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A search for Toxoplasmosis on G-scholar reveals that this parasite is in fact a problem for immune compromised patients and infants. Although I do not think WebMD is a reliable sou…

And why should we trust you (or Google etc) with our data? Perhaps you (they) will exploit our ignorance and manipulate our preferences? Not everyone in the world can be assured th…

Dr. Agrawal has some good pdf's available from his website: http://stanford.edu/~mukul/tutorials/index.html Here is a link to a 161 page pdf on QFT and QED (Warning: direct pdf dow…

We all have tumors in our bodies, not cancer. Cancer is when the tumor metastasizes, and begins to grow out of control. Perhaps instead of hoping for a silver bullet to cure cancer…

Thank you for linking to this interesting discussion on Reddit. Their discussion lacks a few key points. First, inflammation is an important cause of cellular (and DNA) damage. The…

I tried using this, but it left me with the impression that it was unprofessionally done. 1. The board is not correct. The black square must be in the left corner. While this may s…

Interesting that they use this strategy. Essentially, high variance is good when the expected value of the game is negative. It increases the chances of success in a bad situation.…

Unfortunately you are correct, we are not really sequencing the genome. We are simply reading short segments of DNA, and comparing that to a reference sequence to find point mutati…

Forgive me if my surfing time is limited. I would appreciate links to these conversations, if you have them.

The biggest problem with Wikipedia is not that entries about current politics may be biased by national/religious propaganda. The real problem is when the political propaganda infl…

Can anyone recommend a P2P VoIP other than Skype? I suspect that it wont be long until MS "improves" Skype and it becomes useless.

This is a very well written blog, and the links to pdfs providing further detail are excellent. As pointed out in jane.pdf, and also be Ed Thorp elsewhere, betting with the Kelly c…

The smartest man in the room is a fool if he makes others look foolish. -Ancient Chinese proverb

The answers on HN are better and have more variety than SE!

This journal is going under: http://daviddobbs.posterous.com/journal-of-cosmology-going-o... From Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/fy4w5/journal_of_co... I think it…

Most studies use raw p-values. This, coupled with "exploratory analyses" which are not mentioned in the research, leads to a high false discovery rate. Alternatives include using s…

This is similar to other models of courtship behavior. Essentially, females prefer males that invest in their relationship because they are more likely to remain in the relationshi…

Sorry to be so harsh, but this analysis is really lacking. If you want to learn more about how to hedge bets, read about things like moment theory or the Kelly criterion. Also, tak…

I agree, this math is terrible. Just. Terrible. Please no one believe this post, it uses dubious statistics.

Thank you much for crafting this finely worded commentary!!! One point to add: Many economists assume equilibrium in their models. Often, economists will invoke [Nash] equilibrium …