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Brazil links Zika fever to birth defects
The Brazilian health ministry confirms a link between a mosquito-borne virus from Africa, Zika Fever, and a high incidence of birth defects.
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The Atir-Rosenzweig-Dunning Effect: When Experts Claim to Know the Unknowable
The researcher behind the famed Dunning-Kruger Effect has found expertise can lead us to claim impossible knowledge. By Simon Oxenham.
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Lakes are forming on top of Mount Everest’s glaciers
Pools of meltwater are coalescing into lakes on Mount Everest’s debris-strewn Khumbu Glacier. The accumulation of water makes the ice melt even more quickly. By Sarah Kaplan.
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The Doctor on a Quest to Save Our Medical Devices From Hackers
Dr. David Klonoff is spearheading an effort to eliminate dangerous security holes in insulin pumps, which could help secure other medical devices as well. By Kim Zetter.
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Farmers urged to cut antibiotic use
Farmers need to dramatically cut the amount of antibiotics used in agriculture, because of the threat to human health, a report says. By James Gallagher.
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Sponge injection could save the lives of domestic gunshot victims
FDA approves civilian use of syringe-like device designed to plug war wounds. By Beth Mole.
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He Warned You About Chipotle in 2007
As Chipotle’s multistate E. coli nightmare continues, food safety advocates say the outbreak was destined to happen. By Samantha Allen.
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Biker melee shows challenge of wielding gun in self defense during a shooting
Perhaps the worst place for a shooting to break out is in the middle of a bunch of people with guns, who are flanked by police who have bigger guns and are already expecting trouble. By Dane Schiller.
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Britain’s Nuclear Arsenal Is a Hazardous Mess
Safety mishaps plague Trident program. By Tom Barlow Brown.
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The History of the Black-Scholes Formula
The inventors of the Black-Scholes Formula won a Nobel Prize for risk-management. Then their hedge fund needed a bailout.
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On the Juniper backdoor
You might have heard that a few days ago, Juniper Systems announced the discovery of "unauthorized code" in the ScreenOS software that underlies the NetScreen line of devices... By Matthew Green.
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Extreme weather poses increasing threat to US power grid
When Hurricane Katrina's punishing storm surge plowed ashore, it swamped seven of Coast Electric Power Association's substations, vital to powering thousands of Mississippi homes and businesses... By Holbrook Mohr and Garance Burke.
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What could possibly go wrong on a spacewalk?
Spacewalks have become a regular feature of life in the International Space Station, but they are still a risky adventure. By Jason Caffrey.
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The Archdruid Report: Too Little, Too Late
“The thought that the future on the far side of global climate change might have some resemblance to the preindustrial past—that people in that future, in the wake of the immense collective catastrophes our actions are busy creating for them, might wear handmade clothing of primitive cut and find surviving scraps of our technologies baffling relics of a bygone time—seems to have been wholly beyond the grasp of their imaginations.”
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Here be dragons
Reading about the various radiation hazards in the Manhattan Project's history can be spine-tingling, even with a measured view of the dangers. By Alex Wellerstein. (Nov. 20)
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Revisiting South Africa’s Bomb
“At the time of South Africa’s decision to abandon its nuclear weapons program, the South African bomb was already small enough to arm both the H2 and South Africa’s ballistic missile under development. And, perhaps not so surprisingly, remnants of this program showed up on the market for export to places like Pakistan.” By Jeffrey Lewis. (Dec. 3)
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Walls Not Included
How Four Roommates Got Duped Into Camping In A $6K A Month Williamsburg Death-Trap. By Nathan Tempey.
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Guns vs. Cars, and Drugs
About 20 years ago, public-health researcher Garen J. Wintemute predicted that The Crossover was nigh: Soon, more Americans would be killed with guns than with motor vehicles. By Robert VerBruggen. (Dec. 21)
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[Australia’s] Northern Territory removes 290 saltwater crocodiles from waterways in a year
Residents are warned to take more care as 2015’s figure is announced – it’s a high one, based on recent years, although not a record.
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A Pessimist’s Guide to the World in 2016
We asked economists, military experts and diplomats what they fear most in 2016. Brace yourself. By Flavia Krause-Jackson, Mira Rojanasakul, and John Fraher. (Dec, 15)
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