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Switzerland votes to phase out nuclear power - BBC News: The referendum result allows the government to go ahead with plans

Switzerland votes to phase out nuclear power - BBC News: The referendum result allows the government to go ahead with plans to switch to renewable energy.
Source: bbc.co.uk

Liverpool, the city that wants to stamp out suicide - BBC News: Does one city which plans to eliminate suicide altogether

Liverpool, the city that wants to stamp out suicide - BBC News: Does one city which plans to eliminate suicide altogether have the answer?
Source: bbc.co.uk

Fixing Obamacare Takes Back Seat, Poll Finds: The public ranks lowering prescription drug prices and ensuring that insurance

Fixing Obamacare Takes Back Seat, Poll Finds: The public ranks lowering prescription drug prices and ensuring that insurance plans have adequate health care networks as higher priorities than tinkering with Obamacare, according to a Kaiser Health Tracking Poll released just before the November elections....
Source: jamanetwork.com

What to Learn from US Govt Strategy on AI. There is an urgency. It's commercial. China is already in the lead. There is

What to Learn from US Govt Strategy on AI. There is an urgency. It's commercial. China is already in the lead. There is no clear vision where to focus funding. The US has a good roadmap and wants to expand the workforce. The US is not going for general intelligence. "On October 12, 2016, President...
Source: digitopoly.org

Review question: Are action plans with brief education to help patients recognise and respond to worsening symptoms effective

Review question: Are action plans with brief education to help patients recognise and respond to worsening symptoms effective in COPD? | Cochrane
Source: cochrane.org

EU energy use to fall by 30% under new efficiency plans for 2030 - BBC News: New proposals from the European Commission

EU energy use to fall by 30% under new efficiency plans for 2030 - BBC News: New proposals from the European Commission see binding targets for energy efficiency as key method of curbing carbon.
Source: bbc.co.uk

Patients and staff shut out of NHS transformation plans, says thinktank: King’s Fund says local health leaders have been

Patients and staff shut out of NHS transformation plans, says thinktank: King’s Fund says local health leaders have been told not to reveal plans until they are finalised and have been approved
Source: theguardian.com

In Celebration of Open Data | PLOS Biologue:   It’s not every day I get to write something that is just fun. In celebration

In Celebration of Open Data | PLOS Biologue:   It’s not every day I get to write something that is just fun. In celebration of OpenCon, and to recognise all of the fantastic articles that we’ve published at PLOS with a focus on Data Sharing across all of the PLOS journals, we’re really excited...
Source: plos.org

Trump’s healthcare plans get swift Republican makeover [Updated]: Obamacare repeal still central, but now no imported

Trump’s healthcare plans get swift Republican makeover [Updated]: Obamacare repeal still central, but now no imported prescriptions, more pro-life.
Source: arstechnica.com

Timeless Tips for 'Simple Sabotage' — Central Intelligence Agency. This is a great collection of sabotage techniques

Timeless Tips for 'Simple Sabotage' — Central Intelligence Agency. This is a great collection of sabotage techniques which, when you read them, feel exactly like those most annoying things colleagues do in organisations. Maybe they are just trying to wreck things? Learn to recognise when your work...
Source: cia.gov

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Breakthrough Starshot announces plans to send ship to Alpha Centauri

Breakthrough Starshot announces plans to send ship to Alpha Centauri
Source: arstechnica.com

Junior doctors row has derailed seven-day NHS plans, says top doctor: Sir Bruce Keogh signals unhappiness with Jeremy Hunt’s

Junior doctors row has derailed seven-day NHS plans, says top doctor: Sir Bruce Keogh signals unhappiness with Jeremy Hunt’s decision to impose contract and rejects justification of new terms
Source: theguardian.com

Google Plans New, Smarter Messaging App: Google is building a new mobile-messaging service that taps its artificial intelligence

Google Plans New, Smarter Messaging App: Google is building a new mobile-messaging service that taps its artificial intelligence know-how and so-called chatbot technology to try to catch up with rivals.
Source: wsj.com

Trial by Firings: Lessons in Organizing at NewYork-Presbyterian: When NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University

Trial by Firings: Lessons in Organizing at NewYork-Presbyterian: When NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University announced plans to shutter their family medicine residency, students, residents and others quickly mobilized to save the program.
Source: aafp.org

‘This change will be the end of the Open University as we know it’: Staff are balloting for strike action as OU plans

‘This change will be the end of the Open University as we know it’: Staff are balloting for strike action as OU plans to close seven of nine regional centres in England amid competition from free online courses such as Moocs
Source: theguardian.com

A report into NHS staffing levels has been delayed after talks with Westminster: The health watchdog NICE ditched plans

A report into NHS staffing levels has been delayed after talks with Westminster: The health watchdog NICE ditched plans to make public its research on safe nurse staffing levels minutes after an email exchange between the organisation’s chief executive and Jeremy Hunt’s office, it has emerged. Experts...
Source: independent.co.uk

Google Releases Open Source Plans For Cardboard V2 Virtual Reality Viewer - Slashdot

Google Releases Open Source Plans For Cardboard V2 Virtual Reality Viewer - Slashdot
Source: slashdot.org

New Zealand to turn Kermadec into vast marine reserve - BBC News: New Zealand reveals plans to turn an area of the South

New Zealand to turn Kermadec into vast marine reserve - BBC News: New Zealand reveals plans to turn an area of the South Pacific ocean about the size of France into a marine reserve.
Source: bbc.co.uk