Tom Watson: A Blogging Soldier's Farewell
Incredibly moving
Saturday, January 05, 2008
Tom Watson: A Blogging Soldier's Farewell
Fascinating article about how DNA tests can enable parents to connect
The DNA Age - Parents Whose Children Share Genetic Mutations Seek Each Other for Support - New York Times
Interesting angle for a story...one of the most surprising things to me is that there is actually an insurer who will cover the testing!
Almost anything that helps parents to connect is good in my books though- it's amazing how much support makes a difference.
Thursday, January 03, 2008
Author George MacDonald Fraser Dies
The Associated Press: Author George MacDonald Fraser Dies: "Author George MacDonald Fraser Dies"
Damn. If you've never read any of the Flashman books (and have any interest in history), pick one or two up. They're amazing.
Wednesday, January 02, 2008
ER stories...love and lust in the ER
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I've seen a fair amount of discussion on the medical blogs whether these stories are true or not,
but there are definitely some amusing ones.
Tuesday, January 01, 2008
Monday, December 31, 2007
Sunday, December 30, 2007
The 2007 Ignoble Awards
Improbable Research
I think that my favourite this year is "LINGUISTICS: Juan Manuel Toro, Josep B. Trobalon and Núria Sebastián-Gallés, of Universitat de Barcelona, for showing that rats sometimes cannot tell the difference between a person speaking Japanese backwards and a person speaking Dutch backwards.
REFERENCE: "Effects of Backward Speech and Speaker Variability in Language Discrimination by Rats," Juan M. Toro, Josep B. Trobalon and Núria Sebastián-Gallés, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, vol. 31, no. 1, January 2005, pp 95-100"
Who knew that rats had so many language problems?
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