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Re:NIMBYs in the twenty-first century on Wednesday March 25, 2015 @11:03AM (#9263387)
Not paywalled anymore-(Economist journo)
Re:Animal-rights activists wreak havoc in Milan laboratory on Tuesday April 23, 2013 @08:18AM (#5594600)
"Some of the mice they removed were delicate mutants and immunosuppressed ‘nude’ mice, which die very quickly outside controlled environments" Sheesh
Re:Crick's DNA Nobel medal gets $2 million at auction on Friday April 12, 2013 @11:22AM (#5538978)
>>>The proud new owner is Jack Wang, chief executive of a Chinese company that intends to sell [walnut-sized, flying saucer-shaped] electromagnetic devices that it claims have medically regenerative powers."<<<< None of the claims are proven yet of-course...
Yeah - the trick worked both ways>> "on the basis of the manipulated score, 10% of the subjects switched their voting intentions, from right to left wing or vice versa. Another 19% changed from firm support of their preferred coalition to undecided. A further 18% had been undecided before the survey, indicating that as many as 47% of the electorate were open to changing their minds, in sharp contrast to the 10% of voters identified as undecided in Swedish polls at the time."
"In a twist that evokes the dystopian science fiction of writer Philip K. Dick, neuroscientists have found a way to predict whether convicted felons are likely to commit crimes again from looking at their brain scans. Convicts showing low activity in a brain region associated with decision-making and action are more likely to be arrested again, and sooner."

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