Archive for the ‘–’ Category

Chemists Discover Why the Nose Is Hypersensitive to Sulfur Odors – Scientific American

Sunday, December 18th, 2016

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/chemists-discover-why-the-nose-is-hypersensitive-to-sulfur-odors/?WT.mc_id=SA_TW_HLTH_NEWS

Google Wifi Review: The Best Mesh-Network Router Available

Sunday, December 18th, 2016

http://nymag.com/selectall/2016/12/google-wifi-review.html?mid=twitter_nymag

Yahoo discloses hack of 1 billion accounts | TechCrunch

Saturday, December 17th, 2016

https://techcrunch.com/2016/12/14/yahoo-discloses-hack-of-1-billion-accounts/

Big Data’s Mathematical Mysteries | Quanta Magazine

Saturday, December 17th, 2016

https://www.quantamagazine.org/20151203-big-datas-mathematical-mysteries/

NIH discusses curbing lab size to fund more midcareer scientists | Science | AAAS

Friday, December 16th, 2016

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/12/nih-discusses-curbing-lab-size-fund-more-midcareer-scientists

Trump Ignoring the CIA Is Bad for National Security | WIRED

Monday, December 12th, 2016

https://www.wired.com/2016/12/trump-cia-national-intelligence-briefings/?mbid=social_twitter

YaleNews | Promise and challenges of sharing ‘big data’ explored at new computing facility

Monday, December 12th, 2016

http://news.yale.edu/2016/12/09/promise-and-challenges-sharing-big-data-explored-new-computing-facility?utm_source=YNemail&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=yn-12-12-16

The Pangenome: Are Single Reference Genomes Dead? | The Scientist Magazine(R)

Monday, December 12th, 2016

http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/47510/title/The-Pangenome–Are-Single-Reference-Genomes-Dead-/#.WE20AV-Okv0.twitter

Beyond batteries: This technology could revolutionise energy | New Scientist

Sunday, December 11th, 2016

Beyond #batteries
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23230990-500-beyond-batteries-this-technology-could-revolutionise-energy/amp/ Using capacitors to store short-term needs reduces wear on
conventional cells & boosts performance

Michael James Delligatti, Creator of the Big Mac, Dies at 98

Sunday, December 11th, 2016

from http://bigmacindex.org/bmi-data-text-format
(BMI)

0.45 ’67
1.60 ’86
2.25 ’91
2.36 ’96
2.51 ’00
2.54 ’01
3.06 ’05
3.58 ’10
4.79 ’14
4.79 ’15

Creator of the #BigMac Dies
http://www.NYTmes.com/2016/11/30/business/michael-james-delligatti-creator-of-the-big-mac-dies-at-98.html Orig. cost $.45 in ’67. Then $1.6 ’86, 2.4’96,3.1’05,4.8’15 via http://BigMacIndex.org