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David Weinberger on Too Big To Know … David Weinberger on Too Big To Know … We used to know how to know. Get some experts, maybe a methodology, add some criteria and credentials, publish the results, and you get knowledge we can all rely on. But as knowledge is absorbed by our new digital […]
Study suggests football-related concussions caused by series of hits, not a single blow Football-related concussions may be caused by series of hits to the head over time rather than a single blow, according to findings from a two-year study of high school athletes. In a study slated to be published in theJournal of Biomechanics, Purdue University researchers […]
Smaller plates may not be helpful tools for dieters, study suggests Dieters advised to use a smaller dinner plate may find themselves without much weight loss success, or so says findings recently published in theJournal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics. In the study (subscription required), 10 overweight and 10 normal weight women participated in the study; each was […]
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From the Balance Beam to the State Bar. UCSF Patient Turns Life-Threatening Condition into Source of Strength. Angelica Galang loves competition. Feisty and determined for as long as she can remember, Galang became interested in gymnastics at the age of four after watching the U.S. women’s team win the team bronze medal at the 1992 […]
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Combined Approach to Global Health Can Save Lives at Lower Cost. Analysis of Kenya Study Shows Simultaneously Confronting HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and Waterborne Illness Improves Health. A volunteer in 2008 shows people from the Lurambi District in Western Kenya how to use incecticide-treated bednets to prevent the spread of malaria during the Integrated Prevention Demonstration Campaign […]
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A conversation with Cuba Gooding, Jr. and Rick McCallum – Institute of Politics … A conversation with Cuba Gooding, Jr. and Rick McCallum – Institute of Politics Award-winning actor Cuba Gooding, Jr. and producer Rick McCallum discuss the story of the Tuskegee Airmen with Harvard Law Professor Ronald Sullivan. Cuba Gooding Jr. and Rick McCallum […]
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Making the worms turn Biophysicist and his lab pioneer ways to track, influence roundworm nervous systems Aravinthan Samuel and researchers in his lab set to work designing equipment that could measure nerve activity in living, wiggling worms. They first succeeded three or four years ago, becoming the first to record neural activity in freely moving […]
As strong as an insect’s shell Wyss research takes cue from nature to create tough, low-cost material Postdoctoral fellow Javier Fernandez (right) and Don Ingber, director at the Wyss Institute, have created a new material made from discarded shrimp shells and proteins derived from silk called “shrilk.” It is thin, clear, flexible, and hard as […]
Blood test for depression? Found to accurately distinguish depressed patients from healthy controls “Traditionally, diagnosis of major depression and other mental disorders has been made based on patients’ reported symptoms, but the accuracy of that process varies a great deal, often depending on the experience and resources of the clinician conducting the assessment,” says George […]
Triumphs against smallpox, polio, AIDS Harvard researchers led pivotal breakthroughs against many diseases In 1926, Harvard Medical School faculty members George Minot (pictured) and William Murphy tackled pernicious anemia, which often killed sufferers within three years. Their study showed that a diet heavy in raw liver improved the sufferers’ condition. Later studies isolated the active […]
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