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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_swine_flu_outbreak

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederic_de_Hoffmann

http://techcrunch.com/2015/12/17/taking-the-genome-further-in-healthcare/

M66 Bus Gets Pokey Award http://www.wsj.com/articles/manhattans-m66-bus-gets-pokey-award-1450193429 Averages 3.1 mph, which is the most "preferred" human walking speed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preferred_walking_speed

Genetic Testing May Be Coming to Your Office http://www.wsj.com/articles/genetic-testing-may-be-coming-to-your-office-1450227295 Insurance may monetize #PersonalGenomics as advertising did for the Web

Your coffee maker is a #bacterial breeding ground http://qz.com/564102/your-coffee-maker-is-a-bacterial-breeding-ground/ Bugs love the warm water but it appears cleaning is effective

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“The researchers only counted the number of different bacteria types in their samples, not the total cells. A CBS investigation earlier this year found bacteria including staphylococcus and E. coli on the Keurig machines it swabbed. More than half were harboring millions of bacteria cells.

Bacteria appear to thrive in the high temperatures and chemical makeup of the coffee making process itself. Neither user behavior, the type of coffee brewed, nor frequency of the machine’s use seemed to affect the composition of the bacteria present.”

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Startups Take Bite Out of Food Poisoning
http://www.wsj.com/articles/startups-take-bite-out-of-food-poisoning-1450069262 Chem #sensors for our food & more, eventually integrated into our phones

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“Among portable chemistry sets, electronic noses, visual sensors and a panoply of other technologies—including tools specific to, for example, detecting pesticide on produce—what all these companies have in common is that though they started with food, their sensors could someday add a new level of surveillance and awareness to nature and the built environment.”
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http://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-smart-battery-case-review-iphone-battery-life-nearly-doubled-1449581402

Folding by Chaperones Accelerates Evolutionary Dynamics
http://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003269 Multiscale models link NT mutations, PPIs & cell populations

#BigData’s Mathematical Mysteries https://www.quantamagazine.org/20151203-big-datas-mathematical-mysteries/ Nice description of unsupervised analysis as ink diffusing from drops

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“In the last 15 years or so, researchers have created a number of tools to probe the geometry of these hidden structures. For example, you might build a model of the surface by first zooming in at many different points. At each point, you would place a drop of virtual ink on the surface and watch how it spread out. Depending on how the surface is curved at each point, the ink would diffuse in some directions but not in others. If you were to connect all the drops of ink, you would get a pretty good picture of what the surface looks like as a whole. And with this information in hand, you would no longer have just a collection of data points. Now you would start to see the connections on the surface, the interesting loops, folds and kinks. This would give you a map for how to explore it.”
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