Why Work? | The New Yorker
June 16, 2018Who Are the One Percent by Income and Net Worth?
June 16, 2018$430K/yr & $10M
vs
$1.1M/yr & $43M for .1%
U.S. EPA chief proposes that agency regulations rely only on publicly available data
June 16, 2018EPA chief proposes that agency regulations rely only on publicly
available data https://CEN.ACS.org/policy/regulation/US-EPA-chief-proposes-agency/96/i18 Non-obvious implications of encouraging for #OpenData &
#ReproducibleResearch
To monitor the health of cities’ residents, look no further than their sewers
June 16, 2018To monitor the health of cities’ residents, look no further than their
sewers https://CEN.ACS.org/environment/water/monitor-health-citiesresidents-look-further/96/i18 Urban metabolism metrology & wastewater-based epidemiology. Big application is measuring illicit drugs. Interesting #privacy issues.
IBM pitched Watson as a revolution in cancer care. It’s nowhere close
June 16, 2018QT:{{”
“In a response to STAT’s questions, Memorial Sloan Kettering said international journals are part of the literature it provides to Watson, including the Lancet, the European Journal of Cancer, Annals of Oncology, and the BMJ. “As we do in all areas of cancer research, we will continue to observe and study how Watson for Oncology impacts care internationally, follow the evidence, and work with IBM to optimize the system,” the hospital said.”
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How a few companies are bitcoining it – Sales from the crypt
June 16, 2018How a few companies are bitcoining it
https://www.Economist.com/business/2018/05/19/how-a-few-companies-are-bitcoining-it “Bitmain & Bitfury…are designing ever-cleverer ASIC chips for their [#bitcoin] products. Bitmain’s individual mining machines sell for $1,300…on Amazon”
QT:{{”
Bitmain and Bitfury, a firm based in the Netherlands, are designing ever-cleverer ASIC chips for their products. Bitmain’s individual mining machines sell for $1,300 each on Amazon, and Bitfury will install shipping containers filled with mining machines for a price that is undisclosed but is thought to be around $1m-2m.
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University Science Strategy Committee Report
June 16, 2018Long-awaited @Yale STEM report calls for new research institutes
https://YaleDailyNews.com/blog/2018/06/14/long-awaited-stem-report-calls-for-new-research-institutes Top recommendation is a new #DataScience institute! Followed by one for #Neuroscience. Cross-cutting recommendations on grad. student support & sci. cores (https://research.Yale.edu/ussc-report)
Points from the new University Science Strategy Committee Report
Under Five Ideas for Top-Priority Investment: (University-wide Institute for) Integrative Data Science and its Mathematical Foundations and Neuroscience, from Molecules to Mind
Under Five Additional Priority Ideas: Computer Science, Conquering Cancer, Precision Medicine, Regenerative Medicine
Prehistoric proteins: Raising the dead
June 15, 2018QT:{{”
“The oestrogen receptor achieves this by binding substances that contain a chemical structure called an aromatized A ring. Because oestrogens are the only steroid hormones to have such a ring, that criterion was enough to ensure that the receptor bound only oestrogens for many millions of years. Until, that is, the chemical industry started pumping out hundreds of substances containing such aromatized rings, which the oestrogen receptor unwittingly bound. “The endocrine disrupters are taking advantage, unfortunately, of the promiscuity that is the result of the evolutionary history of receptors,” Thornton says.”
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Prehistoric proteins: Raising the dead
http://www.nature.com/news/prehistoric-proteins-raising-the-dead-1.10261
The Cancer Genome Atlas: Creating Lasting Value beyond Its Data
June 15, 2018Commentary
The Cancer Genome Atlas: Creating Lasting Value beyond Its Data Carolyn Hutter + Jean Claude Zenklusen
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S009286741830374X
