Amazon is building a ‘health and wellness’ team within Alexa

July 1, 2018

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/10/amazon-is-building-a-health-and-wellness-team-within-alexa.html


Why the Medical Research Grant System Could Be Costing Us Great Ideas – The New York Times

June 30, 2018

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/06/18/upshot/why-the-medical-research-grant-system-could-be-costing-us-great-ideas.html


The Tech You Need to Travel Better – The New York Times

June 30, 2018

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/06/27/travel/tech-devices-luggage.html


The Evolutionary Origin of Descending Testicles – The New York Times

June 30, 2018

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/29/science/descending-testicles-evolution.html?smtyp=cur


How Long Can We Live? The Limit Hasn’t Been Reached, Study Finds – The New York Times

June 29, 2018

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/28/science/human-age-limit.html


The creation and selection of mutations resistant to a gene drive over multiple generations in the malaria mosquito

June 29, 2018

Creation & selection of mutations resistant to a #GeneDrive over mult. generations in the malaria mosquito
http://journals.PLoS.org/plosgenetics/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1007039 Indels created by #NHEJ-based repair of DS breaks give rise to resistance (probably resulting from mis-matches due to
micro-homologies near breakpts)


Toyota takes a winding road to autonomous vehicles – Speed limited

June 29, 2018

https://www.economist.com/business/2018/05/19/toyota-takes-a-winding-road-to-autonomous-vehicles


12 Companies That Could Thrive in the Age of Amazon

June 29, 2018

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“He cites the example of Target (TGT), which “recently began testing replenishing stores and digital orders from the same pool of inventory with one of its distribution centers in the Northeast and saw a 33% reduction in back room inventory for these stores while also reducing stock-outs by 50%.
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In fact, the switch to centralized inventory is key to his switching his view on Macy’s from “short” to “long”:”
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https://www.barrons.com/articles/12-companies-that-could-thrive-in-the-age-of-amazon-1528228978


Mining molecular gastronomy

June 29, 2018

Mining #MolecularGastronomy
http://www.Nature.com/news/mining-molecular-gastronomy-1.9658 “Suggestion that the reason some #foods go well together is because they contain the same flavour molecules… networks to link flavour compounds w. ingredients found in 1 Korean & 2 American…recipe DBs”
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“Ahnert, himself an amateur molecular gastronomist, was intrigued by the anecdotal suggestion that the reason some foods go well together is because they contain the same flavour molecules. He and his team therefore developed networks to link flavour compounds with the ingredients found in one Korean and two American online recipe databases, grouping recipes into North American, Western European, Latin American, Southern European or East Asian cuisine.”
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The creation and selection of mutations resistant to a gene drive over multiple generations in the malaria mosquito

June 29, 2018

Creation & selection of mutations resistant to a #GeneDrive over mult. generations in the malaria mosquito
http://journals.PLoS.org/plosgenetics/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1007039 Indels created by #NHEJ-based repair of DS breaks give rise to resistance (probably resulting from mis-matches due to
micro-homologies near breakpts)