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I came across a rather interesting quote from Theodore Roosevelt a while back:

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.

US patent office rejects claims of Apple 'pinch to zoom' patent

This is one of the patents that was involved in the lawsuit that Apple won against Samsung a while back. Can sanity finally be starting to come to patent law?

It's true: all the taken men are best

"A new study provides evidence for what many have long suspected: that single women are much keener on pursuing a man who's already taken than a singleton."

New China law says children 'must visit parents'

"Grown children in China must visit their parents or potentially face fines or jail"

The end of fillings and the dreaded root canal? Scientists say that stem cells could help patients regrow their own teeth

"Japanese scientists have trialled a stem cell treatment for teeth on dogs. The cells regenerated the pulp tissue inside the tooth and completely filled in the dogs’ root canals"

Trailer for a documentary on online privacy and what you may be giving up.

Ice in six out of ten restaurants has more bacteria than water from toilets

Test results are from the UK but I doubt North America is much different.

Why do women's bodies run colder than men's?

"in 1998, researchers at the University of Utah added a layer of subtlety to science's understanding of gender and body temperature. As had been found in previous studies, the researchers observed women tended to possess higher core temperatures than men (97.8 °F vs. 97.4 °F). Their hands, however, were consistently colder. A lot colder. While men registered an average hand temperature of 90 °F, the mean hand temperature for women was just 87.2 °F."

Scientists Make Mice “Remember” Things That Didn’t Happen

"Researchers manipulate mouse neurons to create a false memory; the work could lead to a better understanding of how memories form."

Oklahoma City hospital posts surgery prices online; creates bidding war

"Dr. Keith Smith and Dr. Steven Lantier launched Surgery Center of Oklahoma 15 years ago, founded on the simple principle of price honesty. 'What we’ve discovered is health care really doesn’t cost that much,' Dr. Smith said. 'What people are being charged for is another matter altogether.' ... 'When we first started we thought we were about half the price of the hospitals,' Dr. Lantier remembers. 'Then we found out we’re less than half price. Then we find out we’re a sixth to an eighth of what their prices are. I can’t believe the average person can afford health care at these prices.'"