Archive for December, 2017

The Serial-Killer Detector | The New Yorker

Wednesday, December 6th, 2017

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/11/27/the-serial-killer-detector

NYTimes: A Seasonal Business Means Year-Round Work, but a Smaller Profit Window

Wednesday, December 6th, 2017

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/24/your-money/seasonal-business.html

Budget Update 2017-18

Wednesday, December 6th, 2017

https://messages.yale.edu/messages/University/univmsgs/detail/162659

Schumer warns DNA-home tests could be gathering personal info | New York Post

Monday, December 4th, 2017

https://nypost.com/2017/11/26/schumer-warns-dna-home-tests-could-be-gathering-personal-info/

NOT-OD-17-110: Request for Comments: Proposal to Update Data Management of Genomic Summary Results Under the NIH Genomic Data Sharing Policy

Monday, December 4th, 2017

https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-17-110.html

Things Looked Bleak Until These Birds Rapidly Evolved Bigger Beaks – The New York Times

Monday, December 4th, 2017

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/28/science/birds-beaks-evolution-snails.html?smid=tw-nytimesscience&smtyp=cur

How the Ferry Is Changing the Brooklyn-Queens Waterfront – NYTimes.com

Monday, December 4th, 2017

Interesting reading. Noted the: Durst’s, Spitzer’s, Ferries, Red Hook
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/12/01/realestate/how-the-ferry-is-changing-the-brooklyn-queens-waterfront.html

What Does Tesla’s Automated Truck Mean for Truckers? | WIRED

Monday, December 4th, 2017

What Does @Tesla’s Automated #Truck Mean for Truckers?
https://www.Wired.com/story/what-does-teslas-truck-mean-for-truckers/ What does it mean for drivers?! I guess: much safer highways & fewer tailgated & terrorized motorists!

What Happens When You Put 500,000 People’s DNA Online – The Atlantic

Monday, December 4th, 2017

What Happens When You Put 500,000 People’s DNA Online
https://www.theAtlantic.com/science/archive/2017/11/what-happens-when-you-put-500000-peoples-dna-online/543747/ Goes over @UK_BioBank’s big effort to put out the data without preferential access & also the great excitement for rapid
dissemination via preprint servers such as @bioRxivPreprint

Mapping air pollution with new mobile sensors

Monday, December 4th, 2017

Mapping #AirPollution with new mobile sensors
https://www.EDF.org/airqualitymaps Quote: “Any business that relies on heavy-duty diesel trucks can pose a health risk to its neighbors.”

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“This is one of several spots that caught our interest: High levels of pollutants in an area that includes homes, and this playground, close to industrial warehouses. Any business that relies on heavy-duty diesel trucks can pose a health risk to its neighbors.”
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