Science is hard, boring, and filled with failure
Or so say these links… Now that I’m working with people in the publishing industry, which everyone seems to think is dying, I’ve met more people who assume that academic careers are more straightforward. I think only scientists appreciate how hard science can be…the results can be great, and very satisfying, but getting them can […]
1950s Video of Immune System in Action
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_xh-bkiv_c[/youtube] Great video of a Neutrophil cell, a type of immune cell, relentlessly chasing down a bacterium while pushing aside red blood cells. I found it fascinating to see our immune system in action. The video was apparently taken from a 16-mm movie made in the 1950s by the late David Rogers at Vanderbilt University.
The Lancet retracts paper linking MMR vaccines and autism
The Lancet retracts paper linking MMR vaccines and autism. Important news for anyone who cares about our public health – shortly after the British General Medical Council concluded its ethics investigation of doctor Andrew Wakefield, the medical journal The Lancet formally retracted his controversial 1998 paper that purported to show a link between the MMR […]
The Immortal Life « Rebecca Skloot
The Immortal Life « Rebecca Skloot. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks has been getting rave reviews so far, and looks fascinating. It’s the story of the woman whose cancer cells were immortalized to give the world HeLa cells (named after Henrietta Lacks). These cells are a mainstay of biological and medical research, so much […]
2 excellent science blogs and the sexual battles of ducks
The sexual battles of ducks : Not Exactly Rocket Science Kinkiness Beyond Kinky | The Loom | Discover Magazine This was just a fascinating story about some of the evolutionary pressures affecting duck sex. With videos, no less! Check out Ed Yong’s take at ScienceBlogs’ Not Exactly Rocket Science and Carl Zimmer’s at Discover Magazine’s The […]
Learn.Genetics™
Learn.Genetics is a site created by the University of Utah to teach people about genetics. It’s got great design, lots of helpful information, and virtual labs that walk you through four common molecular biology techniques, some of which we used to give hands-on experience with when I volunteered at the San Jose Tech Museum. The […]
Photo Gallery of Cool New Science Images
As I’ve previously noted, I like cool, preferably scientific, images. I really enjoyed taking pretty microscope pictures as a graduate student, and I’ve been enjoying working on the Megapixels section of Popular Science and the Bull’s-Eye section of Science Illustrated, as well as for the various photo galleries I created for PopSci.com or posted about […]
Epigenetics, DNA: How You Can Change Your Genes, Destiny – TIME
Epigenetics, DNA: How You Can Change Your Genes, Destiny – TIME. The January 18 issue of Time magazine had a nice cover story on Epigenetics – or how the way we live can actually change our DNA in ways that get passed on to our kids. Follow the link above to the web version of […]
LabGrab: What scientific topics are in the news?
Grab More Science News Graph | LabGrab. The link above features a site with an inventive way to show what scientific fields and topics were getting news coverage over the last couple of weeks. It offers a broad overview of all science in the news, with an option to choose how many days to cover, […]
Olympus BioScapes International Digital Imaging Competition 2009
Olympus BioScapes International Digital Imaging Competition | Image Gallery – 2009. Since I like pretty scientific pictures, I’m posting a link to this Olympus Imaging competition from late 2009. I recently discovered it, and the site has a lot of great images from this year’s competition as well as from the past few years.