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Medical Reversals
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eLife
Meta-Research: A comprehensive review of randomized clinical trials in three medical journals reveals 396 medical reversals
An analysis of more than 3000 randomized controlled trials published in JAMA, the Lancet and NEJM has identified 396 medical reversals.
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As Protesters Fill Hong Kong’s Streets, Businesses Are Alarmed, Too
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NY Times
As Protesters Fill Hong Kong’s Streets, Businesses Are Alarmed, Too (Published 2019)
A wave of concern has spread through a community of foreign consultants, investors and executives who have made the territory their home and regional headquarters.
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What not to do when giving technical interviews (2014)
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Nitric oxide radicals are emitted by wasp eggs to kill mold fungi
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eLife
Nitric oxide radicals are emitted by wasp eggs to kill mold fungi
To protect their food and themselves against detrimental mould fungi, the eggs of a wasp species synthesize and emit remarkable amounts of gaseous nitrogen oxides that are highly effective antimicrobials.
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Saudi Arabia tracks runaway women by cellphone IMEI
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Business Insider
The Saudi government is hunting down women who flee the country by tracking the IMEI number on their cellphones
Cellphones are often Saudi women's route to independence. But, INSIDER has learned, Saudi Arabia is hunting women via their phone's unique IMEI code.
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Show HN: Lannister – open-source wealth manager app
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lannister.capital
Lannister Capital
The simplest wealth manager and financial planner to measure capital growth, organize holdings and track your progress.
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The U.S. is still using many pesticides that are banned in other countries
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Science News
The U.S. is still using many pesticides that are banned in other countries
In 2016, the United States used millions of kilograms of pesticides that are banned or being phased out in the European Union, Brazil and China.
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Dark Web Drug Sellers Dodge Police Crackdowns
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NY Times
Dark Web Drug Sellers Dodge Police Crackdowns
The notorious Silk Road site was shut down in 2013. Others have followed. But the online trafficking of illegal narcotics hasn’t abated.
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Apollo raises $22M to simplify app development
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Apollo Blog
Apollo raises $22 million to simplify app development
By turning code into brilliant solutions that improve people’s lives, app developers have the power to positively impact the world. At Apollo, we want to help developers help the world.To do that, we’re tackling the hardest problem in app development: data…
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Microsoft Alternatives project (MAlt): Taking back control using open software
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CERN
Migrating to open-source technologies
The Microsoft Alternatives project (MAlt) started a year ago to mitigate anticipated software license fee increases. MAlt’s objective is to put us back in control using open software. It is now time to present more widely this project and to explain how it…
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To be great, be good repeatably
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Steph | Smith
How to Be Great? Just Be Good, Repeatably
A thought piece on what it takes to truly be great and what that even means in the first place.
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Researchers use lasers to detect and destroy tumor cells in melanoma patients
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IEEE Spectrum: Technology, Engineering, and Science News
Laser Destroys Cancer Cells Circulating in the Blood
The first study of a new treatment in humans demonstrates a noninvasive, harmless cancer killer
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The world in which IPv6 was a good design (2017)
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apenwarr.ca
The world in which IPv6 was a good design
Last November I went to an IETF meeting for the first time. The IETF is an
interesting place; it seems to be about 1/3 maintenance grunt wo...
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Project Galileo: five years of protecting the vulnerable online
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The Cloudflare Blog
Project Galileo: Lessons from 5 years of protecting the most vulnerable online
Today is the 5th anniversary of Cloudflare's Project Galileo. Through the Project, Cloudflare protects—at no cost—nearly 600 organizations around the world engaged in some of the most politically and artistically important work online.
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Shazam-like technology used to identify bars illegally streaming soccer games
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The Verge
LaLiga’s app listened in on fans to catch bars illegally streaming soccer
It used a Shazam-like technology to identify soccer games
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Why I Don't Like Golang (2016)
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Significant Pattern Mining for Time Series
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christian.bock.ml
Significant Pattern Mining for Time Series · Christian Bock
Christian Bock's personal website
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Earliest known signs of cannabis smoking unearthed in China
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the Guardian
Earliest known signs of cannabis smoking unearthed in China
Incense burners found at 2,500-year-old cemetery suggest intentional use of the plant to get high
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The New York Times course to teach its reporters data skills is now open-source
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Nieman Lab
The New York Times has a course to teach its reporters data skills, and now they’ve open-sourced it
You can now VLOOKUP the SUMPRODUCT of the Times' training efforts. It's SORT of a TREND; even AVERAGE journalists can CONVERT data skills TO_DOLLARS.
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Bird Acquires Scoot
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TechCrunch
Bird confirms acquisition of Scoot | TechCrunch
Bird is acquiring electric scooter and moped startup Scoot, confirming TechCrunch's previous report that the two companies were in acquisition talks. "We
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Apple Reveals ‘Lisa’, Its $50M Gamble (1983)
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Newsweek
The New Girl in Town
Like a magician readying his best trick, Steve Jobs waited for the houselights to dim and the crowd to quiet down. A spotlight focused on a table where a bulky shape lay hidden beneath a buff-colored cloth. "The personal computer was created by a hardware…
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