Findings

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• Weird and Wacky Medical Findings of 2009

  
  Impact Lab — Authority: 519
  WEIRD, wild and decidedly offbeat research findings have emerged in 2009.Among the most bizarre medical discoveries were:.- Pulling a tick off the wrong way can lead to meat allergy. An Australian doctor found the link while studying rising cases of the allergy among people who live on Sydney’s tick-prone northern ...
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• Microsoft Recruits Student Bloggers With Free Software And Trips To Conferences

  
  The Far Edge — Authority: 155
  We’ve confirmed with Microsoft that the tech giant has launched a new program, called Student Insiders, to enlist college students to blog about Microsoft products. In return, the Microsoft “Student Insider” will be able to attend Microsoft conferences, such as Microsoft’s developer conference, PDC, and others ...
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• Bing Goes The iPhone. Still Great For Porn.

  
  The Far Edge — Authority: 155
  Since the dawn of Bing , it’s been exceptionally good at one thing: Finding porn . Its new iPhone app, which launched tonight in the App Store, is no different. By default, the app has a Safe Search setting of “Moderate.” Searching for “porn” this way yields several promising results. However, with just ...
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• My Virtual Head Would Look Great On Your Virtual Body! Gizmoz Merges With Daz 3D

  
  The Far Edge — Authority: 155
  Since Israeli startup Gizmoz launched three years ago, people have used its technology to create millions of 3D-realistic avatar heads from photos of themselves. But what good is a head without a body? Gizmoz found a body—lots of them, actually—in a Utah-based company called Daz 3D . The two companies are ...
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• New findings show how human movement may have brought Chagas disease to urban Peru

  
  emedist.com — Authority: 163
  New research shows how the migration and settlement patterns associated with the rapid urbanization of Peru may link to Chagas disease transmission. The study, published December 15 in the open-access [...]
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• Eating Disorders Linked to Distorted Body Image

  
  The Collective Well — Authority: 406
  Do you see yourself as you really are? (Credit: Luis Muñoz ) Imagine looking in a mirror and hating what you see. You eat alone, you may alternately starve and binge, you feel horrible about yourself. You’re probably tired and depressed too, to top it all off. According to the National Eating Disorders ...
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• BLUE THING #1: TNNW Surveys, Analyses and Findings

  
  The National Networker (TNNW) Blog — Authority: 136
  TNNW SURVEY # 5: The Economic Recession/ Recovery in the US. NOTE : This survey is currently in process. Polls will close at midnight, Eastern Time, on January 20, 2010. Your participation is greatly appreciated. Your opinion is valuable. During the course of these past two months, a combination of ...
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• RockYou Hack: From Bad To Worse

  
  The Far Edge — Authority: 155
  Earlier today news spread that social application site RockYou had suffered a data breached that resulted in the exposure of over 32 Million user accounts. To compound the severity of the security breach, it was found that RockYou are storing all user account data in plain text in their database, exposing all that ...
  2 days ago

• Browse For A Cause Supports Charities Through Firefox Plugin

  
  The Far Edge — Authority: 155
  I think we can agree that helping charities is a great thing. Browse For A Cause is extending the giving through the web browser. Browse For A Cause is a browser add-on that collects affiliate revenue (usually 3-5%) from sites like Amazon to help charities. For example, if you buy a $20 DVD, the affiliate revenue ...
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• 3D camera breaks world record with 158 lenses

  
  The Far Edge — Authority: 155
  Sure, there are viable commercial options for taking photos in three dimensions, but if you really want to capture 3D images (and you happen to be attached to a major university) you can always go the route of Associate Professor Ishino Youzirou and company. The camera that they developed at the Nagoya Institute ...
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• Trial opens in S.F. tech’s computer lockout

  
  The Far Edge — Authority: 155
  A former San Francisco city engineer accused of hijacking the computer network he built went on trial Monday, with prosecutors portraying Terry Childs as a power-mad techie and the defense calling him a misunderstood workaholic obsessed with system security….
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• Bit.ly Goes Pro, Tells Goo.gl To Suck.it

  
  The Far Edge — Authority: 155
  The short gloves are off. Earlier today, both Google and Facebook got into the URL shortening game with goo.gl and fb.me. Google’s move in particular is a direct challenge to bit.ly , the rising independent standard among link shortening services. Bit.ly’s response is in effect to ask publishers and ...
  2 days ago

• Video: Black Carbon Travels the Globe

  
  The Far Edge — Authority: 155
  Black-soot emissions from burning fuels, such as diesel and coal, are potentially more harmful in some areas than warming from greenhouse gases. A video shows how black carbon spreads through the atmosphere. New research suggests the warming effect of black carbon may accelerate glacial melt in the Himalayas.
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• Some Film Reviews Get Written Before Cameras Roll

  
  The Far Edge — Authority: 155
  Forget spoilers. The no-frills Hollywood blog Scriptshadow reveals all you need to know about upcoming movies, when all that exists is the screenplay. These precaps, Wired ’s Scott Brown explains, reflect our growing impatience with the delivery of entertainment.
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• Photo Gallery: On Tour — First Wave of the Beijing Rock Invasion

  
  The Far Edge — Authority: 155
  Take a ride along with three influential Beijing rock bands as they tour the United States for the first time.
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• Kids Bug Out Over Nanoscale Monsters

  
  The Far Edge — Authority: 155
  Monsters are invading! Nanoscale monsters, that is. Armed with the handheld Nanoscope, kids can interact with the creepy-crawly bugs, which in this ARG have wormed their way inside every computing device.
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• Gallery: Scenes From the Beijing Rock Underground

  
  The Far Edge — Authority: 155
  Stunning photos from China’s underground rock clubs show the country in a cultural transition. Documentary photographer Matthew Niederhauser sounds off on his photos and the Beijing music scene.
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• Five Gene Variants May Be Linked to Lung Disease

  
  COPD News Of The Day — Authority: 127
  Findings might lead to better treatments for asthma, COPD, researchers sayfrom HealthDay NewsScientists have identified five genetic variants that influence lung function, a finding that may help lead to better treatments for lung diseases.The international team of researchers compared lung function with genetic ...
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• Cleaners ‘beat bankers in worth’, says research

  
  The Far Edge — Authority: 155
  Hospital cleaners are worth more to society than bankers, research by a think tank suggests.
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• The Google Phone: what we know… and what we don’t

  
  The Far Edge — Authority: 155
  There’s been an immense amount of crosstalk, speculation, and just plain noise over the past 48 hours about a device allegedly called the Nexus One, or as it’s more commonly known: the Google Phone . We’ve heard all sorts of reports about the HTC-made device, and figured it might be helpful to put together a ...
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