Daily Archives: April 10, 2012

Siegfried Sassoon

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Deskarati

Siegfried Loraine Sassoon, CBE MC (8 September 1886 – 1 September 1967) was an English poet, author and soldier. Decorated for bravery on the Western Front, he became one of the leading poets of the First World War. His poetry both described the … Continue reading →

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Why are men and women’s shirt buttons on opposite sides?

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Deskarati

Men’s shirt buttons are on the right hand side because the majority of men are right handed. So surely women’s buttons should be on the same side as they are also right handed on average. Well the answer is – … Continue reading →

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Chips as mini Internets

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Deskarati

Computer chips have stopped getting faster. In order to keep increasing chips’ computational power at the rate to which we’ve grown accustomed, chipmakers are instead giving them additional “cores,” or processing units. Today, a typical chip might have six or … Continue reading →

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Gold nanostars deliver drugs directly to cancer cell nucleus

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Deskarati

While effective at killing cancer cells, chemotherapy is currently a shotgun approach that can also harm healthy cells and cause serious side effects in patients. The ability to deliver drugs directly into cancer cells would provide a more targeted approach … Continue reading →

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Tagging a Great White Shark

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Deskarati

In this video from Discovery Channel’s “Jaws Comes Home” a great white shark leads Greg Skomal’s team into shallow water where they aim to tag it for research. Greg believes that a recent explosion in the gray seal population off … Continue reading →

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