Wednesday Web Watch for August 20, 2014

Jason Tetro places little faith in experimental drugs being shipped to West Africa to combat Ebola and believes “[t]he key to stopping the spread is infection prevention and control through proper isolation and a reduction in the levels of interaction amongst susceptible individuals.” Tetro likens the recent Ebola crisis to a sweeping influenza outbreak in […]

Tuesday Triple Trivia Tease for October 1, 2013

3 questions.  3 hints. 3 answers.  Every Tuesday. This week’s common theme: deletion. 1.  How can one curb the use of bad language? Hint: get rid of the dictionary. Answer: It seems that IBM’s celebrated Watson computer, a research and diagnostic tool, needed an urgent mouth washing with soap.  A couple of years ago, to […]