Wikipedia knows when disease outbreaks are coming

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By melbreyerNov 17, 2014, 1:14 pm27 pts
Wikipedia — savior of the homework-bound, settler of bets, provider of everything you ever needed to know about anything — may have a new hat to wear: Epidemic spotter. Scientists say that by tracking searches in the online encyclopedia, they were able to detect emerging diseases four weeks before health…

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