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January 28, 2008
Category: Photos of Interest
There are no cash rewards, and no instant fame. But I have looked at a great many "best photo" series, and this is the most enjoyable. Why? Because every single one of the photos is in the public domain. It's...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 8:13 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
January 27, 2008
Category: Neuroscience
Several days ago, I saw an article about some research on the relationship between the price of wine, the subjective experience of taste, and the effect of wine on brain function as assessed by fMRI. The research is part...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 8:41 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
January 25, 2008
Category: Psychiatry
Usually I cringe when I see yet another newspaper article about suicide. But I always read them. This time, I did cringe, but needlessly. The article turned out to be OK. F.D.A. Requiring Suicide Studies in Drug Trials By GARDINER...
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January 21, 2008
Category: Science News
Deputy Dog has a post detailing "5 unbelievably cool research facilities." The one shown here is the Z Machine, at the Sandia National Lab in Albuquerque, New Mexico. (Sandia Labs have more than one location.) This device produces X-rays. Sure,...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 8:40 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
January 20, 2008
Category: Medicine
Usually when we think of electronic medical records (EMR) as being three-dimensional, we think of the relational aspect of databases. Researchers at IBM, however, are testing a different concept. The idea is to have a rendered 3D representation of the...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 10:26 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
January 14, 2008
Category: Neuroscience
Sounds too good to be true. Perhaps it is. For one, there is only one published case. For another, it has to be injected near the spine in order to have this effect. The arthritis medication, etanercept (Enbrel®) has been...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 9:00 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Chatter
In the great role-playing game of life, I did not get very many audiophile points. I mean, fine machinery is something I can appreciate, but I'm pretty indifferent to the sounds those machines make. So it strikes me as...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 8:04 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
January 9, 2008
Category: Bioethics
The US Supreme Court is hearing arguments in Baze v. Rees (WaPo, NYT). This is a case about a guy who killed a sheriff and a deputy. He is on death row in Kentucky. Kentucky plans to execute him using...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 8:45 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
January 8, 2008
Category: Photos of Interest
Previously, I posted a photo of noctilucent clouds, as seen from earth. Now, NASA's Earth Observatory Newsroom presents us with a photo of the same phenomenon, as seen from a satellite. These clouds appear when ice-crystal-laden clouds for high...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 11:49 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
January 7, 2008
Category: Politics
Several of the candidates have been found to have made egregious misstatements in the New Hampshire debates. FactCheck.org, the organization made famous by Dick Cheney when he erroneously referred to it as Factcheck.com, has an analysis of the Republican candidates'...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 8:21 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
