Thursday, April 06, 2006

The 13 most corrupt members of congress

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Two democrats (Waters and Jefferson), 11 republicans including Bill Frist. It's good to have a handy list.

The odd history of recovered artifacts: The Judas gospel

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An early christian text called the 'gospel of Judas' has resurfaced. It's historically and theologically interesting, but the st...

The May 15th deadline for Iraq

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Thus far the Dems have sat back and watched the GOP self-destruct. Now Kerry is giving Bush a little push. Two Deadlines and an Exit - New Y...

OS X 10.4.6 and Missing Sync: wait a bit

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Missing Sync 5.1 was just released -- and there's already a known serious bug with CLIE devices. OS X 10.4.6 was just released and it in...

The law of large numbers: the iPod face on the map

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This Google Map is centered on an unpopulated region between Calgary, Edmonton and Saskatoon. Zoom in. Keep Zooming in. Eventually you will...
Wednesday, April 05, 2006

Minnesota, home of the massive neutrino

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I once visited the Soudan mine with two young children. I try not to think of the background radiation from all that granite. It's famo...
Tuesday, April 04, 2006

Iowa City: invisible to the spy eyes

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The southern half of Iowa City isn't imaged very well on Google Map. I've come to rely on those maps to scout out new terrain -- so...
Saturday, April 01, 2006

HIV: if you can't beat them ...

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HIV came out of the closet when I was in medical school. We followed it closely, back when it was a disorder of Haitians and hemophiliacs. T...

Niven scores: The organ trade grows

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Larry Niven made his mark as a science fiction writer in the 1970s and 1980s. Among his earlier writings are a series of stories about organ...

Healthcare IT Vendor to Offer Sex in HIMSS Booths

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I hardly ever comment on anything related to my real job. This column from a blog that's read daily throughout the healthcare IT industr...

Scanning developing brains: the excitement to come

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The brains of very high IQ, high IQ, and average IQ children follow different developmental paths . Fascinating, and humbling. These are exc...

Slashdot: OMG Ponies!

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WTF?! Was my first thought. Had someone stolen Slashdot's domain? Pink? Hearts? A survey on whether "Poneys" or iBooks were c...

Will ethics boards allow further experiments with prayer?

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Will future prayer studies pass review by Institutional Review Boards ? IRB's have to approve human experiments. A novel treatment, lik...
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Friday, March 31, 2006

Prayer by strangers harmful to inpatients

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Prayers for recovery offered by strangers was found to cause a 40% increase in major complications among patients receiving coronary byapss ...
Thursday, March 30, 2006

The Sago survivor is a mutant

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And I mean that in the best possible way. This man has something different in his genes (emphases mine). CNN.com - Sole Sago Mine survivor h...