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The Scientific 7-Minute Workout – NYTimes.com

June 25, 2013

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/09/the-scientific-7-minute-workout MT @herstoryhere The Scientific 7-Minute Workout http://bit.ly/11XePRj But how long to warmup and cooldown? #exercise

US diplomats spied on UN leadership | World news | The Guardian

June 24, 2013

wikileaks :

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/nov/28/us-embassy-cables-spying-un

(
The US government has other efforts to related to collecting DNA including http://www.fas.org/irp/agency/dod/jason/hundred.pdf
or
http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/lab/codis
.)

Daniel Lieberman long-distance running: We evolved endurance and dislike of running. – Slate Magazine

June 23, 2013

We evolved endurance to exhaust prey & great head stabilization but dislike of exercise http://bit.ly/11wh0zV via @gandruemom @slate
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/new_scientist/2013/06/daniel_lieberman_long_distance_running_we_evolved_endurance_and_dislike.html

Kenneth Wilson, Nobel Physicist, Dies at 77 – NYTimes.com

June 23, 2013

QT:
“Ken was the most lacking in small talk of anyone I ever met,” Ms. Brown said. When he died, she sent an e-mail to friends, saying: “Ken died last evening. He always liked to do things quietly and without fuss, and that’s how he left us.”
“Without fuss, and that’s how he left us.” MT @nytimesscience: Kenneth Wilson, Nobel Physicist, Dies http://bit.ly/11wgvG8

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/21/science/kenneth-wilson-nobel-physicist-dies-at-77.html?smid=tw-nytimesscience&seid=auto&pagewanted=all

Night Noise: What a Sleeping Brain Hears | MIND Guest Blog, Scientific American Blog Network

June 23, 2013

quiet is important
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/mind-guest-blog/2013/06/17/night-noise-what-a-sleeping-brain-hears/

NYTimes.com: Say Hello to the 100 Trillion Bacteria That Make Up Your Microbiome

June 21, 2013

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/19/magazine/say-hello-to-the-100-trillion-bacteria-that-make-up-your-microbiome.html?emc=eta1&pagewanted=all Say Hello to the 100 Trillion Bacteria That Make Up Your Microbiome BY MICHAEL POLLAN
Medicine used to be obsessed with eradicating the tiny bugs that live within us. Now we?re beginning to understand all the ways they keep us healthy.
Our processed-food diets just feed the upper GI via @kellynicola: M POLLAN on the microbiome #health http://bit.ly/11QmmS3

NYTimes.com: Say Hello to the 100 Trillion Bacteria That Make Up Your Microbiome

June 16, 2013

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/19/magazine/say-hello-to-the-100-trillion-bacteria-that-make-up-your-microbiome.html?emc=eta1&pagewanted=all Say Hello to the 100 Trillion Bacteria That Make Up Your Microbiome BY MICHAEL POLLAN
Medicine used to be obsessed with eradicating the tiny bugs that live within us. Now we?re beginning to understand all the ways they keep us healthy.

Competing on Analytics – Harvard Business Review

June 11, 2013

http://www2.mccombs.utexas.edu/faculty/Maytal.Saar-Tsechansky/Teaching/Documents/Harvard%20Business%20Review%20Online%20%20Competing%20on%20Analytics.htm http://hbr.org/2006/01/competing-on-analytics/ar/1
An early paper on big data analytics in commercial organizations. Nice overview.
Great quote at the end: “The Oakland A’s aren’t the only ones playing moneyball. Companies of every stripe want to be part of the game.”

Sony RX100 Review: This Camera Singlehandedly Makes Point-and-Shoots Relevant Again

June 9, 2013

RX100 User Guide in pdf format – download here: Sony Cyber-shot Talk Forum: Digital Photography Review
http://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/42125936
http://m.gizmodo.com/5931587/sony-rx100-review-this-camera-singlehandedly-makes-point+and+shoots-relevant-again

The Robot Will See You Now – Jonathan Cohn – The Atlantic

June 8, 2013

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/03/the-robot-will-see-you-now/309216 MT @drseisenberg: #Robot Will See You Now – Atlantic
http://bit.ly/15VdRtM #mhealth From med Watson, to genomics, to self-monitoring…