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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.
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Category: Pop culture
It is so exceedingly rare that I get to say something positive about stars. Usually all I have to say is some crap that Paris Hilton did or that Madonna decided to purchase another child from Africa. So I was...
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Category: Pop culture
Virginia Postrel has an interesting column in Atlantic Monthly on the aesthetic purpose of fashion in museums: The Boston exhibit's comment book records a debate between fans, mostly women, who praise the museum for displaying an "inspiring" and "seldom seen"...
Posted by NotoriousLTP at 10:48 AM • 1 Comments •
Category: Pop culture
Not to be catty, but what the hell is up with that hat? Did Britney Spears skin Santa and send him to a furrier? Hat-tip: WWTDD....
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Category: Pop culture
A UK charity called Sense About Science is taking on celebrities who misrepresent scientific reality: MELINDA MESSENGER, TV PRESENTER "Why should I allow my body or my children to be filled with man-made chemicals, when I don't know what the...
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Category: Pop culture
I don't even want to know how he got it: Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes have yet to show their baby daughter off in public, but eager fans were given an unusual preview with the chance to see a bronze...
Posted by NotoriousLTP at 2:35 PM • 6 Comments •
Category: Pop culture
Whereas Merriam-Webster has been adding words to the dictionary like unibrow and drama queen, Time Out New York has some more interesting words. Check out definitions for underboob, aireoke, etc. Hat-tip: Gawker....
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Category: Pop culture
Kate Hudson sues magazine for pictures that made her look too skinny: Actress Kate Hudson accepted libel damages on Thursday from a magazine that printed a photo making her look too skinny, alongside an article that said her movie star...
Posted by NotoriousLTP at 12:49 PM • 1 Comments •
