CDC - Water Fluoridation Additives - Engineering Fact Sheet - Community Water Fluoridation - Oral Health

http://www.cdc.gov/fluoridation/factsheets/engineering/wfadditives.htm


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What Google Learned From Its Quest to Build the Perfect Team - The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/28/magazine/what-google-learned-from-its-quest-to-build-the-perfect-team.html?_r=0


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Why do we think we know what we know? A metaknowledge analysis of the salt controversy

http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2016/02/17/ije.dyv184.abstract


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Commentary: Salt and the assault of opinion on evidence

http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2016/02/17/ije.dyw015.full#pq=bFAaRn

I also lament the lack of some pivotal long-term pragmatic randomized trials to answer questions in the contested borderland between believers and non-believers. I hate being a believer or a non-believer, I went into science because I did not want just to have to believe.
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Apple’s Legal Argument ‘Calls the Director of the FBI a Liar, in as Many Words’ | Motherboard

http://motherboard.vice.com/read/apples-legal-argument-calls-the-director-of-the-fbi-a-liar-in-as-many-words?utm_source=mbfb


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Will we ever stop using fossil fuels? | MIT News

http://news.mit.edu/2016/carbon-tax-stop-using-fossil-fuels-0224


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Trump Will Be the Nominee and the GOP (Unfortunately) Will Be Fine

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/imortal/2016/02/24/trump-will-be-the-nominee-and-the-gop-unfortunately-will-be-fine/

The GOP has been cultivating the Trump electorate for generations now. You can draw a direct line from Nixon's "silent majority," through Reagan's sunny obliviousness, through George W. Bush's flippant swagger, through rabid anti-intellectualism of Sarah Palin, right to the substanceless jingoistic braggadocio of Donald Trump. For decades, the Republican Party has succeeded by intentionally fostering an electorate of fanatical ignoramuses, and now this their harvest. - See more at: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/imortal/2016/02/24/trump-will-be-the-nominee-and-the-gop-unfortunately-will-be-fine/#sthash.je9l3EQj.dpuf

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HPV vaccine

http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2016/02/23/hpv_rates_are_down_but_stopping_related_cancers_requires_more_vaccination.html


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An Impulsive Trip--on USAir Flight 427 : Tragedy: When Southland engineer's meeting ended early, he hopped a plane to surprise his parents for his 40th birthday. Relatives and colleagues recall plane crash victim as quiet, dedicated and dynamic. - latimes

http://articles.latimes.com/1994-09-11/news/mn-37426_1_40th-birthday


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Shared from Twitter: Letter to the editor defending Christianity misses on pretty much everything.

Letter to the editor defending Christianity misses on pretty much everything. from JT Eberhard's Tweet

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Moore’s law really is dead this time | Ars Technica

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/02/moores-law-really-is-dead-this-time/


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A Skeleton Key of Unknown Strength | Dan Kaminsky's Blog

http://dankaminsky.com/2016/02/20/skeleton/


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The latest DNS bug is terrifying, widespread, and reveals deep flaws in Internet security / Boing Boing

http://boingboing.net/2016/02/21/the-latest-dns-bug-is-terrifyi.html


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Looking Back - The New Yorker

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/02/29/antonin-scalia-looking-backward?currentPage=all


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Apple, FBI, and the Burden of Forensic Methodology | Zdziarski's Blog of Things

http://www.zdziarski.com/blog/?p=5645


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Apple, FBI, and the Burden of Forensic Methodology | Zdziarski's Blog of Things

http://www.zdziarski.com/blog/?p=5645


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Shared from Twitter: Apple Says This Mess Could've Been Avoided If the Government Hadn't Fucked Up

Apple Says This Mess Could've Been Avoided If the Government Hadn't Fucked Up  from Gizmodo's Tweet

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Shared from Twitter: www.ehu.eus/aitor/irakas/mes/Reference/mermin.pdf

www.ehu.eus/aitor/irakas/mes/Reference/mermin.pdf from Ruthie Miller's Tweet

Does reality consist of a four-dimensional spacetime at every point of which there is a collection of operators on an infinite- dimensional Hilbert space? 

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The real reason behind the FBI's encryption battle with Apple.

http://www.upworthy.com/the-real-reason-behind-the-fbis-encryption-battle-with-apple?c=ufb1


---Steve

Shared from Twitter: Patterico's Pontifications » The Apple iPhone and the San Bernardino Shooters: It’s Not What You’ve Been Told

Patterico's Pontifications » The Apple iPhone and the San Bernardino Shooters: It's Not What You've Been Told from Patterico's Tweet

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The chips are down for Moore’s law : Nature News & Comment

http://www.nature.com/news/the-chips-are-down-for-moore-s-law-1.19338


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The chips are down for Moore’s law | Richard Dawkins Foundation

https://richarddawkins.net/2016/02/the-chips-are-down-for-moores-law/


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Renta Tent Sedona

http://rentatentsedona.strikingly.com/


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Shared from Twitter: Mark Cuban Commends Apple, Proposes New Law For Tech Security | TechCrunch

Mark Cuban Commends Apple, Proposes New Law For Tech Security | TechCrunch from TechCrunch's Tweet

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Shared from Twitter: Secret Memo Details U.S.’s Broader Strategy to Crack Phones - Bloomberg Business

Secret Memo Details U.S.'s Broader Strategy to Crack Phones - Bloomberg Business from Binni Shah's Tweet

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How to Make Your iPhone Battery Last Longer - iPhone Charging Tips

https://www.thrillist.com/tech/nation/how-to-make-your-iphone-battery-last-longer-iphone-charging-tips


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More co2

http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2016/02/18/too_much_carbon_dioxide_is_a_very_bad_thing.html


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How Meditation Changes the Brain and Body - The New York Times

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/02/18/contemplation-therapy/?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=1


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The Most Important Apple Executive You’ve Never Heard Of

http://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-johny-srouji-apple-chief-chipmaker/


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Sedona Jewelry, Gifts, and Clothing

http://www.sedonawisteria.com/


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Hit songs are getting wordier - Marginal REVOLUTION

http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2008/07/hit-songs-are-g.html

Average word count of top-ten songs during the 1960s: 176
Average last year: 436
- See more at: http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2008/07/hit-songs-are-g.html#sthash.78fChvtc.dpuf

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JAMA Network | JAMA | Death, Dying, and End of Life

http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=2482307


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GAO Denies Boeing’s Protest of Bomber Contract; Northrop Gets Back to Work

http://www.defensenews.com/story/breaking-news/2016/02/16/gao-denies-boeings-protest-long-range-strike-bomber-contract/80433300/


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Apple can comply with the FBI court order – Trail of Bits Blog

http://blog.trailofbits.com/2016/02/17/apple-can-comply-with-the-fbi-court-order/


---Steve

No, Wi-Fi Does Not Cause Cancer | IFLScience

http://www.iflscience.com/technology/no-wi-fi-does-not-cause-cancer


---Steve

A New Thermodynamics Theory of the Origin of Life | Quanta Magazine

https://www.quantamagazine.org/20140122-a-new-physics-theory-of-life/


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Franklin Graham Says There’s Just “One Election Left” Before Godless Secularists Get All the Power

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2016/02/15/franklin-graham-says-theres-just-one-election-left-before-godless-secularists-get-all-the-power/


---Steve

HotWhopper: Why does science denier Bob Tisdale tell such big fat lies at WUWT?

http://blog.hotwhopper.com/2016/02/why-does-science-denier-bob-tisdale.html#more


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The era of abundant oil | Matt Ridley

http://www.rationaloptimist.com/blog/the-oil-price/


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Ars Technica: Thorough, not thoroughly fabricated: The truth about global temperature data

http://variable-variability.blogspot.com/2016/01/ars-technica-thorough-not-thoroughly.html


---Steve

MSU's Jain elected to National Academy of Engineering | MSUToday | Michigan State University

http://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2016/msus-jain-elected-to-national-academy-of-engineering/?utm_campaign=standard-promo&utm_source=msuedu-news-links&utm_medium=msuhome


---Steve

Shared from Twitter: David Axelrod: A surprise request from Justice Scalia - CNN.com

David Axelrod: A surprise request from Justice Scalia - CNN.com from David Axelrod's Tweet

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Loading Rate: Part 1: What does it mean for you? | an athlete's body

http://anathletesbody.com/2011/02/07/loading-rate-part-1-what-does-it-mean-for-you/


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Vertical Impact Loading Rate in Running: Linkages to Running Injury Risk

http://runblogger.com/2011/02/vertical-impact-loading-rate-in-running.html


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Greater vertical impact loading in female runners with medically diagnosed injuries: a prospective investigation -- Davis et al. -- British Journal of Sports Medicine

http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2016/01/07/bjsports-2015-094579.abstract

Vertical average loading rate
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Why We Get Running Injuries (and How to Prevent Them) - The New York Times

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/02/10/why-we-get-running-injuries-and-how-to-prevent-them/?partner=rss&emc=rss&smid=tw-nythealth&smtyp=cur


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Supreme Court vacancies in presidential election years : SCOTUSblog

http://www.scotusblog.com/2016/02/supreme-court-vacancies-in-presidential-election-years/


---Steve

Climate

http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2016/02/14/video_series_has_short_interviews_with_climate_scientists_to_help_with_denial.html


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Shared from Twitter: Trump’s dubious claim that his border wall would cost $8 billion - The Washington Post

Trump's dubious claim that his border wall would cost $8 billion - The Washington Post from The National Memo's Tweet

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Shared from Twitter: Just how big is government? It depends on how you measure it. - The Washington Post

Just how big is government? It depends on how you measure it. - The Washington Post from Washington Post's Tweet

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Shared from Twitter: Zika’s link to shrinking baby brains is scary—but we still don’t know bad the problem is - Quartz

Zika's link to shrinking baby brains is scary—but we still don't know bad the problem is - Quartz from Quartz's Tweet

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Critics of National Monuments are Two Steps Behind Western Public Opinion – Center for Western Priorities

http://westernpriorities.org/2016/01/28/critics-of-national-monuments-are-two-steps-behind-western-public-opinion/


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Zika

"the whole question of whether Zika virus is causing microcephaly is complicated. Of course, if there's one thing that attracts answers that are simple and wrong, it's complex epidemiological questions about whether a given putative etiological agent is actually causing the disease or condition that it's suspected of causing."

Of course, that brings the loony tunes out, from anti-vaxers, anti-GMOs, to Monsanto haters.

http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2016/02/11/zika-virus-and-microcephaly-antivaccine-warriors-say-its-vaccines-that-did-it/

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Possible Association Between Zika Virus Infection and Microcephaly — Brazil, 2015 | MMWR

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/65/wr/mm6503e2.htm


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New link between Zika virus and microcephaly is found in Brazil | PBS NewsHour

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/new-link-between-zika-virus-and-microcephaly-is-found-in-brazil/


---Steve

Dining around Arizona: 9 great spots in Sedona

http://www.azcentral.com/story/travel/road-trips/2016/02/11/best-sedona-restaurants-arizona/79897370/


---Steve

Shared from Twitter: Gravitational Waves Exist: The Inside Story of How Scientists Finally Found Them - The New Yorker

Gravitational Waves Exist: The Inside Story of How Scientists Finally Found Them - The New Yorker from Longform's Tweet

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Harvard Study on Fluoride & Neurotoxicity: Not What it Seems

http://ilikemyteeth.org/harvard-study-fluoride-neurotoxicity/


---Steve

Developmental Fluoride Neurotoxicity: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3491930/


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WHO | Naturally occurring hazards

http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/naturalhazards/en/index2.html

Fluoride is a desirable substance: it can prevent or reduce dental decay and strengthen bones

---Steve

Why do Windows functions all begin with a pointless MOV EDI, EDI instruction? | The Old New Thing

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20110921-00/?p=9583


---Steve

Shared from Twitter: The Top 10 Solutions to Cut Poverty and Grow the Middle Class | Center for American Progress

The Top 10 Solutions to Cut Poverty and Grow the Middle Class | Center for American Progress from American Progress's Tweet

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Is Donald Trump a fascist? An expert on fascism weighs in.

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/interrogation/2016/02/is_donald_trump_a_fascist_an_expert_on_fascism_weighs_in.2.html

this country has the strongest economy in the world and is still the strongest military power in the world without any close rival. The trends are not downward unless you were offended by the presence of a black man in the White House.

---Steve

Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy arrested

Put the biggest rancher welfare cheat in jail where he belongs:

Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy arrested

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2016/02/11/nevada-rancher-cliven-bundy-arrested/80219266/


---Steve

Computerworld: HP plans to continue with Itanium in servers for HP-UX customers

HP plans to continue with Itanium in servers for HP-UX customers
Computerworld

Intel's Itanium has an uncertain future, but Hewlett Packard Enterprise is committed to an upcoming chip, code-named Kittson, that is the next step in the venerable chip line. This could be good news for users who count on running apps on the chip family for some time to come. HPE will offer Kittson in new Integrity and Superdome servers, said Jeff Kyle, director of product management for enterprise servers at HPE. HPE didn't provide a specific release date for the servers. Itanium servers are Read the full story

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Sports Medicine Research: In the Lab & In the Field: Reduce the Risk of Injury with a New Pair of Shoes (Sports Med Res)

http://www.sportsmedres.org/2016/02/reduce-risk-of-injury-with-new-pair-of.html


---Steve

It's official: Intel shuts down the cheap overclocking party by closing Skylake loophole | PCWorld

http://www.pcworld.com/article/3031255/hardware/its-official-intel-shuts-down-the-cheap-overclocking-party-by-closing-skylake-loophole.html


---Steve

Jessica Williams shuts down Beyonce Super Bowl critics on The Daily Show | Americas | News | The Independent

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/jessica-williams-shuts-down-beyonce-super-bowl-critics-on-the-daily-show-a6863696.html

"You're right, the fans deserve more wholesome entertainment," said Ms Williams. "Like watching 300-pound men giving each other concussions while the crowd cheers like we're extras in the movie Gladiator."

---Steve

Intel Discloses Diversity Data, Challenges Tech Industry To Follow Suit : All Tech Considered : NPR

http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2016/02/03/465270938/intel-discloses-diversity-data-challenges-tech-industry-to-follow-suit


---Steve

Gene editing could create medicines and self-fertilising crops. But are we facing another GM food-style furore? | Science | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/feb/07/gene-editing-fertilising-crops-medicines-but-is-it-safe?CMP=share_btn_tw


---Steve

[WATCH] Halsey’s ‘Love Yourself’ Cover: Sings NSFW Version Of Justin Bieber Song - Hollywood Life

http://hollywoodlife.com/2016/02/05/halsey-love-yourself-cover-justin-bieber-song-video/


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Gene editing could create medicines and self-fertilising crops. But are we facing another GM food-style furore? | Science | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/feb/07/gene-editing-fertilising-crops-medicines-but-is-it-safe?CMP=share_btn_tw


---Steve

Math 101: A reading list for lifelong learners |

http://ideas.ted.com/math-101-a-reading-list-for-lifelong-learners/?utm_campaign=social&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_content=ideas-blog&utm_term=math


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Watch the Destruction of Pompeii by Mount Vesuvius, Re-Created with Computer Animation (79 AD) | Open Culture

http://www.openculture.com/2016/02/watch-the-destruction-of-pompeii-by-mount-vesuvius-re-created-with-computer-animation-79-ad.html


---Steve

Indian leopard injures six in Bangalore school - BBC News

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-35519414


---Steve

The Oregon Standoff and the Need for Good Lawyers - The Atlantic

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/02/the-nobility-of-good-lawyers-with-bad-clients/459645/

Their program for federal land is dangerous—the end of federal stewardship, or even a radical cutback, would be catastrophic for Western lands. Their constitutional theory, too, is toxic. It has evolved out of the semi-literate, overtly racist theories of Mormon extremist W. Cleon Skousen. In essence, it proclaims the sovereign prerogative of white Christian men to take what they want and justify it in the name of an imaginary "organic Constitution" untainted by equality for women, nonwhites, immigrants, or religious minorities. I despise everything the Malheur occupiers claim to stand for.

---Steve

Shared from Twitter: Guest Post: “Why do some people have trouble believing science?”

Guest Post: "Why do some people have trouble believing science?" from JT Eberhard's Tweet

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Top 10 Signs You May be a Feverish Selfish Little Clod | The Places That Scare You

https://theplacesthatscareyou.wordpress.com/2012/03/13/top-10-signs-you-may-be-a-feverish-selfish-little-clod/


---Steve

Mann: Climate change deniers perpetuate smears on proven science

http://www.knoxnews.com/opinion/columnists/mann-climate-change-deniers-perpetuate-smears-on-proven-science-2ae02907-bc59-149a-e053-0100007f58a8-367872471.html?platform=hootsuite


---Steve

Rutkowska touchid - Google Search

https://www.google.com/search?q=Rutkowska+secure+enclave&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari#safe=off&hl=en-us&q=Rutkowska+touchid


---Steve

Intel® Software Guard Extensions (SGX): A Researcher’s Primer

https://www.nccgroup.trust/uk/about-us/newsroom-and-events/blogs/2015/january/intel-software-guard-extensions-sgx-a-researchers-primer/


---Steve

What is Apple’s new Secure Enclave and why is it important? - Quora

https://www.quora.com/What-is-Apple%E2%80%99s-new-Secure-Enclave-and-why-is-it-important


---Steve

Apple security

https://www.apple.com/business/docs/iOS_Security_Guide.pdf

A sense of mystery results from the brain failing to shut down flights of fancy

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/epiphenom/2016/01/a-sense-of-mystery-results-from-the-brain-failing-to-shut-down-flights-of-fancy.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BhaScienceGroup+%28Blog+-+Epiphenom%29

hat the researchers think is happening is that mystical experiences occur when we fail to identify clear, causal explanations for experiences. Damage to the frontal brain impairs our ability to generate these explanations, so the brain defaults to a cruder, less precise way of understanding the world around us. - See more at: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/epiphenom/2016/01/a-sense-of-mystery-results-from-the-brain-failing-to-shut-down-flights-of-fancy.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BhaScienceGroup+%28Blog+-+Epiphenom%29#sthash.jxdm3Vz0.dpuf

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Shtetl-Optimized

http://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/

reproductive religiosity theory," which posits that the central purpose of religions is to enforce social norms around mating and reproduction

---Steve

Three and a half degrees of separation | Blog | Research at Facebook

https://research.facebook.com/blog/three-and-a-half-degrees-of-separation/


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Open Heart | Mobile

http://m.openheart.bmj.com/content/2/1/e000273.full


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Gene schizophrenia

http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2016/02/schizophrenia_genes_found_not_so_fast.html


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What's new in CPUs since the 80s and how does it affect programmers?

http://danluu.com/new-cpu-features/?repost


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Going, going... | The Economist

http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21689999-guinea-worm-and-havoc-wreaks-has-nearly-been-wiped-out-world


---Steve

Effect of Removal of Planned Parenthood from the Texas Women’s Health Program — NEJM

http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsa1511902


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After Texas stopped funding Planned Parenthood, low-income women had more babies - LA Times

http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-planned-parenthood-texas-births-20160203-story.html


---Steve

Ryan Hall, America’s Fastest Marathoner, Slows Down - The New Yorker

http://www.newyorker.com/news/sporting-scene/ryan-hall-americas-fastest-marathoner-slows-down?mbid=Social_facebook_aud_dev_kw_tnybc&kwp_0=99662&kwp_4=490357&kwp_1=269117


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Calling Steven Novella's bullshit

http://www.skepticink.com/avant-garde/2016/01/31/novella-dawkins/

"it's between people who follow Enlightenment principles (freedom of speech and thought, free discussion of ideas, skepticism, tolerance for different world views) and those who believe in authoritarian principles (ideological purity, a list of topics which are beyond rational discussion, domatism, intolerance for anyone who disagrees)".

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Ted Cruz Isn't Crazy – He's Much Worse | Rolling Stone

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/ted-cruz-isnt-crazy-hes-much-worse-20151204?page=5

it's the hemorrhoidal resentment for foreignness and change that leads your granddad to rage at anything that threatens his fantasies of the good old days.

---Steve

Shared from Twitter: 4FRI gets $10 million boost from Forest Service

4FRI gets $10 million boost from Forest Service from Arizona Daily Sun's Tweet

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Wine Sweetness Chart | Wine Folly

http://winefolly.com/tutorial/wine-sweetness-chart/


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Has DeepMind Really Passed Go? — Backchannel — Medium

https://medium.com/backchannel/has-deepmind-really-passed-go-adc85e256bec#.x56j5mr5b


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U.K. Scientists Given Green Light To Edit Human Embryos | IFLScience

http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/uk-scientists-given-green-light-edit-human-embryos


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Inside the Eye: Nature’s Most Exquisite Creation -- National Geographic Magazine

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2016/02/evolution-of-eyes-text

He created a simulation that starts with a small, flat patch of pigmented light-sensitive cells. With each yearlong generation, it becomes a little thicker. It slowly curves from a sheet into a cup. It gains a crude lens, which gradually improves. Even under the most pessimistic conditions, with the eye improving by just 0.005 percent each generation, it takes just 364,000 years for the simple sheet to become a fully functioning camera-like organ. As far as evolution goes, that's a blink of an eye.

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