The thing that ties each of the following links together is a discussion of the need to incorporate equity, affirmation, and continued learning into social, scientific, and political spheres. And to recognize that the lines between these spaces is a social construct. This article offers an explanation of how sexism affects both the oppressed and […]
Friday, September 19, 2014
A Cognitive Defense of Stimming (or Why “Quiet Hands” Makes Math Harder) In the last decade or so, autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) have been in the forefront of the news and research. Originally, the people thought autism was a psychological disorder and that it was similar to schitzophrenia. There was a complete lack of understanding about […]
Here is a random/interesting article about a sensory phenomenon that occurs across the world. http://mic.com/articles/91091/a-mysterious-sound-is-driving-people-insane-and-nobody-knows-what-s-causing-it?utm_source=policymicFB&utm_medium=main&utm_campaign=social
Here is an excellent article about the progress that can be made when disciplines work together. http://ideas.ted.com/2013/12/18/mother-knows-best-re-making-the-embrace-baby-warmer-for-moms/
This is a collection of the videos that I used in lab discussion section of the ethical issues in human embryonic stem cells research in the 2014 BIOL36701 Principles Development at Purdue University. 1. An introduction to stem cell – A stem cell story 2. Are embryos persons? 3. A question of balance? 4. How […]
Thursday, November 15, 2012
I have been paying attention to the ongoing discussion on open access to scientific research in the news media and have collected a number of interesting articles. Here I will keep a record of a few interesting ones 2012-11-08 From the Guardian: “Open Access: ‘we no longer need expensive publishing networks‘” 2012-06-19 From the New […]
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
A colleague at Purdue puts it in perspective in a Bloomberg News article: College Costs Rise With $250,000-a-Year Bureaucrats
Dr. Winston Hide decides to resigns from his associate editor position of Genomics because of the expensive subscription rate of the journal precludes many in accessing important articles that are important for public health. From The Guardian: Today I resigned from the editorial board of a well respected journal in my field – Genomics. No […]
In my last post, I provided several links to general introductions of stem cells. In this post, I will share several documentaries that show how bad people are taking advantage of desperate patients who have heard stem cells therapy may give them a last hope. II. Desperate patients and people who take advantage of their […]