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Frozen Peas Ice Mould - $15
The Gadget Flow - 17 Mar 2014 08:00
The Frozen Peas Ice Mould from Suck UK will help you make giant spherical ice cubes. Yes, a spherical ice cube is a contradiction in terms, but let's leave the language cops out of this. The point is that you...
HTC Desire 816 Also Had 1 Million Pre-Orders?
Ubergizmo - 17 Mar 2014 06:11
The HTC Desire 816 does seem as though it is shaping up to be a fairly decent mid-range handset, where we have already gotten our hands-on for a quick review. Well, it also looks set to make waves in the world's most pop...
Nearly half of pregnant low-income women do not want to be sent home from hospital after diagnosis of false or early labor
Science Daily - 17 Mar 2014 23:06
More than 40 percent of pregnant low-income women discharged from the hospital after a diagnosis of false or early labor did not want to be sent home, with the most common reasons being that they were in too much pain or...
Review: Cosyspeed Camslinger Camera Belt
The Phoblographer - 17 Mar 2014 12:01
Cosyspeed is a new company with a belt solution for mirrorless camera users.
Planet Mercury Has Shrunk More Than Thought
Slashdot - 17 Mar 2014 01:59
sciencehabit writes "Measuring just 4880 kilometers across, Mercury is a small world. The planet became slightly smaller as its interior cooled, which caused Mercury to shrink, buckling its surface and creating numerous ...
Greenland Ice Melt 'Accelerating,' Climate Change Awakens 'Sleeping Giant'
IBTimes - 17 Mar 2014 05:24
Scientists have known for decades that Greenland's ice sheet is melting, but they may have underestimated just how much water the second-largest ice sheet on the planet is shedding. New research indicates that a key sect...
Russia Could ‘Turn the U.S. Into Radioactive Ash,' News Anchor Says
Mashable - 17 Mar 2014 02:04
The man hand-picked by Russian President Vladimir Putin to lead the country's state media appeared on a nightly news program on Sunday to say his country could "turn the U.S. into radioactive dust." In the clip, Dmitry K...
Closer to detecting preeclampsia: Biomarkers found in urine, blood
Science Daily - 17 Mar 2014 23:45
Researchers have found a set of biomarkers in urine and serum samples that were different between women with preeclampsia, women with normal pregnancies and women who were not pregnant. These biomarkers tell the story of...
Amazon celebrates Appstore's 3rd birthday with 60% off popular titles, discounts on in-app purchases
Android Central - 17 Mar 2014 18:58
As the digital confetti sprinkling down the Amazon Appstore website might suggest, Amazon is celebrating the Appstore's third birthday -- and that means deals on apps. For the next two weeks, you'll see various deals on ...
Prominent GitHub Engineer Julie Ann Horvath Quits Citing Harrassment
Slashdot - 17 Mar 2014 11:03
First time accepted submitter PvtVoid writes in with the story of Julie Ann Horvath alleging a culture of sexism at GitHub. "The exit of engineer Julie Ann Horvath from programming network GitHub has sparked yet another ...
Cefaly Headband Helps "Cure" Migraines
Ubergizmo - 17 Mar 2014 08:43
I can tell you first hand that suffering from a migraine problem is no fun at all. If you are familiar with the mythical Chinese folk character, the Monkey King, then you would know the kind of pain that the mischievous ...
Study finds that fast-moving cells in the human immune system walk in a stepwise manner
EurekAlert! - 17 Mar 2014 06:00
(University of California - San Diego) A team of biologists and engineers at UC San Diego applied advanced mathematical tools to answer a basic question in cell biology about how cells move and discovered that the mechan...
Hepatitis C remains major problem for HIV patients despite antiretroviral therapy
Science Daily - 17 Mar 2014 23:43
The risk of hepatitis C-associated serious liver disease persists in HIV patients otherwise benefiting from antiretroviral therapy (ART) to treat HIV, a study has found. It has been suggested that ART slows hepatitis C-a...
What Would the World Look Like If the Air Were Truly Transparent?
PetaPixel - 17 Mar 2014 23:35
For the purposes of this question, I’m going to assume that “truly transparent” means that air and its constituents are no longer able to absorb and re-radiate incident radiation, which in visible light seems to be...
Alzheimer's-like symptoms may not be Alzheimer's
Science Daily - 17 Mar 2014 23:06
Lewy body dementia is the most misdiagnosed dementia, affecting 1.3 million Americans. "Early and accurate diagnosis is critical," says one expert. "In fact, it may be life-saving. Unlike Alzheimer's disease, people with...
Health gap between adult survivors of childhood cancer, siblings widens with age
Science Daily - 17 Mar 2014 23:06
Adult survivors of childhood cancer face significant health problems as they age and are five times more likely than their siblings to develop new cancers, heart and other serious health conditions beyond the age of 35, ...
U.S. headache sufferers get $1 billion worth of brain scans each year
Science Daily - 17 Mar 2014 23:06
One in eight visits to a a doctor for a headache or migraine end up with the patient going for a brain scan, at a total cost of about $1 billion a year, a new study finds. And many of those MRI and CT scans -- and costs ...
Pneumonia coding practices may skew hospital performance outcomes
Medical News Today - 17 Mar 2014 23:00
Variations in coding practices related to pneumonia cases may bias efforts to compare quality of care among hospitals, according to an article being published in Annals of Internal Medicine.Pneumonia is the most common r...
Patients co-infected with HIV and HCV more likely to suffer liver decompensation
Medical News Today - 17 Mar 2014 23:00
Despite treatment with antiretroviral therapy (ART), patients co-infected with HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) have higher rates of liver decompensation than patients with HCV alone, according to an article being publish...
Poke Out Parts of This Perforated Lamp Shade To Make Your Own Pattern
Gizmodo - 17 Mar 2014 23:00
This Take-Off light shade comes in a single perforated sheet, and you poke out the teensy shapes to make whatever the heck pattern you want. It's like the design equivalent of popping bubble wrap--everyone likes popping ...
Evidence does not support guidelines on fatty acid consumption to reduce coronary risk
Medical News Today - 17 Mar 2014 23:00
Current evidence does not support nutritional guidelines that advocate high consumption of polyunsaturated fatty acids and low consumption of total saturated fats, according to an article being published in Annals of Int...
Improving quality, safety for PCIs performed without on-site backup
Science Daily - 17 Mar 2014 21:56
The increasing number of percutaneous coronary interventions (PCIs) being performed at low-volume centers without on-site cardiac surgery backup has driven the need for new safety and quality protocols, according to an e...