Brian Gongol Show on WHO Radio - January 19, 2014
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This week:
A complete human genome is about to hit the $1,000 price mark
LinkedIn moves to support volunteerism
How an old Radio Shack ad makes your smartphone look even better
These kinds of improvements don't easily show up in conventional GDP data, but getting everything from a full-page ad in the shape of a single smartphone really does make things better
Judging by the content of a person's character
A study suggests that Americans subconsciously assume that black men with light-colored skin are smarter than their darker-skinned counterparts. There's still a long way to go to eliminate bias.
Science Magazine calls cancer immunotherapy the breakthrough of 2013