Rise in allergies linked to war on bacteria

Rise in allergies linked to war on bacteria

Wicked fast Gmail in Firefox 11

If you use Firefox and Gmail, you can make the latter run much faster, using a new protocol aptly-named SPDY.  What to do:

• Update Firefox to the latest version: 11
• To enable SPDY in Firefox, type about:config in your location bar and press enter.
• Now enter network.http.spdy.enabled in the search box.
• Double click the entry corresponding to network.http.spdy.enabled to enable it.

(if you use Chrome, SPDY is enabled by default)

To see which websites use SPDY (other than Google ones), installed the FF add-on called SPDY Indicator.

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More evidence links a family of insecticides to bee colony collapse

More evidence links a family of insecticides to bee colony collapse

Moral Hazard and the Health Insurance Mandate

Moral Hazard and the Health Insurance Mandate

Study: Conservatives’ trust in science has fallen dramatically since mid-1970s | ScienceBlog.com

Study: Conservatives’ trust in science has fallen dramatically since mid-1970s | ScienceBlog.com:

The end of the article gets into an interesting discussion of the implications of governing when one party sees science as “liberal culture” rather than fact-based.  Disturbing.

The Best Birth Control In The World Is For Men | Techcitement

The Best Birth Control In The World Is For Men | Techcitement

'The Daily Show's' Advantage Over the Mainstream Media: An Eye for the Absurd

'The Daily Show's' Advantage Over the Mainstream Media: An Eye for the Absurd:

Sad to say that the skepticism that comes with satire should be more prevalent in actual reporters.

Should Science Pull the Trigger on Antiviral Drugs—That Can Blast the Common Cold? | Wired Science | Wired.com

Should Science Pull the Trigger on Antiviral Drugs—That Can Blast the Common Cold? | Wired Science | Wired.com:

A really excellent story on three potential paths to broad-spectrum anti-viral drugs and the potential drawbacks of having that kind of curative power at our disposal.

The U.S. Has Fallen Behind in Numerical Weather Prediction

The U.S. Has Fallen Behind in Numerical Weather Prediction:

The Europeans are better predictors of our weather. 

Funny

Funny

Those tight-fisted Democrats!

Those tight-fisted Democrats!

Where Did the Benefits of Technology Go?

Where Did the Benefits of Technology Go?:

A two thousand dollar laptop computer today is vastly more powerful than the most expensive supercomputer was in 1975. Great advances have been made in the field of automation, and in many other technical fields. Applied to manufacturing and the supply of various services,
the amount of labor needed to perform many tasks has been greatly reduced.

This explains why working people today, despite shorter work days and more vacation time, are earning much more in real dollars than they were 35 years ago.

Wouldn’t it be great if the previous sentence were true? Why isn’t it true?