Now on ScienceBlogs: Falling into a Black Hole sucks!
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.
September 25, 2008
Category: Haha, a funny
Not really a lot for me to say about the bailout package, but I stumbled on this funny sentence in the NYTimes: After the overnight drafting efforts on both sides of Capitol Hill -- with pizza on the House side,...
Posted by NotoriousLTP at 2:12 PM • 3 Comments •
September 24, 2008
Category: Blogging
For those of you who are interested in science blogging -- either to ask questions or to start one of your own -- I will be participating in a panel discussion about science blogging next week (Wednesday, Oct. 1st at...
Posted by NotoriousLTP at 10:42 AM • 3 Comments •
September 23, 2008
Sorry about the light blogging everyone. I am super-busy at work preparing for an upcoming vacation, so I just don't have the time for it at the moment. I expect light-blogging between now and the middle of October, so check...
Posted by NotoriousLTP at 3:41 PM • 0 Comments •
September 18, 2008
Category: Economics
Here is a clever idea for making sure you never have to search for a parking space: congestion pricing. San Francisco is trying out a system based on this principle: The SFpark project will begin early in 2009 with a...
Posted by NotoriousLTP at 5:49 PM • 2 Comments •
Category: Environment
A recent report questions the wisdom of an outright ban on bushmeat sales: The report from the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), based in Bogor, Indonesia, suggests instead that the bushmeat trade should be regulated, with hunting allowed for...
Posted by NotoriousLTP at 5:41 PM • 3 Comments •
Category: Economics
As we witness the self-destruction of portions of our financial institutions, many of us have been ask ourselves: what the hell is going on? University of Chicago economists, Doug Diamond and Anil Kashyap, have a Q&A at the Freakonomics blog...
Posted by NotoriousLTP at 5:31 PM • 1 Comments •
September 17, 2008
Category: Medicine
USA Today prints a (sort of) joke job description for the next generation of doctors: Idealistic Generation X/Y overachievers with low- to mid-six-figure student loans to work in imploding health care system currently subject to runaway entitlement spending. Future salary...
Posted by NotoriousLTP at 6:42 PM • 3 Comments •
Category: Physics
Apparently, some people think that the name "Large Hadron Collider" fails to capture the terrific grandeur of the device's mission. The Royal Society of Chemistry had a contest to pick an newer, better name, but the winning name proved to...
Posted by NotoriousLTP at 6:40 PM • 5 Comments •
Category: Space
It is speculation time. My roommate and I were watching a story this morning on CNN by Sanjay Gupta about how astronauts lose bone mass while in space. One of the limitations with space travel is that because of the...
Posted by NotoriousLTP at 6:16 PM • 24 Comments •
Category: Genetics
An Israeli town has come up with an aggressive method to fight uncollected dog poop: DNA IDing the "originator." An Israeli city is using DNA analysis of dog droppings to reward and punish pet owners. Under a six-month trial programme...
Posted by NotoriousLTP at 5:35 PM • 0 Comments •
