Drawing on eight years of data and more than 500 interviews with young people between 18 and 34, Richard Settersten and Barbara Ray dismantle the common belief that this generation has been coddled into laziness.

ECONOMIST: It��s tougher than it appears for the millennial generation

Drawing on Department of Health data, the document says the South West has the oldest population of any region across England, yet the number of qualified nurses, midwives and health visitors is below the national average.

BBC: Nurses leaders warn regional pay plan would harm care

On August 1st the actuaries' trade body adopted a new set of mortality tables drawing on data collected between 1999 and 2002, It forecasts yet another increase in life expectancy.

ECONOMIST: Why pension deficits are proving so hard to shift

Drawing data from such sources as city-data.com, we scrutinized a variety of other factors.

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On a finer scale, self-organising maps can show how particular individuals use a given file of data, such as an engineering drawing, during the course of a project.

ECONOMIST: Network collaborations

Also on the drawing board: an SD that can store an astounding 18 gigabytes of computer data.

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The 140-year record (1868 to 2008) of Thames water quality was assembled by drawing together and cross-calibrating at least six different data sets.

BBC: Thames archive reveals long nitrate rise

Analyzing raw data derived from specially designed social sensing ID badges that collect quantitative data on human behavior, Waber began drawing out patterns to help predict outcomes in a variety of situations.

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