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Running to Sleep a Tough Sell, but Works Over Time
I’ve never really had much of a problem falling asleep. In my youth, any surface or body position was fair game for getting in some Zs. And today isn’t much different, except that my muscles will pay for my time … Continue reading
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Stay the F$%* Away From Alcohol in Chicago’s West and South Sides
The old adage says that the most important part of a business is location, location, and location. I’d argue that this can be extended beyond the walls of entrepreneurship, however. Your happiness, for example, would benefit from your body being … Continue reading
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Those Insulin-Producing Cells Will Do, Pig
Anyone who has ever seen more than one episode of Mythbusters knows that pigs are a pretty close approximation for a lot of human organs. Their skin and tissues act a lot like ours when being struck by a bullet … Continue reading
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Cloud Software Could Save Enough Power to Run L.A.
One issue with the ever growing scale of scientific research projects that continues to crop up is the energy usage such facilities require to run. For example, the nuclear physics laboratory that I worked at previously at Michigan State University … Continue reading
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Scientific Repeatability: When Results Prove Wrong
There’s a lot of science going on out there in the world today. The rate at which the accumulated knowledge of the human race is growing is staggering. For tens of thousands of years, progress crept along at a snail’s … Continue reading
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Bug Eye For the Smart Guys
This wide-angled lens is better than your fancy-schmansy SLR telephoto lens, I guarantee it. And just how can I guarantee it? Because your technology is planar. You’ve got to go spherical. A collaboration of scientists between Northwestern University and the … Continue reading
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Strong Relationships Are Delusional Relationships
Bear with me here, I’m about to quote Jane Austen. “Perhaps I did not always love him so well as I do now; but in such cases as these, a good memory is unpardonable.” And according to recent studies from … Continue reading
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Forecasts for Brain Tumors More Accurate Than for Weather
How can a doctor tell when a treatment is working? Sure, there’s always the “getting better” or “getting worse” thing, but if rewatching the series House has taught me anything, it’s that things are never as they seem. And also … Continue reading
More Bang For Your Buck
So I just thought I’d bring up another plus about Big Ten schools today. Besides most all of them being in the top 50 in research expenditures every year, they’re also overwhelmingly state schools. Which means their cheap. Don’t believe … Continue reading
Posted in Chicago, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, Purdue, Wisconsin
Tagged college, Indiana University, money, northwestern university, Purdue University, tuition, University of Chicago, University of Illinois, University of Michigan, University of Minnesota, University of Nebraska, University of Wisconsin, value
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Buy Someone a Smart Phone, Help Them Lose Weight
Want to lose some weight? There’s an app for that. But does it work? According to a recent study from Northwestern University, yes. Yes it can. So long as it’s included in a comprehensive plan that includes cutting calories, increasing … Continue reading
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Tagged app, health, northwestern university, smart phone, weight loss
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