Monthly Archives: July 2014
Scientists Say Smelling Farts Might Prevent Cancer | TIME
Caption:
A picture taken on May 3, 2014, (released June 12), shows people visiting “The Gateway to Hell,” a huge burning gas crater in the heart of Turkmenistan’s Karakum desert. The fiery pit was the result of a simple miscalculation by Soviet scientists in 1971 after their boring equipment suddenly drilled through into an underground cavern and a deep sinkhole formed. Fearing that the crater would emit poisonous gases, the scientists took the decision to set it alight, thinking that the gas would burn out quickly and this would cause the flames to go out. But the flames have not gone out in more than 40 years.
Photo credit:Igor Sasin/AFP/Getty Images, found at The Atlantic: InFocus.
LOL OOPS.
Hospitals Are Mining Patients’ Credit Card Data to Predict Who Will Get Sick (businessweek.com)
Hospitals Are Mining Patients’ Credit Card Data to Predict Who Will Get Sick (businessweek.com)
Imagine getting a call from your doctor if you let your gym membership lapse, make a habit of buying candy bars at the checkout counter, or begin shopping at plus-size clothing stores. For patients of Carolinas HealthCare System, which operates the…