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Dr. Jeffrey H. Toney is an educator and a scientist whose career has spanned academia and the pharmaceutical industry. He serves as Vice President of Academic Affairs at Kean University. He is dedicated to strengthening public appreciation of the beauty and impact of science in our daily lives. His news media publications include The Star Ledger,USA Today, The New York Times as well as regular blogs at NJ Voices, OpEdNews and The Huffington Post; he has published more than 60 peer-reviewed scientific publications and holds six US patents.
February 21, 2012
Category: Computer Science • Technology
Brookesia micra sp. n. from Nosy Hara, northern Madagascar.
Imagine a supercomputer suitable for this cute little guy, the recently discovered Brookesia micra.
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February 20, 2012
Category: Faith • Philosophy • Politics • Video
Why has our life expectancy increased so much since the American Revolution?
According to Presidential candidate Rick Santorum: "Because God says they have rights."
What about the role of sanitation, nutrition, education, medicine?
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February 19, 2012
Category: Antibiotics • Microbiology • Pharmaceutical
Ice 9 by toastforbrekkie.
The idea of Ice-9, although fictional, has always fascinated me. Its properties are so powerful, so influential, that one "seed crystal" can direct its entire surroundings, freezing oceans. A recent discovery of one component of the cell wall of bacterium reminded me of this effect. Let me explain.
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February 15, 2012
Category: Astronomy • Technology • Video
This is a feel good story of the day - the world's first human to humanoid robot handshake, in space! The robot even sent out a tweet.
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February 13, 2012
Category: Forensics • Neurology • Technology
Imagine the killer from the infamous "Headless Man Found in Topless Bar" murder was convicted using a photograph of the face of the victim, with reliability rivaling that of DNA analysis. Impossible?
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February 11, 2012
Category: Academia • Art • Education
Photo source.
Such sad news today - Whitney Houston died at the young age of 48. I have always enjoyed, and admired, her soaring soulful voice. What will her legacy be?
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February 9, 2012
Category: Advertising/Marketing • Sports
MetLife Stadium: NY Giants vs. Washington Redskins, Dec. 18, 2011 (my own photo.)
This may be a sign of football withdrawal syndrome, but the day after the NY Giants won the Super Bowl I was searching for 2012 season tickets (more on that later.) I was reminiscing about last December when I took my son to his first professional football game at MetLife stadium. It was a bright, freezing cold day and the stadium was packed with more than 80,000 fans. The NY Giants were having a bad day battling the Washington Redskins; several times the announcer excitedly reported "Touchdown!" followed quickly by taking it away due to a penalty.
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February 6, 2012
Everybody loves an underdog winning the day.
Congratulations to this year's Super Bowl Champions! Will the US economy follow suit?
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February 4, 2012
Category: Advertising/Marketing • Neurology
Sources: PetaPixel and Photo Vatika (Sony India)
No, I'm not the first to discovery this extraordinary brain trick. I did want to share this, though, as an example of how our brain processes and stores images. Give it a try - amazing!
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