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Nov 16, 2018
Tesla cuts prices on solar power systems as it looks to entice customers
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: energy, sustainability
Nov 16, 2018
Electric unicycle: Fun toys or serious commuter personal electric vehicles?
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: transportation
You’ve probably heard a lot about electric bicycles and electric scooters by now. These small personal electric vehicles (PEVs) are often touted as last mile vehicles that can help commuters travel short distances between home or work to other mass transit hubs, or as complete commuting alternatives in cities.
But one PEV you might not have heard about yet are electric unicycles. These odd-looking little EVs consist of just a single wheel that a rider straddles. They self balance like a Segway or hoverboard, but are much more narrow and nimble. Though they look like a toy, electric unicycles might be a more serious transportation alternative than many people think. Read on to learn why.
Nov 16, 2018
The Amazing Ways Artificial Intelligence Is Transforming Genomics and Gene Editing
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical, robotics/AI
It is predicted that artificial intelligence (AI) will transform many aspects of our life including healthcare and genomics. AI and machine learning have helped us to understand the genome of organisms and will potentially change the way we treat disease, determine effective drugs and edit genes.
Nov 16, 2018
Lab-Grown Mini Kidneys ‘Go Rouge,’ Sprout Brain and Muscle Cells
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience
Kidney organoids — miniature organs grown in the lab — recently went “rogue,” producing brain cells and muscle cells alongside the expected kidney cells.
Nov 16, 2018
These DNA Startups Want to Put All of You on the Blockchain
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: biotech/medical, bitcoin, genetics
Two different marketplaces for genetic data, Nebula and EncrypGen, recently launched with the promise of better protections for their users.
Nov 16, 2018
You can’t characterize human nature if studies overlook 85 percent of people on Earth
Posted by Xavier Rosseel in category: futurism
Ninety percent of psychology studies come from countries representing less than 15 percent of the world’s population. Researchers are realizing that universalizing those findings might not make sense.
Nov 16, 2018
When the Fork Forks: What You Need to Know as Bitcoin Cash Goes to War
Posted by Steve Nichols in categories: bitcoin, cryptocurrencies
Bitcoin seems largely a ‘psychological’ currency whose value oscillates mostly in response to changes in folk’s opinions rather than shifts in some real underlying store of value, imo https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/when-fork-forks-what-yo…-goes-war/ https://paper.li/e-1437691924
Here’s what you need to know to get up to speed.
As a quick reminder, what is Bitcoin Cash again?
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Nov 16, 2018
What a massive database of retracted papers reveals about science publishing’s ‘death penalty’
Posted by Derick Lee in categories: law, science
Still, the data trove has enabled Science, working with Retraction Watch, to gain unusual insight into one of scientific publishing’s most consequential but shrouded practices. Our analysis of about 10,500 retracted journal articles shows the number of retractions has continued to grow, but it also challenges some worrying perceptions that continue today. The rise of retractions seems to reflect not so much an epidemic of fraud as a community trying to police itself.
Better editorial oversight, not more flawed papers, might explain a flood of retractions.