The Guardian learned that the suspected mass shooter at an El Paso, Texas Walmart “is believed to also have posted a white nationalist rant on 8chan” — then interviewed the CEO of the company hosting it. If the connection between the 21-year-old suspect in Saturday’s massacre and the 8chan document is confirmed — and law enforcement sources told NBC News that…
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Botox may relieve persistent pelvic pain caused by endometriosis
The wrinkle-smoothing treatment Botox may relieve pain from muscle spasms in the pelvic floor of women with endometriosis. Source: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/botox-may-relieve-persistent-pelvic-pain-caused-endometriosis4…
Unidentified Sonic Phenomenon Causing ‘Hangover’ Symptoms in Brooklyn
I’m a sucker for unidentified sonic phenomena. The latest weird noise to pop up in the news comes by way of the Bedford–Stuyvesant neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York, where residents say a mysterious and unidentified noise has been causing painful side-effects and curious medical conditions for months. Oddly enough, some of the symptoms seem eerily… Read more » Source: https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2019/07/unidentified-sonic-phenomenon-causing-hangover-symptoms-in-brooklyn/…
What’s New on Coursera for Business – June 2019
By Kyle Clark, Enterprise Content Expert This month we are excited to announce a special release on top of 39 brand new courses: TensorFlow in Practice. This Specialization was developed in partnership with deeplearning.ai and Google Brain’s Laurence Moroney to provide learners with the expertise to write and deploy production-quality TensorFlow code. In addition to […]
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Man’s Foot Pain Was Due to Rare ‘Hair Splinter’
For one man in Brazil, a fallen strand of hair became more than a nuisance when it got embedded in his foot. Source: https://www.livescience.com/65881-hair-splinter.html
Eric S. Raymond Survives New Medical Problems
For decades Eric S. Raymond has been one of the open source movement’s staunchest supporters. He co-founded the Open Source Initiative, and was the author of the influential book The Cathedral and the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary . Tuesday the 61-year-old super-geek posted a dramatic story to his blog:
Today I had to — literally…
A type of African mole rat is immune to the pain caused by wasabi
A species of mole rat doesn’t feel pain in response to a compound that gives wasabi its pungent taste, and could hint at new ways to relieve pain in people Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2204849-a-type-of-african-mole-rat-is-immune-to-the-pain-caused-by-wasabi/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Q&A with Shwetabh Mittal, Head of Product and Corporate Strategy for Coursera for Business
We recently sat down with Shwetabh Mittal, the head of product and corporate strategy for Coursera for Business. Shwetabh was excited to provide a peak into how our product roadmap is developed and share some of the most exciting upcoming new features. In particular, he shares how he’s thinking about skills-based features in the wake […]
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Can the UK avoid having a lethal opioid crisis like the one in the US?
Doctors in the UK are concerned that it could follow the US into an opioid crisis, yet measures to prevent this could go too far and leave people in pain Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24232303-200-can-the-uk-avoid-having-a-lethal-opioid-crisis-like-the-one-in-the-us/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Stop aging in space
Wrinkles, muscle pain, high blood pressure and a clumsy brain are all natural consequences of getting old. As our cells rust over time, a key to fighting chronic disease may be in tiny, smartly designed particles that have the potential to become an anti-ageing supplement. A European experiment seeking innovative antioxidants is on its way to space. Source: https://phys.org/news/2019-05-aging-space.html…