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Curious Bends – tumour twin, ethical non-vegetarians, fixing Indian science, and more
Apologies for the unplanned summer holiday, but we’re back! 1. Was the tumour inside her brain her twin? (Audio) She moved from Hyderabad to do her PhD at Indiana University and began experiencing headaches and suffering from sleep disorders. Co-workers and friends … Continue reading
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Tagged brain tumour, Christiana Gigueres, patents, scavenging, skilled labour migration, Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
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Elon Musk’s altruism powertrain is just good business
In 1907, the Serbian-American inventor Nikola Tesla sold all his patents to Westinghouse, Inc., for a heavily discounted $216,000, including one for alternating current. In 1943, he died penniless. In 2014, another Tesla has given away its patents but signs … Continue reading
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Tagged battery swapping, Beter Place, Big Cars, electric vehicles, Elon Musk, Joint Center for Energy Storage Research, lithium-ion battery cells, patents, Shai Agassi, Tesla Motors
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