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Re:Show HN: Now I Get It – Translate scientific papers into interactiv...
on Saturday February 28, 2026 @10:58AM (#47196846)
This is neat! As an academic, this is definitely something I can see using to share my work with friends and family, or showing on my lab website for each paper. Can’t wait to try it out.
Re:Administering immunotherapy in the morning seems to matter. Why?
on Sunday June 08, 2025 @04:16PM (#44219244)
If you’re interested in circadian biology, which underlies chronoimmunotherapy, please check out UCSD’s BioClock Studio. We create tutorial videos and other media to teach circadian biology concepts:
https://bioclock.ucsd.edu/
Mount Hood's Deadliest Disaster
The Worst Job in Tech: Staring at Human Depravity to Keep It Off Facebook
A religious couple didn’t believe in medical care. They’re headed to prison
Re:Facebook denies it collects call and SMS data from phones without p...
on Monday March 26, 2018 @07:30AM (#16678065)
Anecdote here: I was talking to a college student who hadn’t heard about the whole Cambridge Analytica to-do. Why? She uses Facebook to check the news, and unsurprisingly it wasn’t coming up on trending news.
Re:London City Airport Shut as WW2 Bomb Found in Thames
on Monday February 12, 2018 @09:56AM (#16358934)
If you’re in to this kind of stuff, I recommend “Aftermath: The Remnants of War,” by Donovan Webster.
The Transgender Scientist Who Changed Our View of the Brain
How the food industry uses cavitation
Re:Blood Transfusion from Ever-Pregnant Females Associated with Mortal...
on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @02:10PM (#15501453)
I hate to break it to you, but never pregnant != virgin
David Hume, the Buddha, and a Search for the Eastern Roots of the Enlightenment
Re:2017 Nobel Prize in Medicine for the molecular mechanisms of circad...
on Monday October 02, 2017 @01:54PM (#15386131)
For those interested in learning more about circadian rhythms, I highly recommend checking out the materials that UCSD's BioClock Studio has put out. As you might be noticing, there's a dearth of accessible circadian biology materials. The BioClock Studio has interested undergrads create movies and media addressing critical circadian biology concepts, experiments, and researchers.
https://ccb.ucsd.edu/the-bioclock-studio/about-bioclock-stud...
Why Aren’t Mothers Worth Anything to Venture Capitalists?
Re:Ask HN: Which scifi authors to interview about immortality?
on Monday September 25, 2017 @11:21AM (#15331159)
Claire North (aka Catherine Webb). Her book "The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August" addresses a different "type" of immortality than we typically think of.
Re:The financial struggles of a breast pump startup
on Thursday September 21, 2017 @01:10PM (#15305483)
If you read the article, you'd see that the pump in question already has FDA approval.
The “Doomsday” glacier that could raise sea level by 10 ft
Audit says UC administration is paying excessive salaries and mishandling funds
Re:Most scientists 'can't replicate studies by their peers'
on Thursday February 23, 2017 @05:08PM (#13718276)
Seconding the support for COS. When they test reproducibility, they actually pair labs that are proficient in the particular technique with the original authors. The two labs (the originator and reproducer) work together to try to replicate the findings in the new environment. It's a smart way to work around the problem of labs trying (and failing) new techniques.
Doctors and the Pitfalls of Extending Life
The Women's Marches maybe the largest in US history
No Doctor Should Work 30 Hours Straight with No Sleep
Re:Vancouver plans to tax empty properties 1% of their assessed value
on Thursday November 10, 2016 @06:42PM (#12925809)
A typical home in Vancouver BC is $1.4M[0], so if anything it's an understatement.
[0] http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouve...
Jury finds all Oregon standoff defendants not guilty
Re:Women rise through the ranks of IT more rapidly than men
on Tuesday October 11, 2016 @03:49PM (#12687943)
I appreciate your comment, and I second your point about the education and social structure being different for girls/women. In my experience, it can be difficult for folks to understand just how different it can be - whether by gender, race, or lower socioeconomic status - which is completely fair. There are always exceptions to generalizations, which makes making progress in these arguments difficult.
For those who still believe it's a feminist conspiracy, I encourage you to read this brief report (with links to an excellent full report) with hard numbers on the experience of women in STEM: https://hbr.org/2015/03/the-5-biases-pushing-women-out-of-st...
And if you think you're above bias, or that it doesn't exist against women, please challenge yourself with the unconscious bias test: https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/takeatest.html Stats are available after the test. I am a woman with a PhD in a STEM field, and guess what - I have biases against my own sex.
Doctor Confesses: I Lied to Protect Colleague in Malpractice Suit
A Surgeon's Belated Confession
Re:NLRB rules graduate students are employees
on Tuesday August 23, 2016 @04:33PM (#12347323)
Depends on the institution. I was paid by an NIH training grant and received a 1099, and every year I had to prove to the IRS I wasn't an independent contractor.