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Stigma is Toughest Foe in Epilepsy Fight

Tue, 29 May 2012 00:01:03 -0400

Stigma is Toughest Foe in Epilepsy Fight

Okay

Sun, 13 May 2012 02:54:37 -0400

I want a pet mouse. It would be so cute. And I would name it something cool.

longreads: A look back at James Watson’s book The Double Helix...

Sat, 12 May 2012 02:08:39 -0400

longreads:

A look back at James Watson’s book The Double Helix and the controversy it stirred in the science community.

In telling the story, he produced a great work of literary nonfiction. Watson expanded the boundaries of science writing to include not only the formal, public face of Nobel-winning discoveries but also the day-to-day life of working scientists—both inside and outside the lab.The Double Helixrejuvenated a genre that had been largely academic or hagiographic. Its success showed that there was and is an appetite for thestoryof science; that the stories can be human and exciting; that scientists can be flawed characters; that the whole endeavor doesn’t collapse if you depict it with something less than reverence.

Although the book caused an international scandal that winter, I don’t think any word of the controversy reached me at Classical High School. As a freshman, I read The Double Helix as a story of pure triumph. Now, of course, I can see what I couldn’t then: an epic of the loss of innocence, writ small and large. And I can see the arc of Watson’s life since 1968, which has been another epic of triumph and hubris, ending with a fall. So now I see the darkness around the shining cup.

“Laboratory Confidential.” — Jonathan Weiner, Columbia Journalism Review

More #longreads from CJR

The Double Helix is a fascinating book. It’s not often you’re given the impression that the innovative people that lay the foundation for modern science were human and had human emotions and desires and interests. And that’s a very reassuring message, actually.

Ah, a Catch 22

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 18:52:11 -0400

Darn. I need to have a boyfriend so that I can have someone to tell about all of my silly crushes.

True Love’s Kiss- Enchanted I’ve been singing this...

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 23:27:47 -0400

True Love’s Kiss- Enchanted

I’ve been singing this all day!

"An ethicist is somebody who sees something wrong with whatever you have in mind."

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 23:24:46 -0400

““An ethicist is somebody who sees something wrong with whatever you have in mind.””

- Marvin Minsky

foodforjubilee: Instant Besan Dhokla/ Khaman Dhokla Recipe |...

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 21:51:03 -0400

foodforjubilee:

Instant Besan Dhokla/ Khaman Dhokla Recipe | RedChillies (RECIPE)

I’m so I’m so I’m so hungry right now.

ohmygod

Sun, 25 Mar 2012 21:45:17 -0400

I logged onto my tumblr again.

Photo

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:05 -0500

Photo

Sun, 25 Dec 2011 00:00:05 -0500

ilovecharts: via ashleyalexiss:thedailywhat: Endless...

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 14:52:25 -0500

ilovecharts:

via ashleyalexiss:thedailywhat:

Endless Origami.

haha, sometimes.

sexonaflyingcarpet: sam-sung: omgomgomgomg HAHHAHA I LOVE...

Sat, 12 Nov 2011 18:23:28 -0500

sexonaflyingcarpet:

sam-sung:

omgomgomgomg

HAHHAHA I LOVE THESE KIDS I SWEAR XD

Noam Chomsky

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 00:41:29 -0400

Noam Chomsky:

When I have time, I’m going to read some of these. As well as some of the Jagust work. :/ And a number of novels and non-fiction works I have on file/ on my bookshelf. SO MUCH TO READ.

How to Love - Lomaticc Original song by Lil Wayne.

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:00:05 -0400

How to Love - Lomaticc

Original song by Lil Wayne.

Video

Fri, 21 Oct 2011 02:03:45 -0400

ilovecharts: How do you not know? HAHAHAHAH

Thu, 20 Oct 2011 22:55:51 -0400

ilovecharts:

How do you not know?

HAHAHAHAH

pleatedjeans: The United States of Scary Things (larger image...

Thu, 20 Oct 2011 22:51:00 -0400

pleatedjeans:

The United States of Scary Things (larger image here)

hahaha! Oregon! The REAL definition of a hipster. Finally.

Earthquake during ochem lab.

Thu, 20 Oct 2011 22:47:16 -0400

So exciting!

Notes From a Dragon Mom

Sun, 16 Oct 2011 19:07:26 -0400

Notes From a Dragon Mom:

I almost cried.

N: "An ad for birth control just came up on my Pandora station."

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 10:05:06 -0400

N: "An ad for birth control just came up on my Pandora station."

Five minutes later.

N: "Okay, my Pandora station just played me an ad for engagement rings. Who does Pandora think I am?"