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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.
Category: Science policy
Back in April, Kate and the other peeps at SCC hosted a panel discussion on science policy. It was co-sponsored by NYAS, and now NYAS has a podcast up of it. (The wonderful and elegant Kate hosts the whole bidness.)...
Posted by NotoriousLTP at 5:22 PM • 2 Comments •
Shelley Batts has this to say about the poor funding situation of late: At the Society for Neuroscience meeting last month, there was a special symposium regarding the current NIH funding situation that was supposed to be given by the...
Posted by NotoriousLTP at 10:59 AM • 1 Comments •
Category: Reproduction, Birth Control, and Abortion Politics
Eugene Volokh has written an article in the Harvard Law Review arguing that abortion is constitutional. This is not shocking. The Supreme Court has made clear that abortion is constitutional. However, he is arguing -- rather than from the point...
Posted by NotoriousLTP at 9:20 AM • 1 Comments •
Category: Science policy
This is completely unacceptable: The constant calls, the people frightening his children, and the demonstrations in front of his home apparently became a little too much. Dario Ringach, an associate neurobiology professor at the University of California at Los Angeles,...
Posted by NotoriousLTP at 11:32 PM • 23 Comments •
Category: Science policy
In an earlier post about Bush's stem cell veto, I mentioned that I am a libertarian. One of the comments got me thinking, and I want to answer it in detail. Posted by Quitter: Libertarian? And you're a scientist? Where...
Posted by NotoriousLTP at 4:09 PM • 20 Comments •
Category: Science policy
AP is reporting that Bush has indeed vetoed the stem cell bill: President Bush cast the first veto of his 5 1/2-year presidency Wednesday, saying legislation easing limits on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research "crosses a moral boundary"...
Posted by NotoriousLTP at 2:49 PM • 2 Comments •
Category: Science policy
We have all been talking about this to death, but I figured I would add my two cents. Ben Barres wrote an editorial in the most recent issue of Nature about the issue of gender disparity in science. He mentions...
Posted by NotoriousLTP at 11:00 PM • 2 Comments •
Category: Science policy
I had wanted to avoid being an activist with this blog, but I think it is important enough when it relates to a directly scientific issue to break that rule. The Society for Neuroscience has issued a petition request via...
Posted by NotoriousLTP at 3:31 PM • 1 Comments •
Category: Science policy
Ronald Bailey from Reason Magazine has an article covering one of the more pernicious arguments against genetically modified foods: Long time anti-biotech activist Jeremy Rifkin has come out in favor of a biotechnology technique. Should beleaguered biotechnologists break out the...
Posted by NotoriousLTP at 1:09 AM • 0 Comments •
Category: Energy Policy
A study in the newest PNAS seeks to quantify the efficiency and resource utilization for various types of biofuels:...
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