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Jake Young is a MD/PhD student at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in NYC getting a PhD in Behavioral Neuroscience. He holds a BS and MS in Biological Sciences from Stanford University. If a volcano were to erupt Pompei-style in Central Park, his body would be preserved in a scoliotic posture over his lab desk. Archeaologists would later conclude that he spent most of his day training rats to perform tricks, until he went blind building electrical equipment by hand using a dissecting microscope. But, still, he died happy...because science is cool.
Pure Pedantry is a blog about science -- social sciences and otherwise -- as well as academic and scientific culture. No one can live on science alone, so I also like to dwell on pop culture, periodically explore the humanities, and indulge in other types of geeky goodness.
DISCLAIMERS: 1) Jake Young is not a licensed physician (yet). He is merely a medical student. The information published on this site is not intended for use in medical decision-making. Please seek advice from a licensed, medical professional before making any health decisions. 2) The opinions expressed are my own. They do not represent the views of SEED magazine or the educational establishments I currently attend or attended in the past.
January 31, 2007
Category: Aminals
There is no reason that you would know this (and frankly I doubt you really want to), but I have a problem when women stay over. There are hot as hell, and they always want to cuddle and make me...
Posted by NotoriousLTP at 11:12 AM • 6 Comments •
Category: Women's Health
There is a big controversy among doctors and patients as to the wisdom of C-section vs. vaginal delivery. It is a complex issue. For the first birth, there is no evidence that I am aware of that C-section or vaginal...
Posted by NotoriousLTP at 10:46 AM • 11 Comments •
January 30, 2007
Category: Gender
We have had an ongoing discussion on this blog about whether the disparity between women and men in the sciences is the result of a innate difference in cognitive ability or the result of some social phenomena such as selective...
Posted by NotoriousLTP at 12:06 PM • 41 Comments •
January 29, 2007
Category: Media
Jeffrey Toobin, writing in the New Yorker, has an excellent article on Google's plan to scan all the books they can get their hands on into digital: The legal assertion at the core of Google's business plan is its purported...
Posted by NotoriousLTP at 2:37 PM • 0 Comments •
Category: Politics
Will we really be going Bush-Clinton-Bush-Clinton? Michael Barone had this story in the WSJ on the emerging tendency towards political dynasty in American politics: Not that anyone assumes that family members are all alike. It would not do for candidate...
Posted by NotoriousLTP at 2:17 PM • 3 Comments •
Category: Carnivals
Encephalon #15 is up at Sharp Brains....
Posted by NotoriousLTP at 12:57 PM • 0 Comments •
Category: Aminals
At a zoo in England, a Komodo dragon has laid eggs that have hatched even though she has never been exposed to a male: Scientists unveiled five squirmy black and yellow Komodo dragons Wednesday that were the product of a...
Posted by NotoriousLTP at 11:04 AM • 2 Comments •
Category: Haha, a funny
Residents of New Jersey must be warned not to eat too many toxic squirrels: New Jersey has warned squirrel hunters near a toxic waste dump about consuming the critters because they could be contaminated with lead. It is the first...
Posted by NotoriousLTP at 10:38 AM • 5 Comments •
Category: Haha, a funny
Not to suggest that Americans wouldn't: Ignoring health warnings and threats of prosecution, hundreds of people foraged among containers washed from a stricken cargo vessel on the southern English coast on Monday, hauling off booty that included BMW motorcycles, shoes,...
Posted by NotoriousLTP at 10:28 AM • 0 Comments •
Category: Technology
When I was a kid my Mom would always set the clock in the car forward about 15 minutes arguing that if she did that she would never be late. First of all, we were always early -- sometimes ridiculously...
Posted by NotoriousLTP at 10:23 AM • 0 Comments •
