Things I have recently spotted that may
be of interest to someone else:
Christianity: We are less religious than we used to be, and National Public Radio reports on a study
that says that the Internet is partly to blame.
Computing: Gizmo's Freeware recommends SeriesGuide,
an Android app that gives information about upcoming TV shows, and more.
USA Today reports that cheerful
posts on Facebook affect others positively, and the effect is
unexpectedly large.
Are you storing your files in the cloud? Be
careful out there, says NPR.
Wired on how the stock market is
rigged in favor of traders with lots of resources, and access to superfast information feeds, and on what
one man is doing about this.
Health: Studying the genetics of the whooping cough (pertussis) germ has led to an understanding of how
it became a dangerous disease, according to a report by National
Public Radio.
Humor: (or something -- this is real) Wired
reports on 21st
century California gold miners, who are doing things the old-fashioned
way.
Science: Wired reports on the
Absurd Creature of the Week, in this case an axolotl,
which can re-grow limbs, and never outgrows its larval gills. We may
learn how we can regenerate lost body parts by studying these animals.
New Scientist reports that pregnant
mice with damaged hearts (artificially damaged) may be helped
to recover with the help of fetal-derived stem cells. Interesting.
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