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Näytetään blogitekstit, joiden ajankohta on joulukuu, 2017.

The Other Half of Science

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This time each year, I take the liberty of posting something more speculative and personal.  In this essay, I propose that everything we consider the “scientific world-view” is only half the story, and that science must expand its foundations if it aspires to  be a complete account of reality.   A reductionist approach to science […] Science Blog http://ift.tt/2zUiZC8 http://ift.tt/2CjXzEs Visit our website to read more

The FDA Fights Back Against Homeopathy

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As of December 2018, the FDA has proposed a new, risk-based enforcement approach to homeopathic drug products that have the greatest potential to cause risk to patients. This represents a welcome first step in attempting to regulate so-called “alternative medicine”, which has, as mentioned several times in this and in other related platforms, the potential to […] Science Blog http://ift.tt/2lsdCFP http://ift.tt/2CvNnFX Visit our website to read more

The ridiculously resilient ridge is back

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Have you heard? The ridiculously resilient ridge of high pressure is back. We’re talking over the U.S. west. It’s been parked here for quite a while. It’s a familiar refrain. Besides the characteristic dry spell and unseasonably warm temperatures, with this high-pressure ridge has come the flurry of usual descriptors. One of which is the […] Science Blog http://ift.tt/2DCDC7X http://ift.tt/2CmhZfg Visit our website to read more

ඔබේ පරිගණකය විශ්වාසවන්තද​?

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ඔබේ පරිගණකයට විදාන දිය යුත්තේ කවුරුන්ද? බොහෝ දෙනෙක් සිතන්නේ තමන් ගේ පරිගණකය, වෙන පුද්ගලයෙකුට අවනත නොවී තමන්ට අවනත විය යුතු බවයි. “ විශ්වාසනීය පරිගණක භාවිතාවක් ” හෙවත් “ Trusted computing ” ලෙස ප්‍රකාශ කරන චිත්‍රපට නිෂ්පාදක හා සංස්කාරක ආයතන, මයික්‍රොසොෆ්ට් හා ඉන්ටෙල් වැනි පරිගණක සමාගම් සමග එක්ව, සැලසුම් සහගතව ඔබගේ පරිගණකය ඔවුන්ට අවනත කරගැනීමට කටයුතු කරයි. මේ සදහා බොහෝවිට යොදා ගන්නේ Proprietary software නැතහොත් හිමිකාරිත්වය වෙනත් පුද්ගලයෙකුට හෝ සමාගමකට ඇති මෘදුකාංග වේ. (Image source: www.fsf.org ) Proprietary මෘදුකාංග (Proprietary software) යනු ඔබට සම්පූර්ණ පාලනයක් හිමි නොවන මෘදුකාංගයි තවදුරටත් අර්ථ දැක්වුවහොත්, ක්‍රමලේඛනය කර ඇති ආකාරය අධ්‍යනය හෝ සංස්කරණයට හැකියාව අවහිර කර ඇති මෘදුකාංග වේ. මෙම ස්වභාවය උපයෝගී කරගෙන, තමන් ගේ පාරිභෝගිකයන්ට අවභාවිතයට ගන්නට සුවිසල් සමාගම් පෙලබීම පුදුමයට කරුනක් නොවන්නේ එය සැබැවින්ම දක්‍ෂ ව්‍යාපාරික ක්‍රමයක් නිසාය. මයික්‍රොසොෆ්ට් ආයතනය මෙවැනි කටයුතු අවස්ථා කිහිපයකදී සිදුකර ඇත. වින්ඩොව්ස් මෙහෙයුම් පද්ධතියේ එක් සංස්කරණයක, ඔබගේ පරිගණකයේ ස්ථාපිත කර ඇති මෘදු

First Human Embryos edited in USA

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Shoukhrat Mitalipov of Oregon Health and Science University, in Portland, has lead the team that carried out the first attempt to genetically modify human embryos with CRISPR. The aim of this project was to demonstrate that it is possible to safely and efficiently correct defective genes that cause inherited diseases in humans. Indeed, this is gene […] Science Blog http://ift.tt/2CojjhO http://ift.tt/2lxgoZs Visit our website to read more

Want to beat antibiotic-resistant superbugs? Rethink that strep throat remedy

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Got a sore throat? The doctor may write a quick prescription for penicillin or amoxicillin, and with the stroke of a pen, help diminish public health and your own future health by helping bacteria evolve resistance to antibiotics. It’s time to develop alternatives to antibiotics for small infections, according to a new paper by scientists […] Science Blog http://ift.tt/2DxyAcP http://ift.tt/2pVArGG Visit our website to read more

The Caribbean is stressed out, but there’s hope

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Forty percent of the world’s 2.5 billion people live in coastal cities and towns. A team including Smithsonian marine biologists just released 25 years of data about the health of Caribbean coasts from the Caribbean Coastal Marine Productivity Program (CARICOMP). The study provides new insights into the influence of both local and global stressors in […] Science Blog http://ift.tt/2CnNsLP http://ift.tt/2pXD0rP Visit our website to read more