UPDATE: Famous Tumors

When we first released Famous Tumors, Rebecca Skloot’s book about the life and legacy of Henrietta Lacks (and her famous cells) had just hit the shelves. Since then, some interesting things have happened to both Henrietta’s cells and her family. So, 4 years later, we have a newly updated show! via Pocket http://www.radiolab.org/story/update-famous-tumors/

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Powering cell phones, tablets and laptops with internal combustion engines

Since 1980, personal computer processing power and harddrive storage has roughly doubled every two years – as predicted by Moore’s Law. Which technology has been stagnant in that same amount of time? Battery performance. via Pocket http://www.meanpc.com/2013/09/powering-cell-phones-tablets-and.html

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GOP California congressman: Syria or sequester

(Los Angeles Times) To strike Syria or not — for Rep. Howard “Buck” McKeon (R-Santa Clarita), that wasn’t exactly the question. In the Wall Street Journal, he said he couldn’t even consider U.S. military intervention unless the military budget was liberated from the sequester. via Pocket http://www.wnd.com/2013/09/gop-california-congressman-syria-or-sequester/

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Human Test Subject Facility

The Test Subject Screening (TSS) at the Johnson Space Center is responsible for providing qualified test participants for ground-based research. via Pocket https://bedreststudy.jsc.nasa.gov/

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Facebook is censoring police accountability posts now… Christopher Cantwell

I’ve been blocked from posting to Facebook multiple times. It usually happens when I tell somebody off, or post a suggestive photo of a woman. This time I got warned for something I didn’t even post, but rather was posted by one of the other admins on The Big Plantation page. via Pocket http://www.christophercantwell.com/2013/09/18/facebook-is-censoring-police-accountability-posts-now/

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