Spaced Repetition for Learning

Anki decks are clearly the best way to commit a new corpus of knowledge to memory. I would certainly be using Anki more if I were in school…

Polydactyly @ Radiopaedia.org

Radiopaedia is pretty much my new favorite toy! See on radiopaedia.org

Survey reveals regulatory agencies viewed as unprepared for nanotechnology

“The people responsible for regulation are the most skeptical about their ability to regulate.” See on www.sciencedaily.com

Younger women should stop wearing bras

Last year, a researcher found that bras reduce breast tissue strength in young women, causing their breasts to sag more over time. Unlike earlier studies, this one had…

Delayed aging is better investment than cancer, heart disease research

“Recent scientific advances suggest that slowing the aging process (senescence) is now a realistic goal. Yet most medical research remains focused on combating individual diseases.” “Using the Future…

United Nations to Adopt Asteroid Defense Plan

Yay! X-risk from giant space rocks is going down a bit more. See on www.scientificamerican.com

Police say teen shot self in head — while hands cuffed behind back

“I know that it is hard for people not in law enforcement to understand how someone could be capable of shooting themselves [in the head] while handcuffed behind…

UpToke Releases Their First Vaporizer

If you happen to smoke, maybe you should “quit” by getting a vaporizer. The health benefits of not inhaling smoke are pretty dramatic. $300 pre-orders UpToke’s new Spyre…

Altmetric pilots help Elsevier authors understand the impact of their articles

The colorful donut indicating impact in news and social media is now featured on various journal homepages and ScienceDirect Elsevier bungles their pledge to make journals horrible in…

Methuselah Foundation Announces $1 Million “New Organ Liver Prize”

“The New Organ Liver Prize will award $1,000,000 to the first team that creates a bioengineered replacement for the native liver of a large mammal, enabling it to recover in…

Sleep research is always terrible

Reporters don’t seem to understand that sleep research is even worse than nutrition research. When the Atlantic published a new article claiming that 9-5 work was bad for…