Life on Mars: Irish man signs up for colony mission
Last week, a private space exploration company called Mars One announced that it has shortlisted 1,058 people from 200,000 applicants who wanted to travel to Mars. Roche is the only Irishman on the list. The catch? If he goes, he can never come back.
Mad stuff. Works at the Science Gallery, so a co-worker of a friend, to boot(tags: science-gallery dublin ireland mars-one mars one-way-trips exploration future space science joseph-roche)
UK NHS will soon require GPs pass confidential medical data to third parties
Specifically, unanonymised, confidential, patient-identifying data, for purposes of “admin, healthcare planning, and research”, to be held indefinitely, via the HSCIC. Opt-outs may be requested, however
(tags: opt-out privacy medical data healthcare nhs uk data-privacy data-protection)