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I posted pics from my trip to Montreal in September. I was in Montreal for the 2009 World Molecular Imaging Congress (work conference). I’ve now been to this meeting three years in a row.

Two years ago: Providence, Rhode Island
Last year: Nice, France
This year: Montreal, Quebec

Next year is in Kyoto, Japan. Here’s hoping for four in a row :D

4 November 2009 • MIC montreal scenic travel work science

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An Epidemic of Fear: How Panicked Parents Skipping Shots Endangers Us All

An incredible article detailing the current issues facing the medical and scientific communities from a growing segment of the population who, because of fear and ignorance, are basing their beliefs on misinformation and only correlative data.

30 October 2009 • science truth

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Genetically-modified blue roses soon available for purchase in Japan

25 October 2009 • scenic science tech Japan

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kindacarsick:

This is an actual paper from a team at the University of Ottawa, who have used the hypothetical situation of a zombie outbreak to examine some mathematical models for controlling the spread of infectious disease. Awesome. Check out the paper in its entirety here.

4 September 2009 • reblog: kindacarsick • funny science zombies

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Telegraphs Ran on Electric Air in Crazy 1859 Magnetic Storm

This is crazy, and awesome.

science:

On September 2, 1859, the Earth witnessed the perfect solar storm. If anything on the same scale happened today, “the damage could range upwards of a $1 trillion, largely because of disruptions to the electrical grid.”

4 September 2009 • reblog: science • awesome tech science

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Prefixes & Words Based On Latin Number Names

(via wordjournal)

26 April 2009 • reblog: wordjournal • definitions science

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zeroth

wordjournal:

adjective • coming in a series before the first.

Zeroth is the ordinal number for zero, and it used in mathematics and computer science for the first item in a zero-based sequence (such as an array). Outside of math, zeroth is used to describe a law or principle that is formulated after the first, as in the zeroth law of thermodynamics.

I did not know this. I’ve always listed things as zero, first, second…

20 April 2009 • reblog: wordjournal • definitions science

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“Commode Specimen Collection System”

This belongs to a friend who is participating in a scientific study. The finger belongs to Britney. She’s mad I beat her to taking a picture to post :)

17 March 2009 • Britney funny science

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