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We can now remotely control paralyzed rats, letting them walk again: Humans are next
2014-09-25 19:20:09| Extremetech
In the void left by the anticlimactic World Cup exoskeleton adventure, other efforts to make the paralyzed walk again are recapturing the spotlight. Chief among them is Grégoire Courtine's research group at the EPFL in Switzerland, who have achieved tremendous advances in getting paralyzed rats to walk.
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Rain-fed farms common, but India unique in letting bad rains wreak economic havoc
2014-07-20 22:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Quartz: Last weeks rains helped dispel some of the gathering economic clouds?. Though the storm has yet not passed, there is a collective sigh of relief, because poor rains would have meant higher inflation, lower GDP, commodity price swings and widespread human misery among Indias vast number of farmers and farm hands. India might nurse delusions of becoming an economic superpower, but monsoons are still the final arbiter of our GDP. With all the progress in technology and weather forecasting in the...
Letting it Flow? Commerce Dept. reportedly loosens oil export ban
2014-06-25 12:35:34| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
The Commerce Department reportedly has given two energy companies permission to ship a type of unrefined ultralight oil to foreign buyers, loosening a nearly 40-year-old ban on oil exports.
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Former Nike employee fired after letting son, others into campus gym loses $27 million lawsuit
2014-06-12 03:21:46| Footwear - Topix.net
A 56-year-old Nike electrician who claimed he was fired because he complained about safety violations at the athletic apparel maker's Beaverton campus has lost a $27 million lawsuit against the company.
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Activist Ackman says Allergan CEO has conflict over letting go
2014-05-19 16:44:30| Biotech - Topix.net
Activist investor William Ackman said on Monday in a letter to takeover target Allergan Inc's board of directors that the top executive has a "disabling" conflict of interest because accepting a takeover means losing the top job.
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