Category: Link

  • False Fact On Wikipedia Proves Itself

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    I stand by my comments that Wikipedia is a good resource, and that if you think parts of it are wrong then you should contribute to it yourself. I also warn that no source is infallible, particularly a source open to all for revisions. An article on Slashdot reports that an edit to a Wikipedia…

  • Stem Cell Facials

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    “Stem cell facial”? That sounds rather like that South Park episode. (Yes, that one, with that infamous source of stem cells, but let’s not discuss it here). Would you rub stem cells into your face to reduce wrinkles? Skin care companies selling anti-ageing creams are always making scientific-sounding claims in their widespread tv adverts and…

  • Bill Gates Unleashes Swarm of Mosquitoes on Crowd

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    The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation are working to reduce malaria deaths worldwide, among many other things. The Fox News website reports, “Microsoft founder turned philanthropist Bill Gates released a glass full of mosquitoes at an elite technology conference to make a point about the deadly disease malaria. “Malaria is spread by mosquitoes,” Gates said…

  • Flickr: Snow creations

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    Take a look at some of the UK’s snow creations, as collected on Flickr. I love the stormtrooper and his mini snowman.

  • Kids

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    A recent study of the health costs for premature births recommends more research in this area would save money, as reported by the BBC. “Premature births cost the UK an extra £939m a year, say researchers at the Oxford Centre for Health Economics. “Their study calculated what the costs would be for all the preterm…

  • Play Medical School

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    Do you want to find out what it’s like at Medical School? Some of you are probably already there. Here’s an interactive flash game that has educational content in it to get you to recognise symptoms and diseases. To be honest, I didn’t have time to play through much of it but I thought it…

  • Global Warming Is Irreversible, Study Says

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    Oh shit. Read the article.

  • Medical students get iPod tutors

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    That title sounded familiar, so I clicked on the link on the BBC News website. “University students are being given iPods loaded with useful tutorials. “The University of Derby has given 35 devices – costing £99 each – to radiography students, to provide them with “different ways to learn”. They contain pre-loaded video lessons about…

  • Work gyms ‘lift mood and stress’

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    The BBC are reporting on a Bristol University study suggesting that exercising employees are happy, productive employees. “Two hundred people took part in the Bristol University experiment to test the impact of workplace keep fit facilities like gyms or classes. “Exercise re-energised staff, improved their concentration and problem solving and made them feel calmer.” It…

  • Nutty

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    The BBC reports of warnings of “nut allergy ‘hysteria’”. “Measures to protect children with nut allergies are becoming increasingly absurd and hysterical, say experts. “A peanut on the floor of a US school bus recently led to evacuation and decontamination for fear it might have affected the 10-year-old passengers.” Did that really happen? That’s crazy.…