"Used to bomb ya like Saddam, but now that I'm a lil calmer, I'm a fucking cross between Osama, ...., Obama and Dalai Lama."
Alex The Talking Parrot
"I want to go back"
Our children need time not stuff
Why are British children so unhappy? Four years after Unicef sparked national soul-searching with analysis showing child well-being in the UK at the bottom of a league of developed nations, the organisation has attempted to explain our problem.
Our children need time not stuff
Labour to Co-Operate With Banks Probe
Labour will co-operate with a parliamentary probe into the the rate-rigging scandal at Barclays and other banks, despite its MPs voting against it in a...
Labour to Co-Operate With Banks Probe
Rep Rap 3D Printing Blood Vessel Networks
A major challenge in tissue engineering is the integration of blood vessels among cells to uniformly supply them with nutrients. Researchers from University of Pennsylvania and MIT just reported in journal Nature Materials the ability to print 3D filament networks that may serve the role of vessels in the future. They implemented the open source RepRap 3D printer with a few of their own changes, including a customized extruder and control software.
TEDxEastsidePrep – Scott Young – Can you get an MIT education for $2,000?
Scott is a speed-reading, vegetarian, holistic learning, productivity hacking recent university graduate. And, for the last five years he's been experimenting to find out how to get more from life. His current project is to learn MIT's 4-year curriculum for computer science in 12 months, without taking any classes. Scott earned his Bachelor of Commerce Honors from the University of Manitoba and his blog features more than 850 articles and books focused on "getting more from life". In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)
Wikileaks releases the Syria Files, a new batch of over 2.4 million confidential emails
Wikileaks has released yet another batch of data. Known as #Syriafiles, the release was also announced during a press conference at London’s Frontline club today.
As their name says, these files focus on Syrian politics. According to Wikileaks, the Syria Files include 2.4 million documents, including over 2 million emails from Syrian political figures, ministries and associated companies, dating from August 2006 to March 2012.
Wikileaks releases the Syria Files, a new batch of over 2.4 million confidential emails
Moody's cuts Barclays standalone rating
Ratings agency Standard and Poor's on Thursday downgradedBarclays' long-term rating outlook to negative from stable, as the British giant struggles with the fallout over an interest rate rigging scandal.
Moody’s cuts Barclays standalone rating
Fetal genome sequenced without the father's DNA
Clinicians seeking to pinpoint genetic diseases in developing fetuses may no longer need to know the identity of the father, thanks to a method for sequencing a fetus's genome using just a blood sample drawn from a pregnant woman.
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