Tag: News

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Welcome to the age where technology compounds insanity

November 25, 2008

It’s up to you what I find insane – that they are considering monitoring “sexually aggressive” people with micro-chips, or that some are against the idea of these “sexually aggressive” people being monitored. Indonesian AIDS patients face microchip monitoring By NINIEK KARMINI JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Lawmakers in Indonesia’s remote province of Papua have thrown… Read More Welcome to the age where technology compounds insanity

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Dark Tales for Dark Days: a 19 year old commits suicide during a live webcast

November 22, 2008

I really am trying to do my part in keeping things a little light-hearted so that the darkening months of November and December will be a little easier to bear for all those stuck inside reading blog after blog in the hopes that by the time they are done reading the entire Internet, summer will… Read More Dark Tales for Dark Days: a 19 year old commits suicide during a live webcast

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The ends do not justify the means, but justify finding better means

November 21, 2008

Seriously, all this talk about how evil stem cell research is makes us forget that, when done in the right way, it’s quite a feat, and the miracles the medical community will be able to achieve with it are worth looking into ethical ways of doing stem cell research. Woman given windpipe created in laboratory… Read More The ends do not justify the means, but justify finding better means

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I love Google

November 15, 2008

I have said it before, I will say it again: I love Google. The health care professional in me is THRILLED at the company’s newest invention: Google Flu Trends. Combating the flu by deploying the Web What if Google knew before anyone else that a flu outbreak was putting you at heightened risk of getting… Read More I love Google