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Not quite true - we're down to around 14 days with the latest generation of tests. The ideal would be a rapid 'fever' panel that tests for all the viruses we currently pay a ton of…

I'm not an expert, but this seems like an area of debate. See a reply to that article: http://www.pnas.org/content/113/45/E6908

To the moderators, the title would be more accurate with 'fMRI' as opposed to 'MRI'. The latter is typically used to examine structural brain elements, whereas fMRI is thought to c…

Thanks, this definitely bas been a well-played gambit on their part - I had no idea how extensive their lobbying had grown.

I think this is a pretty bold claim and would appreciate the sources you found probative. If the statements you offer constitute sufficient evidence for you, I would say that numer…

That's a very interesting claim. What's your evidence?

Your parents' story is very impressive, but I think it highlights some aspects of privilege I have also encountered: - The people who are able to emigrate from a poor/devastated co…

I think it’s unfair to discounts papers in a foreign field to one’s own as ‘minimum publishable unit’ - often the novelty and importance of a finding requires some background, whic…

As an opposing viewpoint, turning off wifi is exactly what I used to do when boarding a plane - my bluetooth radio is always off.

This is patently false (I have just done the very thing you said, then confirmed that the wifi was in fact still on ). I think this whole argument just lends more support to the id…

I wonder if this means that the super resolution microscopy techniques are also in line for a Nobel...

This is very controversial - in short, there is no national recommendation for mammogram screening to start at 40 years. Multiple professional organizations disagree (see below). F…

Many surgical items are reused - for example scissors, and retractors. Surgeons may have their own set of tools that they continue to use. Lower cost items are not reused (a scalpe…

Very interesting! I'm not sure I agree with your reasoning for the mitochondrial mutation point: > * Mitochondrial DNA is passed by mothers only and so undergoes very little mutati…

On mobile, so I may not get to reply fully! We actually do have some idea about necks and I believe noses - the important elements are DNA enhancers. There was a presentation at th…

I remember seeing this result. It's tantalizing but - and in the absence of mandated reporting perhaps the best we may have. I will take a look at the paper but I wonder what biase…

I find this very curious - why do you think this movement came to attention if the killings are rare? Also, your comment implies that there's an acceptable number of police killing…

I made this comment a few days ago, but I think a lot of readers are getting tripped up in his (likely very artfully deployed) wording and avoiding his underlying messages. The pas…

I think this is the fallacy of hiring that every startup makes, the idea that only Linus is good enough to write your CRUD app. Incidentally, we do not know whether his statement i…

I'm not sure how you're privvy to his thought process. Also, the idea that finding ways to employ more women+minorities leads to poorer employees is exactly what many people don't …

I think this has been talked about multiple times over - Damore did not have a line that states that women and/or minorities are bad engineers. He does, however, clearly state that…

I see what you're implying with your UC/Crohn's reference, but it actually underscores why CFS is so hard of a diagnosis. In UC/Crohn's, patients presented with recurrent bouts of …

I happen to share your skepticism about a mitochondrial origin for this syndrome, though I am not familiar with the research (would appreciate a review on the topic - I saw one lin…