Links for February 11th through February 12th:
- Cell-Off: Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Fall Short of Potential Found in Embryonic Version: Scientific American – Cell-Off: Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Fall Short of Potential Found in Embryonic Version
- Infection insight raises hopes of better anti-HIV gels – health – 10 February 2010 – New Scientist – RNA version of HIV is what transmits the disease; raises hopes of better anti-HIV gels
- Weight scale for atoms could map ‘island of stability’ – physics-math – 10 February 2010 – New Scientist – The mass of an atom heavier than uranium has been measured for the first time
- Meet The First Miners of the New Social Graph – RT @novaspivack Interesting article on datamining the social graph to
find people to follow etc. by @RWW - Wrong kind of buzz around Google Buzz | Net Effect – Wrong kind of buzz around Google Buzz – excellent and worrying points: Google, please fix #buzz #humanrights
- First genes for stuttering: Common speech problem, in some cases, may actually be an inherited metabolic disorder – First genes for stuttering: Common speech problem, in some cases, may actually be an inherited metabolic disorder
- The no-server notes wiki – And now it’s all this – My no-server wiki for organizing project notes can now handle subdirectories. And has a better wrtieup:
- What Makes a Great Teacher? – The Atlantic
(January/February 2010) – Must read: What makes a great teacher? Data from Teach for America. - Twitter / Maria Popova: #TED Some cancer-fighting … – #TED Some cancer-fighting antiangiogenetic foods William Li has identified: Green tea, parsley, berries, grapefruit, nutmeg
- Twitter / TED News: Dietary factors like Vitam … – Dietary factors like Vitamin E, Tea, and Tumeric are more potent at reducing angiogenesis in cancer than many drugs says William Li at #TED
- Twitter / Loic Le Meur: Eating cooked tomatoes 2x … – Eating cooked tomatoes 2x a week reduces men prostate cancer 50% #ted