media%20Campaigns&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_zt4GVxasUqUjBmtX7agwgh2aNTI0eFzO2MZ62UnbvRyOUzgJHO4MElUItpVhkBWv64W-SaHD9_ngNaFtxdCjyL3Q_8w&utm_content=15359467&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=15359467

Material Question
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/12/22/material-question Will #Graphene suffer the fate of Al, waiting >100yrs post-discovery for a killer app (airplanes!)

ANNALS OF INNOVATION DECEMBER 22, 2014 ISSUE

MATERIAL QUESTION

Graphene may be the most remarkable substance ever discovered. But what’s it for?

BY JOHN COLAPINTO

QT:{{”
One atom thick, graphene is the thinnest material known and may be the strongest. Until Andre Geim, a physics professor at the University of Manchester,
discovered….
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