A complicated card trick that deals with the colors of the cards and a binary De Bruijn cycle has helped a mathematician reach a new bound on data compression. Magic and math, more friendly than you'd think! More »
Ashes to Ashes and Life on Mars star Dean Andrews has called for people to run with him for Alzheimer's Society at the launch of the 2011 Bupa Great Manchester Run. Dean, best known as DS Ray Carling from the hit BBC One series, is supporting Bupa's nominated charity to help them top the £1...
Ecologist Eric Berlow doesn't feel overwhelmed when faced with complex systems. He knows that more information can lead to a better, simpler solution. Illustrating the tips and tricks for breaking down big issues, he distills an overwhelming infographic on U.S. strategy in Afghanistan to a few...
I've grown tired of the lead girls in romance anime (and most anime for that matter -_-) being "not very bright, but she's got heart and A LOT of it!" No matter how smart the girl may be there is always some male who's ridiculously smarter than her. D=
Does a show with a smart lead girl exist...
Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE:MDT) announced that it has entered into an agreement to settle existing U.S. lawsuits relating to its Sprint Fidelis® family of defibrillation leads (Sprint Fidelis Models: 6930, 6931, 6948, 6949) that were the subject of a field action announced on October 15, 2007. Under...
Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics has published product data including GTINs for its complete U.S. product portfolio to the GHX Health ConneXion™ data pool, which is certified by GS1's Global Data Synchronization Network (GDSN) to synchronize medical-surgical product data. The GS1 system of...
Several recent studies suggest that U.S. women are increasingly seeking methods for self-induced abortions instead of visiting legal clinics that have become "embattled, increasingly costly and geographically inaccessible," The Nation reports. The article profiles a woman from Brownsville...
The Alabama Department of Public Health advises the public to be alert to the warning signals of heat illnesses. Between June and mid-August at least six persons ranging from preschool age to their 80s have been confirmed to have died from heat-related causes in Alabama. Heat-related illnesses...
The six-site Consortium on the Genetics of Schizophrenia (COGS), led by the director of the Schizophrenia Program at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, has received a $10 million renewal grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), one of the National...
okay, i already have, Sims2 double deluxe, open for business, and university, i wanted to try and download seasons torrent, so i did, andi followed this guy's tutorial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31invhpAFos
it worked, i got seasons onto my pc, but..when i tried to play it, an error popped...
Men who refuse surgery for prostate cancer and instead opt for "watchful waiting" - monitoring cancer progression without undergoing treatment - have a significantly worse long-term survival rate than those patients that choose radiotherapy, according to researchers at Henry Ford Hospital in...
Men who refuse surgery for prostate cancer and instead opt for "watchful waiting" - monitoring cancer progression without undergoing treatment - have a significantly worse long-term survival rate than those patients that choose radiotherapy, according to researchers at Henry Ford Hospital in...
New research released today indicates that endocrine intervention in surgical patients with diabetes and dysglycemia (abnormal blood sugar) accounted for shorter hospital stays and a decrease in the expense of treating these patients. This research was presented at the American Association of...
New research released today indicates that endocrine intervention in surgical patients with diabetes and dysglycemia (abnormal blood sugar) accounted for shorter hospital stays and a decrease in the expense of treating these patients. This research was presented at the American Association of...
later date? Like, for instance. I get raptured on the 14th of the month and I have library books due back on the 23rd. Obviously I'm not going to be able to return them, ever, so in a sense I'm actually stealing them, which is a sin, but I obviously can't get absolution because I wasn't able to...
Chris Bosh scored 21 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead the Toronto Raptors to a 106-100 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves Monday night.Al Jefferson led Minnesota with 22 points and seven rebounds. Guard Wayne Ellington, a rookie out of North Carolina, scored 17 points in 35 minutes off...
Rashard Lewis scored 24 points and Dwight Howard added 23 as the Orlando Magic defeated the Philadelphia 76ers at the Wachovia Center in Philly Monday night.The Magic took a 35-33 lead with 8:07 remaining in the second quarter and did not trail after that point. The Sixers were led by Elton...
Padraig Harrington added a 6-under 65 to his first-round 69 to take the halfway lead at the Transitions Championship. Harrington is 8-under and one stroke ahead of Carl Pettersson, Jim Furyk, Bubba Watson and Retief Goosen. Harrington has played in four tournaments this season. He missed the cut...