Archive for the ‘Medical’ Category

Search Results: Influenza

Sunday, November 16th, 2008

Google usually answers your questions, but now it can predict the future. Flu Trends aggregates historical search data to foretell where the flu will strike next. Is there anything Google doesn’t know?

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A Golden Handshake

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

We have all exchanged a friendly handshake with a stranger when introduced by a mutual friend. For Mark Gurrieri, this experience saved him from a rare and deadly form of brain cancer.

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Breaking the Law in 20 Words (Or Less)

Thursday, March 23rd, 2006

A recent op-ed piece in the New York Times by Michael Crichton states a scientific claim which happens to be copyrighted. Here’s a hint: it’s an expansion on the idea that vitamins are good for you.

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