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Waived Tests Pose Significant Risks
An increasing number of medical tests are becoming so mainstream and foolproof that almost anyone can perform them if they read the directions. More than likely, you've had a waived test—the name for...
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How the Dow-DuPont Merger Affects Basic R&D
By now I’m sure you’ve heard about the Dow-DuPont merger that was confirmed at the end of 2015. The merger binds two of America’s oldest companies—and two of the industry’s most important chemical...
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CDC’s Infographic on Women and Alcohol Goes Too Far
Update 2/11/16: Yesterday, the CDC edited the infographic to include men, both in verbiage and illustration. As of today, the more insulting portion of the infographic has been completely removed from...
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On Monday, I wrote a blog expressing my viewpoint about an infographic the CDC released on women and drinking.Read more about Update: CDC Has Altered, Removed Controversial Infographic on Women and...
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Cancer ‘Moonshot’ Won’t Takeoff without Authenticated Cells
Irreproducible research and efforts to combat this complex, global and multi-billion dollar problem were top stories in several 2015 retrospectives, including Science News and Nature. And with...
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What Football Players and King Henry VIII Have in Common
By now, you've probably heard of the neurodegenerative disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), most popularly linked to football players who receive multiple sub-concussive blows to the head....
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This Professor Wants to Do Away With Algebra. What Does That Mean?
A provocative new book is lending credence to frustrated teenagers everywhere when they inevitably shout, “when am I ever going to need to solve for x in real life?”Read more about This Professor Wants...
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A Good Example: Researcher to Share Lab Notes in Real-time
If a critique can be made of scientists and their work, it’s this: most don’t share well. Read more about A Good Example: Researcher to Share Lab Notes in Real-timeComments
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The Quest for 1001 Lab Safety Questions
The Laboratory Safety Institute (LSI) believes there are two myths in science safety education: the administrators’ myth and the students’ myth. They go like this.The administrators’ myth: They went to...
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The Craigslist and Travelocity of Science
The cost and complexity of science and technology equipment have grown faster than science funding, and research has become so specialized that a gap has grown between the experiments scientists would...
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