Saturday, October 12, 2019

Europe is dangerously unprepared for a world without a US policeman

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Europe is dangerously unprepared for a world without a US policeman "If the Turks crush Syrian Kurdish forces this weekend, how sho...

"It has historically been the rule, rather than the exception, that the encounter with a different society induces a measure of humility and relativism about one’s own."

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The Critical Bite of Cultural Relativism The pioneers of cultural anthropology taught not just how to study other...

Hong Kong Protests Put U.S. Businesses In A Tough Spot With China

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Hong Kong Protests Put U.S. Businesses In A Tough Spot With China  "...the Chinese government is only going to become more sensitiv...
Friday, October 11, 2019

"Cicilline’s bill assumes that small improvements in medications are unworthy of further patent protections..."

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Cicilline Patent Bill Will Prove Devastating to Advancing Improvements in Medicine This is what makes legislation that weakens patent p...

"Companies birthed in the land of the free have been left on the horns of a dilemma by the protests and the Chinese reaction to them. They're not finding good answers..."

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American businesses are facing a China crisis amid Hong Kong protests Companies birthed in the land of the free have ...

"Street art is not political, but it has been politicised."

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Street art is a crime Why is the metropolitan elite celebrating this vandalism? "Attempts at giving street a...

Societal and Ethical Impacts of Germline Genome Editing: How Can We Secure Human Rights?

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CRISPR J. 2019 Oct;2(5):293-298. doi: 10.1089/crispr.2019.0042. Societal and Ethical Impacts of Germline Genome Editing: How Can We Sec...

"Despite its iconic status and effectiveness at communicating specific ethical issues, Brave New World provides relatively poor examples of interventions such as gene therapy or enhancement."

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CRISPR J. 2019 Oct;2(5):316-323. doi: 10.1089/crispr.2019.0046. The Use and Misuse of Brave New World in the CRISPR Debate. So D 1 . ...

The Immoral Machine

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Camb Q Healthc Ethics. 2019 Oct 4:1-9. doi: 10.1017/S096318011900080X. [Epub ahead of print] The Immoral Machine. Harris J . Abstra...

China's business bullying jumps to new heights over tweet by NBA Rockets GM

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China's business bullying jumps to new heights over tweet by NBA Rockets GM "So it has come to this. Not only are American compa...

"If artificial intelligence (AI) can do everything better than a human being can, then human endeavor is pointless and human beings are valueless."

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Artificial Intelligence: What’s to Fear? Ronald W. Dworkin What should worry us most about artificial intelligence: losing our jobs to ...
Sunday, October 6, 2019

"Where records are abundant, fights break out over relevance and meaning."

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Why can’t we agree on what’s true any more? "What we are discovering is that, once the limitations on data capture are removed, there...
Friday, September 20, 2019

Cancer Biomarker Conference IV - Saturday, October 5, 2019 - Sunday, October 6, 2019 #CBCIV

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Cancer Biomarker Conference IV #CBCIV Saturday, October 5, 2019 - Sunday, October 6, 2019 The field of biomarker testing for targets o...

Reflections on the Highway - Briza

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Reflections on the Highway - Briza

"But given the government’s harsh record on e-cigarettes, this is just the beginning."

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Is America Alone in its Vaping Hysteria? "If the FDA is unwilling to reclassify e-cigarettes, then it should at least realize that...

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The thoroughly modern genius of George Gershwin "When he was bestriding the nation, Gershwin was the most modern guy around; 82 years ...

"Every state in the U.S. has more than 20% of adults with obesity, according to the CDC – a significant uptick since 1985, when no state had an obesity rate higher than 15%."

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Obesity in America: A Public Health Crisis Obesity is a public health issue that impacts more than 100 million adults and children in the...
Saturday, September 7, 2019

When the Public Feared That Library Books Could Spread Deadly Diseases

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When the Public Feared That Library Books Could Spread Deadly Diseases “The great book scare” created a panic that you could catch an inf...

The injustice of fat stigma

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Bioethics.  2019 Jun;33(5):577-590. doi: 10.1111/bioe.12560. Epub 2019 Feb 13. The injustice of  fat  stigma. Nath R 1 . Author info...

Bill Maher Weighs In On U.S. Obesity: Fat Shaming “Needs To Make A Comeback”

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Bill Maher Weighs In On U.S. Obesity: Fat Shaming “Needs To Make A Comeback” Bill Maher served up a super-sized portion of steamed sna...
Tuesday, August 27, 2019

The Evolution of Decedent Ownership

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Timothy Craig Allen  ( 2019 ) The Evolution of Decedent Ownership. Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine: September 2019, Vol. 14...
Monday, August 26, 2019

Micropapillary adenocarcinoma of lung: Morphological criteria and diagnostic reproducibility among pulmonary pathologists

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Ann Diagn Pathol.  2019 Aug;41:43-50. doi: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2019.04.008. Epub 2019 Apr 24. Micropapillary adenocarcinoma of lung: Mo...
Saturday, August 24, 2019

What does your waist say about your health? According to a new study, a lot more than you’d think

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What does your waist say about your health? According to a new study, a lot more than you’d think. "Excess visceral fat — the fat ...