Pretty shocking to think about these experiments on humans in the last century but its interesting that he knew this but valued the potential scientific output higher:
"Cutler and his superiors knew that some parts of society would not approve. But they viewed the studies as ethically defensible because they believed that the results would have widespread benefits and help Guatemala to improve its public-health system."

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Human experiments: First, do harm : Nature News & Comment
In the 1940s, US doctors deliberately infected thousands of Guatemalans with venereal diseases. The wound is still raw.

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Quite a nice Google+ circle to follow

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Science Circle- Updated 2.13.12
This is a great circle if you want to follow Science on Google+. As you can see in the underlying database (http://goo.gl/tp06X), we are a diverse group but we all share a common interest- SCIENCE! Add the circle and share it with your friends!

Check out the following post if you're looking for other Science circles, shared circle databases, getting started guides, chrome extensions, etc: http://goo.gl/i604C.

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Great news about for our future gadget in getting less and less dependant on "slavery" and pay/treat the people fairly! Great step forward Apple, hope many other electronically companies will follow soon.

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Apple – Press Info – Fair Labor Association Begins Inspections of Foxconn
Fair Labor Association Begins Inspections of Foxconn. CUPERTINO, California—February 13, 2012—Apple® today announced that the Fair Labor Association will conduct special voluntary audits of Apple'…

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Pretty scary that Interpol helped arresting a journalist in a different country for tweeting negative about Muhammad.

This is the Tweet that got him arrested:
"I have loved things about you and I have hated things about you and there is a lot I don't understand about you … I will not pray for you."

Interesting is that actually the journalist got many death treats after placing this tweet but so-far noone has been arrested for that. So a death treat is freedom of speech but the above tweet is not? Crazy world!

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Interpol accused after journalist arrested over Muhammad tweet
Saudi Arabia used Interpol's system to get journalist arrested in Malaysia for insulting the Prophet Muhammad on Twitter

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Fun Google page to follow with nice infographics about all kinds of different topics

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Infographics
The Wold's Data Visualized

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