Out like a lion links for March 31, 2017

What happens when diagnosis is automated? From the always excellent Siddhartha Mukherjee. Spoiler alert: some good things, some bad things. Reminiscent of the discussion of genomic diagnosis from a few days ago.

UK grocer Tesco has struck a deal to give ALL unsold food to charity, which temporarily restores my hope for the future of humanity.

Aaaaand there it went. Hope is gone: Bodegraven, Netherlands, has installed LED traffic lights on the sidewalk at pedestrian crossings so that phone worms can’t miss them even if they are staring open-mouthed their smartphone screens.