How My Little Pony turned a little girl into a computer scientist
Great Read.
Chiquita finding bittersweet for families of men killed in Colombia
The families "allege that Chiquita, knowing that FARC was a terrorist organization, intentionally agreed to provide money, weapons and services to it as part of a common scheme to subvert local trade unions, protect Chiquita's farms and shipments, harm Chiquita's competitors, [and] strengthen FARC's military capabilities, and that [the families] were injured by overt acts done in furtherance of the common scheme," U.S. District Judge Kenneth A. Marra wrote in his 34-page ruling allowing the suit to go forward.
What bananas are you buying?
Steak: How to Turn Cheap “Choice” Steak into Gucci “Prime” Steak
Don't buy the expensive steak.
IBM Makes a Solar Cell Out of Inexpensive "Earth Abundant" Materials
The beauty is that it has a "conversion efficiency of 9.6 percent, which is 40 percent higher than previous attempts to create a solar cell made of similar materials." But this is just a start. More improvements to power conversion should be possible.
I did not know the current process was that expensive, but I guess the procedure is, which this would solve. Comments are as good as article.
The government has your baby's DNA
It's simple, the pediatrician answered: Newborn babies in the United States are routinely screened for a panel of genetic diseases. Since the testing is mandated by the government, it's often done without the parents' consent, according to Brad Therrell, director of the National Newborn Screening & Genetics Resource Center.
In many states, such as Florida, where Isabel was born, babies' DNA is stored indefinitely, according to the resource center.
Did not know. Genetic material such as this would be extremely simple to obtain for almost any individual assuming you knew where they lived, but still odd that the testing data is stored for reference. I was unaware of that.
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