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Jake Young is a MD/PhD student at Mount Sinai School of Medicine focusing in Neuroscience. He is due to graduate in 2032. He received a BS and a MS in Biological Sciences from Stanford University -- where he spent most of his time drinking heavily and building vegetable catapults instead of learning information that would now be eminently useful. When he is not failing terrifically to perform his sworn duties, he enjoys watching bad movies, ethnic food, and running.
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.
Jake is joined periodically by two wonderful guest bloggers: Kara Contreary and Kate Seip. See the About Page.
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 or those of my co-bloggers. They do not represent the views of SEED magazine or the educational establishments we currently attend.
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I don't know if you have seen these, but Florida Orange Juice started a new ad campaign featuring commercials with the voice of Tom Selleck. (Magnum PI does like his orange juice.) Anyway, the commercials show a beaker into which...
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Posted on March 3, 2008 10:23 AM • 2 Comments •
I took the Jeopardy contestant search exam online last night on a whim, and quite frankly it kicked my ass. Did anyone else take it?...
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Posted on January 30, 2008 9:47 AM • 2 Comments •
The absence of historical education in this country hurts me here. (points to heart) Exhibit A: The View (see below fold)...
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Posted on December 5, 2007 2:14 PM • 6 Comments •
So I don't know if other people were into this show, but since college I have been a big fan of Mystery Science Theater 3000. It was a show on Comedy Central and then on SciFi that made fun of...
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Posted on June 25, 2007 11:50 AM • 1 Comments •
Boooo, I say! FOX and CBS have rejected a commercial for Trojan condoms on the grounds that they believed the ads stressed pregnancy prevention over disease prevention. From the NYTimes coverage: Fox and CBS both rejected the commercial. Both had...
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Posted on June 20, 2007 10:01 AM • 6 Comments •
Reason magazine has a great interview with Jackson Publick, the co-creator of one of my favorite shows The Venture Brothers. For those of you who haven't seen it, it is sort of a parody of all the cartoons from the...
Posted on April 18, 2007 12:08 PM • 1 Comments •
I was just in London, and a friend of mine clued me into this British comic named Bill Bailey. Priceless. Anyway, this is not even vaguely science-related, but there is a clip below the fold that is too funny....
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Posted on April 2, 2007 11:05 AM • 4 Comments •
On The Colbert Report last night, Stephen Colbert talked about an article about uterine transplants for The Word. Scientists now claim that there is nothing technically to prevent us from performing a womb transplant, even to the point that you...
Posted on November 15, 2006 11:09 AM • 1 Comments •
Ask a ScienceBlogger inquires: What's the best science TV show of all time?... I think that is pretty obvious. The answer is obviously my favorite science show from when I was a kid: 3-2-1 Contact Not only did it have...
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Posted on October 23, 2006 9:09 AM • 0 Comments •
The Family Guy has a great spoof on the religious interpretation of evolution....
Posted on July 3, 2006 3:06 AM • 0 Comments •