November 2015 Archiv

Tödlicher Käfer.

It was involved in at least six accidents between 1985 and 1987, in which patients were given massive overdoses of radiation. Because of concurrent programming errors, it sometimes gave its patients radiation doses that were thousands of times greater than normal, resulting in death or serious injury.

Wikipedia: Therac-25

Picky Society.

Hair plays an important role in human social and sexual communication. Men who have visible hair loss are not only perceived as older and less physically and socially attractive but also reported to be annoyed by the discovery of their condition, and a loss of self-confidence. Because human nowadays face a more stressful life and a polluted environment, more and more people suffer from the problem of hair loss or alopecia. Accordingly, how to stimulate hair regeneration and/or treat the condition of alopecia become not only the focus of attention for general population but also a research target for scientists.

National Yang-Ming University (2015-04-29): The Taipei VGH-NYMU Research Team's Regeneration Breakthrough Is Published in "CELL"

Moontime.

Mondphasen sind überall auf der Erde gleich(zeitig).

Not Boring.

Verb - to turn something (usually an event or plan) that is boring, bleak, or sometimes hopeless into something awesome and not boring or exciting.

Urban Dictionary: Malvinate

LebenD.

Can a single ant be said to be alive, in any meaningful sense of the word, or does it only have relevance in terms of its anthill?

Margaret Atwood: Oryx and Crake