Reddit Headlines - February 17th, 2013

The patent model for funding drug development is broken. 2009 paper by Harvard Law professor explains how thousands of viable drug candidates are quietly screened out by the pharmaceutical industry at pre-clinical stage due to insufficient patent protection. (papers.ssrn.com)

submitted 6 hours ago by MedicalPrize to technology

• 223 comments

As much as the media would like to make these past few days into an ominous period of fire raining from the skies, the American Meteor Society's Fireball Database shows 347 fireball events reported just 45 days into 2013. There were 2219 in 2012. Fire rains here every day. (amsmeteors.org)

submitted 8 hours ago by Subduction to science

• 338 comments

Exxon, You Can't Silence Us: A Public Letter. When the richest company in the world takes aim at silencing even a moment of dissent on the airwaves, it’s taking aim at all of us. (filmsforaction.org)

submitted 13 hours ago by gliese581b to politics

• 305 comments

Why I believe vaporizing can be more dangerous than smoking. (self.trees)

submitted 16 hours ago* by greenwithenergy to trees

• 628 comments

Bending Over (i.imgur.com)

submitted 15 hours ago by weborigination to downblouse

• NSFW
• 1 comment

Greenspan: Ignore The Economy, "Only The Stock Market Matters" (zerohedge.com)

submitted 18 hours ago by maxwellhill to business

• 48 comments

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