The Feynman Series is a companion project with The Sagan Series in hopes to promote scientific education and scientific literacy in the general population.
Friday Feynman Inspiration 002
October 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The Feynman Series is a companion project with The Sagan Series in hopes to promote scientific education and scientific literacy in the general population.
The Storm is here!
April 9, 2011 By 2 Comments
The Wisdom of Crowd Review
January 6, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Almost immediately after finishing ‘Time to publish then filter?’ – a post that highlighted a recent editorial in the BMJ outlining the need for an effective system of post-publication peer review — I came across this in the Annals of Emergency Medicine: Millard WB. The Wisdom of Crowds, the Madness of Crowds: Rethinking Peer Review [...]
Time to publish then filter?
January 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment
An editorial in the BMJ by Schriger and Altman highlights the failings of the peer review process and the need for effective post-publication peer review.
Emergency Musical Interlude XXI
July 18, 2010 By Leave a Comment
As any biologist, doctor or medical student knows — your mum does a lot more than just give you half a set of genes. This song gives a fantastically geeky, or geekally fantastic — or just fantastic (according to @Jabulani9) — reminder of why we should all thank our mums.
World Homeopathy Awareness Week
April 11, 2010 By Leave a Comment
I just heard from Science-Based Medicine that April 10th is the first day of World Homeopathy Awareness Week (WHAW). In keeping with the spirit of raising awareness, I thought it apt to post this from Hell’s New Stand…
Clinical Videos Online
April 4, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Clinical videos and flash-based resources for emergency medicine and intensive care: lectures, procedures, imaging, examination, basic sciences and more.
The Only Home We’ve Ever Known
January 9, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The poetic insights of Carl Sagan show that the scientific view teaches us to love the only home we’ve ever known and our fellow passengers on our ‘pale blue dot’.
The Baloney Detection Kit
November 22, 2009 By 1 Comment
