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sciencelibrary: From jtotheizzoe: Science, You’ve Done It! We...

Wed, 23 May 2012 22:58:31 -0400

From jtotheizzoe:

Science, You’ve Done It!

We are a mighty species. MIT researchers have developed a nanomaterial coating for ketchup bottles (and other hard to pour substances) that solves one of mankind’s most immense problems: How do you get the stuff out of the bottle??

Behold LiquiGlide, and glance into the future of condiments.

No 57’s were tapped in the making of this video.

(via Co.Exist)

thedailywhat: Kickass Kid of the Day: A Maryland-based...

Wed, 23 May 2012 22:51:17 -0400

thedailywhat:

Kickass Kid of the Day: A Maryland-based scientist has developed an incredibly accurate mechanism for detecting pancreatic cancer, which is faster than current methods, as well as 100 times more sensitive and 28 times cheaper. Oh, and the scientist is 15 years old.

For his discovery, high school freshman Jack Andraka just won the Gordon E. Moore Award at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, which comes with a $75,000 prize.

Andraka’s method uses single-walled carbon nanotubes — which he calls “the superheroes of material science” — to detect a pancreatic cancer marker in urine and blood samples. In a blind test, it had a 100% success rate.

“I did not expect for it to be this good,” he said, “I was blown away by how sensitive it was.”

[huffpo.]

medicalstate: Lung Cancer Cookies by Cakehead Loves Evil. The...

Mon, 14 May 2012 09:51:49 -0400

medicalstate:

Lung Cancer Cookies by Cakehead Loves Evil.

The surprising part of this piece is that the whole thing is edible, down to the cigarette butts and ash. The detail and vividness it invokes gives it an extra sense of surrealism. The question of course is not so much are you willing to eat it, but do you think it will taste good? That is food for thought.

"Today there are 75 bits of Lego for every person on the planet."

Wed, 02 May 2012 08:41:48 -0400

“Today there are 75 bits of Lego for every person on the planet.”

- Schumpeter: Simplify and repeat | The Economist

I am super happy to go into anesthesia. One of our professional...

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:02:00 -0400

I am super happy to go into anesthesia. One of our professional publications had an article on alien abduction. It related to sleep paralysis. Anesthesia is such a broad field. I could specialize in knowledge of the vocal cords or of consciousness. Isn’t that neat?

pretendy:

I’m in love with these kind of old style TV science demonstrations.

We’re in love with this gif.

Each living art object, taken out of its natural habitat so we...

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:12:00 -0400

Each living art object, taken out of its natural habitat so we can so conveniently gaze at it, is like an animal in a zoo. Something about it has died in the removal. - The Image by Daniel Boorstin

In this case it was the owner. Ok, bad joke. :P

Its funny. People love watching active user graphs on social...

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 11:12:00 -0400

Its funny. People love watching active user graphs on social media sites, but as we have seen no one has been able to really cash in on their users. They can attract them, and investors throw money with the hopes it will translate to advertising dollars. Look look we have even more users than last quarter! Even if this graph was still rising, it has no correlation to profits. I do not get it. Right now sites are sitting on mines of data/users that are only worth anything as long as investors place value in them. Everyone is still just holding onto the promise.

Pinterest’s Hype Bubble Has Burst, And Now It Is Actually Losing Users

Monthly active users are down from 11.3 million on March 1 to 11.15 million on April 1 to just 8.3 million today.

Significant growth of osteopathic medical education: Nearly...

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 08:42:46 -0400

Significant growth of osteopathic medical education:

Nearly 4,200 medical students graduated this year from one of the nation’s 26 Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine, compared with just 2,536 graduates a decade ago.

However, the number of residency positions has remained the same, and in many specialties has decreased. The AOA is trying to shunt students into their unfilled primary care residency positions. This becomes a potential problem when schools boast to prospective students who are told osteopaths practice in every specialty. What they are not told is some of these specialties only offer a handful of positions. Increasing class sizes and opening new schools has the potential to breed resentment among students, and not a desired enthusiasm for primary care.

nevver: Heart Grenade

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 08:00:59 -0400

nevver:

Heart Grenade

nevver: Don’t call it a comeback

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 20:26:38 -0400

nevver:

Don’t call it a comeback

A pair of enantiomers is distinguished by the direction in...

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 18:48:40 -0400

A pair of enantiomers is distinguished by the direction in which, when dissolved in solution, they rotate in polarized light

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Thu, 05 Apr 2012 10:45:04 -0400

jayparkinsonmd: via andrewgreene

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 10:32:13 -0400

jayparkinsonmd:

via andrewgreene

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Fri, 30 Mar 2012 20:43:05 -0400

What do I do when my Employer Wants to be too Social? I disagree...

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 23:49:34 -0400

What do I do when my Employer Wants to be too Social?

I disagree with all these suggestions of the article. With a little planning you can have a 2nd facebook ready to go for any interviewer. Make it public to searches and display some public info of your choosing. Find the controls to the machine and project your professional identity. In a culture that accepts invasive technologies of absent presence, then you’re online identity should be situated, conditional, and completely optional.

http://lifehacker.com/5896413/what-do-i-do-when-my-employer-wants-to-be-too-social?tag=ask-lifehacker

femininescience: Science Shows Us How to Be...

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 21:27:33 -0400

femininescience:

Science Shows Us How to Be Creative

“Creativity is not magic, and there’s no such thing as a creative type. Creativity is not a trait that we inherit in our genes or a blessing bestowed by the angels. It’s a skill. Anyone can learn to be creative and to get better at it. New research is shedding light on what allows people to develop world-changing products and to solve the toughest problems. A surprisingly concrete set of lessons has emerged about what creativity is and how to spark it in ourselves and our work.”

1. Color Me Blue

A 2009 study found that subjects solved twice as many insight puzzles when surrounded by the color blue, since it leads to more relaxed and associative thinking. Red, on other hand, makes people more alert and aware, so it is a better backdrop for solving analytic problems.

2. Get Groggy

According to a study published last month, people at their least alert time of day—think of a night person early in the morning—performed far better on various creative puzzles, sometimes improving their success rate by 50%. Grogginess has creative perks.

3. Daydream Away

Research led by Jonathan Schooler at the University of California, Santa Barbara, has found that people who daydream more score higher on various tests of creativity.

4. Think Like A Child

When subjects are told to imagine themselves as 7-year-olds, they score significantly higher on tests of divergent thinking, such as trying to invent alternative uses for an old car tire.

5. Laugh It Up

When people are exposed to a short video of stand-up comedy, they solve about 20% more insight puzzles.

6. Imagine That You Are Far Away

Research conducted at Indiana University found that people were much better at solving insight puzzles when they were told that the puzzles came from Greece or California, and not from a local lab.

7. Keep It Generic

One way to increase problem-solving ability is to change the verbs used to describe the problem. When the verbs are extremely specific, people think in narrow terms. In contrast, the use of more generic verbs—say, “moving” instead of “driving”—can lead to dramatic increases in the number of problems solved.

8. Work Outside the Box

According to new study, volunteers performed significantly better on a standard test of creativity when they were seated outside a 5-foot-square workspace, perhaps because they internalized the metaphor of thinking outside the box. The lesson? Your cubicle is holding you back.

9. See the World

According to research led by Adam Galinsky, students who have lived abroad were much more likely to solve a classic insight puzzle. Their experience of another culture endowed them with a valuable open-mindedness. This effect also applies to professionals: Fashion-house directors who have lived in many countries produce clothing that their peers rate as far more creative.

10. Move to a Metropolis

Physicists at the Santa Fe Institute have found that moving from a small city to one that is twice as large leads inventors to produce, on average, about 15% more patents.

"The philosophies of one age have become the absurdities of the next, and the foolishness of..."

Sun, 11 Mar 2012 18:48:34 -0400

“The philosophies of one age have become the absurdities of the next, and the foolishness of yesterday has become the wisdom of tomorrow.”

- Sir William Osler (via medicalstate)

"If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and..."

Sun, 11 Mar 2012 18:42:38 -0400

“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.”

- Antoine de Saint Exupéry, Hoss Gifford (via nevver)

"In the winter, the river will only run free when it can run fastest"

Sat, 25 Feb 2012 16:03:32 -0500

“In the winter, the river will only run free when it can run fastest”

thephysicalisanillusion: satan-just: “If I am, then death is...

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 11:38:14 -0500

thephysicalisanillusion:

satan-just:

“If I am, then death is not. If death is… then I am not. Why should I fear that which cannot exist when I do?”