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Infections Tied to Lower Rheumatoid Arthritis Riskwell.blogs.nytimes.com
Stomach and urinary tract infections are associated with a reduced risk for rheumatoid arthritis. -
How I won the housing market (without trying) | Linda Granttheguardian.com
The long read: I bought a two-bed flat for £32,750 in 1985 and sold my home of 20 years for £660,000 in 2014. The next generation is not so lucky. How did the property market get so unfair? -
Tracking glaciers with acceleratorssymmetrymagazine.org
To predict Earth’s future, geologists use particle accelerators to understand its past. -
Why Google Glass Brokenytimes.com
How Google Glass went from the hottest thing in wearable tech to the Edsel of Silicon Valley. - tug.org
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Italo Calvino, Cybernetics and Ghostsscribd.com
Scribd is the world's largest social reading and publishing site. -
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Bigger data; same laptopfrankmcsherry.org
This post follows up the previous post, “Scalability! But at what COST?”, which got a great response. The short version of the previous post is that for the ... -
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Cracking beer’s genetic code – Hot Rum Cow - Adventures in the world of drinkinghotrumcow.co.uk
Cracking beer’s genetic code. A team of researchers in Belgium have been busy sequencing the DNA of brewers’ yeast. Their modest aim? To breed a new generation of yeasts capable of producing beers that have previously only been dreamt of - mathfood.com
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Twitter CEO: 'We suck at dealing with abuse'theverge.com
Twitter CEO Dick Costolo is taking personal responsibility for his platform's chronic problems with harassment and abuse, telling employees that he is embarrassed for the company's failures and... -
Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Databasefossilworks.org
Fossilworks hosts query, analysis, and download functions used to access large paleontological data sets. It presents taxonomic, distributional, and ecological data about the entire fossil record. -
Fantastically Wrong: The Weird, Kinda Perverted History of the Unicorn | WIREDwired.com
In late 2012, the North Korean regime made a rather bizarre announcement, even by the standards of the North Korean regime. According to The Guardian, the country’s archaeologists had discovered “the lair of one of the unicorns ridden by the ancient Ko... -
Why We Remember So Many Things Wrong - The New Yorkernewyorker.com
If we remember dramatic and emotional moments so well, why do most people forget what they were doing when the Challenger exploded? -
One Week of Harassment on Twitterfemfreq.tumblr.com
Ever since I began my Tropes vs Women in Video Games project, two and a half years ago, I’ve been harassed on a daily basis by irate gamers angry at my critiques of sexism in video games. It can sometimes be difficult to effectively communicate just ho... -
Full Stack Software Engineer - Women.com Jobs on AngelListangel.co
Apply now for Full Stack Software Engineer job at Women.com in Los Angeles - Work at the best brand on the internet and help develop the next generation advice platform for women. -
The Last Page of the Medieval Bookmedievalbooks.nl
I love the last page of the medieval book. Not because it means that my research of a particular manuscript is almost completed, but because the last page often provides information pertaining to t... -
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