Friday, March 24, 2006

eContent Wikipedia study 'fatally flawed'. Encyclopaedia Britannica has hit back at research published in Nature, comparing its accuracy to Wikipedia. [BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition] 11:09:23 PM    comment

browser as desktop See it, try it. Today Robin Good pointed me to Bitty, an embedded micro-browser. It's been around for a while -- since May '05 according to del.icio.us. Scanning the commentary at that link shows that there's interest in this kind of picture-in-picture capability, along with some confusion about whether it's useful, and if so how. I'm ambivalent too, but I thought of an application that I'll call See It, Try It. Is it useful? I'm not sure. See it, try it, and decide for yourself. ... [Jon's Radio] 1:23:57 PM    comment

open source Where are the Boundaries to Open Source?. [Slashdot] 1:21:31 PM    comment

sleep Too much or too little sleep increases diabetes risk. Men who sleep too much or too little are at an increased risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, according to a study by the New England Research Institutes in collaboration with Yale School of Medicine researchers. read more [Science Blog -] 1:18:44 PM    comment

pain Wasabi's kick linked to single pain receptor. A single pain receptor is responsible for the kick delivered by garlic and mustard oil, which is the active ingredient in mustard and in the pungent green sushi condiment known as wasabi, according to a Yale School of Medicine study published this week in Cell. read more [Science Blog -] 1:16:44 PM    comment

ecology California's Cool for Green Cars. The Golden State's push for tougher emissions standards gets the green light. Plus: Ethanol helps diesel burn clean. In Autopia. [Wired News: Top Stories] 1:15:10 PM    comment

sleep Too much or too little sleep increases diabetes risk. Men who sleep too much or too little are at an increased risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, according to a study by the New England Research Institutes in collaboration with Yale School of Medicine researchers. read more [Science Blog -] 1:03:15 PM    comment