Archive for the ‘–’ Category

Settle Into 10 of the Most Beautiful Libraries on Earth | WIRED

Thursday, December 1st, 2016

https://www.wired.com/2016/09/settle-10-beautiful-libraries-earth/?mbid=social_twitter

Rise of digital DNA raises biopiracy fears | Science | AAAS

Tuesday, November 29th, 2016

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/11/rise-digital-dna-raises-biopiracy-fears

IHEC Consortium Papers (Cell + other journals)

Monday, November 28th, 2016

#IHECpapers rollout http://www.Cell.com/consortium/ihec Gr8 work! incl. #privacy, normal breast epigenetics, ETG links, deconvolution, #allelic activity

Take our quiz: Can you out-science an 8th grader?

Monday, November 28th, 2016

https://www.statnews.com/2016/11/28/science-quiz-eighth-grade-biology/

Solving a Mystery Behind the Deadly ‘Tsunami of Molasses’ of 1919 – The New York Times

Sunday, November 27th, 2016

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/26/science/boston-molasses-flood-science.html?smid=tw-nytimesscience&smtyp=cur&_r=0

The dark side of the human genome : Nature : Nature Research

Sunday, November 27th, 2016

Dark side of the..genome
http://www.Nature.com/nature/journal/v538/n7624/full/538275a.html QT: NextGen..has been..the tech engine of #ENCODE..but..hi-res livecell imaging [is coming]

Has figure from Khurana et al. Nat. Rev. Genet. (’16)

QT:{{”
“Next-generation sequencing has been — and still is — the
technological engine of ENCODE. But looking ahead, researchers might be able to roll out high-resolution live-cell imaging on a large scale to watch the state of the genome change in real time using specific markers. This technology could be disruptive. “If we had a better microscope, we wouldn’t be sequencing anymore,” says
Stamatoyannopoulos”
“}}

Public v. Private Polling – PredictWise

Sunday, November 27th, 2016

Public v Private Polling
http://PredictWise.com/blog/2016/11/public-v-private-polling Meta-prediction from extrapolating group characteristics limited; need raw individual data

The new MacBook Pro is kind of great for hackers – Medium

Saturday, November 26th, 2016

https://medium.com/@ageitgey/the-new-macbook-pro-is-kind-of-great-for-hackers-64c1c577a4d2#.5t306fm0z

After Amerithrax: Biodefense in a post-9/11 America | September 26, 2016 Issue – Vol. 94 Issue 38 | Chemical & Engineering News

Saturday, November 26th, 2016

After Amerithrax: Biodefense…post-9/11
http://CEN.ACS.org/articles/94/i38/Amerithrax-Biodefense-post-911-America.html Variability in measurement equipment betw. 1st responders & pub health labs

Ascent Lounge – Premier NYC Cocktail Lounge and Event Space — Time Warner Center / The Shops at Columbus Circle / Lincoln Center

Friday, November 25th, 2016

http://www.ascentloungenyc.com

too loud but nearby lounge is nice