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What do you want to do with your life? It’s a question almost everyone asks themselves. It’s also a question I don’t believe you should bother asking in the first place….

Passion Evolves

I worry a lot of people fall into the same trap. The trap of believing that they need to make big life decisions before they can start doing anything. The trap that you need to be born with a passion. And the lie that being able to combine your interests with a profession is easy….

They’ve listed five genes–ACTN3, ACE, PPAR-delta, CKMM, and myostatin–that will help the budding sprinter, mountaineer, marathon runner, cyclist, and weightlifter excel….

Medical researchers have made a significant advance in understanding multiple sclerosis, a common neurological disease that causes symptoms ranging from muscle weakness to paralysis.

The disease is one in which the body’s immune system mistakenly attacks the electrical insulation of nerve fibers. The cause is part genetic and part environmental, but researchers trying to identify the relevant genes have endured repeated frustration. Their approach has been to guess what genes might be involved and see if patients have abnormal versions….

In three articles published on line Sunday in The New England Journal of Medicine and Nature Genetics, three teams of researchers say they have identified, by separate routes, new genetic variants that contribute to the disease….

I’m a little bit keen on this subject. Just a little bit, you know well. I’d like to share some interesting projects, tools with you to demonstrate how this new generation of web services/tools could help the work of physicians, scientists, medical librarians, etc. Let’s start with a great article from Manhattan Research called Physicians and Web 2.0. Some interesting excerpts:…

Imagine answering your cell phone to hear your Scotch Moss plant telling you in a fake Glaswegian accent that it needs a drink.

This scenario is not far from reality, as a group of postgraduate students at New York University is developing a way for over-watered or dry plants to phone for help.

The “Botanicalls” project uses moisture sensors placed in the soil that can send a signal over a wireless network to a gateway that places a call if the plant’s too dry or wet.

Recorded voices are assigned to each plant to match its biological characteristics and to help increase the charm of the phone message and give plants their own personality….