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Everyone ready for your personal Gene Mapping ? Sequencing technologies through companies like Illumina of San Diego, which did Glen Close’s genome, have vastly reduced the cost of producing an entire map of the human genome — essentially the genetic recipe that makes up an individual. Whereas the first human genome cost $3 billion and…
Smartphones will shake up paid content debate
VXBGQQKMWH4H The time has come for some sanity to this blogosphere for newbie bloggers. The entry level to blog eliminates all but the most tenacious and patient of disciplines. For example to qualify for technorati, one must hunt for excessive non-producitive hours, and then wait excessive non-productive hours for results,,,,,,,,,,whats this about ? Well this…
Designers like Alexander McQueen, Romain Kremer and Gareth Pugh, Lady Gaga (aka Stefani Germanotta) has helped lead a fashion transformation among today’s female artists. Everyone from Beyoncé to Rihanna has now recognized the marketing value of outlandish designer outfits, but they are all still dressing in Gaga’s shadow. Music and fashion have always gone hand…
Journal of Molecular Cancer Research. An experimental approach that looks for the DNA leaking out from dead and dying cells may provide a route to a blood test for breast cancer, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday. An initial study showed the test detected 70 percent of breast cancer cases, and correctly cleared 100 percent of…
What it means to be a woman in Afghanistan? Chances are you can’t read or write, you married before you were 18 years old and have around 6 kids, and you may be working — but you’re getting paid half of what your male counterparts make. On International Women’s Day, look at how women in…
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Technologies That Empower Women by Tom Watson Tom Watson is the author of CauseWired: Plugging In, Getting Involved, Changing the World (Wiley, 2008) and managing partner of CauseWired Communications LLC, a consulting firm that works with nonprofits and causes. Courtesy of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation / Frédéric Courbet 5. E-Learning A public-private partnership…
Just about a year ago Foursquare was launching at a NY Tech Meetup. Today, its influence is seeping into popular culture. Last night, Foursquare founder Dennis Crowley tweeted out the screengrab below showing one of the characters seeing a check-in at the Algonquin Hotel. It wasn’t through Foursquare proper, but obviously, this is a shout…