eric | Shared With: Everyone - Jan 30 2008 | health, science, race, UK
This race looks unlike any other I have seen. Dirty and nasty. 8 miles of challenging obstacles.
Quoted: The 'Tough Guy Challenge', in Perton, UK, is a biannual race over a course of eight miles. Its 21 obstacles include fire, tunnels, barbed wire, slides and swamps. Thousands of normal citizens compete.
- eric | Shared With: Everyone - Jan 02 2008 | health, science, news, food, diet, nutrition
I didn't see this article on nutritionism from Michael Pollan last year. I wish I had. Speaking in a no-nonsense style, he tells us just how little scientific knowledge of food that we have.
Quoted: The story of how basic questions about what to eat got so complicated reveals a great deal about the institutional imperatives of the food industry, nutritional science and journalism.
ShareViewed: 2 Times - eric | Shared With: Everyone - Aug 22 2007 | news, science, health, gaming
Scientists are starting to use World of Warcraft to model real world responses to pandemics. Cool!
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ShareViewed: 3 Times - eric | Shared With: Everyone - Jul 27 2006 | business, research, health, science, investment, NFLD, diabetes
One of my long-shot, single-product, home-run-hopeful stocks presented their product at a conference today and indicated that it has some new benefits which had not been seen before. It may end up being useful in the treatment of diabetes!
Quoted: New Study Explores Use of Novel Form of Northfield's Human Hemoglobin-Based Oxygen Carrier in Pancreatic Islet Cell Transplantation. - EVANSTON, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 27, 2006--Northfield Laboratories Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLD - News) announced today that a preclinical study describing the use of a novel formulation of the Company's human hemoglobin-based oxygen carrier in pancreatic islet cell isolation and transplantation was presented at the World Transplantation Congress in Boston this morning.
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eric | Shared With: Everyone - Nov 26 2005 | gene, science, technology, healthI've been watching "Cracking the Code of Life" on the PBS website, a NOVA special that ran again recently (it originally aired in 2001). It's an absolutely fascinating introduction to the philosophical, scientific, and business landscape of the human gene. It's something I'd like to know more about because these are the innovations that have the potential to change our lives more drastically than any other.
This site is the main site explaining the Human Genome Project which was completed in 2003.
Quoted: The main homepage for Human Genome Project information --what the project is; its progress, history, and goals; what issues are associated with genome research; frequently asked questions, the science behind the project; who its sponsors are.
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