https://twitter.com/scienmag/status/687766927553499140
<< The statue stands six feet tall and sits near the Institute of Cytology and Genetics in Novosibirsk, Russia >>
Artist Andrew Kharevich
http://www.buzzfeed.com/donnad/russian-scientists-build-monument-to-honor-lab-rats#.jx57kXklBm
<< we simply cannot live a life without encountering noise >>
Chen-Pang Yeang, Joan Lisa Bromberg. Understanding noise in twentieth-century physics and engineering. Perspective on Science, 2016, 24(1): 1-6
http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/10.1162/POSC_e_00188
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May RM. Simple mathematical models with very complicated dynamics. Nature. 1976 Jun 10;261(5560):459-67.
<< Among undiagnosed men who took regular aspirin, the risk of developing a lethal form of prostate cancer was reduced by 24 percent, and among those already diagnosed with the disease, regular aspirin use lowered their risk of dying from it by 39 percent >>
http://www.curetoday.com/articles/aspirin-use-may-lower-risk-of-developing-lethal-prostate-cancer
2016 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium, American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). San Francisco from January 7-9, 2016
http://meetinglibrary.asco.org/subcategories/2016%20Genitourinary%20Cancers%20Symposium
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<< To get a sense for supercoiled DNA, imagine twisting a piece of string. Let the string go, and it unwinds. Twist it enough, and it folds back on itself. The degree of twist puts stress on the string, which governs the shape it takes >>
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-strange-twists-in-dna-orchestrate-life/
Rossitza N. Irobalieva, Jonathan M. Fogg, et al. Structural diversity of supercoiled DNA. Nature Communications 6, Article number: 8440 doi:10.1038/ncomms9440
http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2015/151012/ncomms9440/full/ncomms9440.html
<< Males of a newly discovered species of jumping spider [Jotus remus] spend hours waving special paddle-shaped legs at prospective mates, in an effort to copulate without being attacked – or even eaten.
Mating can potentially cost you your life if you are a male spider. To avoid becoming lunch, Jotus remus plays a game first to tire out hungry females >>
https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn28756-male-spiders-lure-aggressive-females-with-peek-a-boo-paddle-game/
Jürgen C. Otto, David E. Hill. Males of a new species of Jotus from Australia wave a paddle-shaped lure to solicit nearby females (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini). PECKHAMIA 133.1, 7 January 2016, 1―39 urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:12A6DBBE-11EC-4DEB-9387-83F1AD727E6F (registered 6 JAN 2016) 1 ISSN 2161―8526 (print) ISSN 1944―8120 (online)
<< CVSS Score Distribution For Top 50 Vendors By Total Number Of "Distinct" Vulnerabilities >>
http://www.cvedetails.com/top-50-vendor-cvssscore-distribution.php
CVSS - Common Vulnerability Scoring System - National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
<< Tra i consigli che andranno a formare il "codice di condotta" c'è anche quello di tenersi lontane dagli sconosciuti "a una distanza equivalente a un braccio" >>
Laura Eduati. Il consiglio anti-stupro della sindaca di Colonia è roba da Medioevo. 7 gennaio 2016.
http://m.huffpost.com/it/entry/8921784
<< La verità di cui dobbiamo discutere è proprio questa: il rapporto dell'Islam con le donne è un tema devastante, intriso di violenza e di politica, e non è tale solo nelle forme più estreme, nelle terre più bruciate del Medio Oriente, nelle esperienze più allucinate e militanti delle guerre dell'Isis o del terrorismo >>
Lucia Annunziata. Cirinnà sì, Colonia no? Quante madamine in Parlamento. 9 gennaio 2015
http://www.huffingtonpost.it/lucia-annunziata/cirinna-si-colonia-no-quante-madamine-in-parlamento_b_8938396.html?utm_hp_ref=italy
