William P. Gottlieb a famous photographer sold his collection of photos of the jazz scene in New York and Washington DC during the 1930′s and 1940′s to the Library of Congress. This period is also named "the Golden Age of Jazz" His collection entered into the public domain on February 16, 2010. The Gottlieb Jazz Photos on the Flickr Commons.Related posts: Official White House Photostream on Flickr Where? What? When? Great Flickr Mashup Spell With Flickr ..read more »

I write likeDavid Foster WallaceI Write Like by Mémoires, Mac journal software. Analyze your writing! I write like: David Foster Wallace. Tried it thanks to Dr Deb Just cut and paste a section of something you've written to see what famous author writes like you do! Related posts: How to Write a Love Song Archive the WEB, write a book on the web or use livescribe offline Hands On Experience with ECT ..read more »

Amazing new technologies for arthritis, away with knee and hip replacement? Arthritis and injury grind down millions of joints, but few get the best remedy -- real biological tissue. Kevin Stone shows a treatment that could sidestep the high costs and donor shortfall of human-to-human transplants with a novel use of animal tissue. Related posts: Surgery’s past, present and robotic future Wassup 2008 The Sense and Non-Sense of Vitamine D suppletion ..read more »

Often I will tell my residents that if you can't take care of yourself how do you expect to take care of your patients. Or in another way: the only difference between God and a doctor is that God knows he's not a doctor. These sound like cliches but there is some truth in them. In short doctors are just ordinary people with ordinary problems who can make mistakes and who should look after themselves. But how to take good care of yourself in a job as a doctor or even a resident? Working as a doctor can at times be .....read more »

This is the trailer of the film: Just Trial and Error. In an attempt to understand consciousness, filmmaker Alex Gabbay invites sculptor Antony Gormley, eminent neuroscientists Prof Brian Butterworth and Dr Beau Lotto and internet entrepreneur Twain Luu – whose study of the ‘global brain’ makes fascinating reading – to explore its meaning and how it affects their area of work. Structured in a non-linear way, the four protagonists present insights on the human brain, global consciousness, the role of the internet, perception, the space art occupies, etc. While the subjects weave in and out of each other to create .....read more »

Does Facebook and other social networking services damage the profession of physicians or the public trust in this profession? So far no systematic research into this topic has been published. However several cases were presented in the media resulting in disciplinary measures. On social networking sites patients may learn information about their doctors that compromises the professional relationship. Threats to patient confidentiality is another danger of facebook and other social networking sites. How to deal with this issue? Well recently discovered the best solution to this problem. Don't forbid the use of these sites or pose heavy restrictions on it's use .....read more »

Excellent talk, humorous. Sex in biological evolution author Matt Ridley shows how, throughout history, the engine of human progress has been the meeting and mating of ideas to make new ideas. It's not important how clever individuals are, he says; what really matters is how smart the collective brain is. Related posts: Where good ideas come from Video on Ideas for coping with Seasonal Affective Disorder ..read more »

Have you written a blogpost or are you going to write something of quality that deals with science, environment or medicine, please submit it to Scientia Pro Publica through the automated blog carnival submission form.Related posts: Scientia Pro Publica: a call for submissions Scientia Pro Publica #27 is up at Melliferax Scientia Pro Publica 39 ..read more »

Amazing stuff, reading the mind with EEG? Tan Le's astonishing new computer interface reads its user's brainwaves, making it possible to control virtual objects, and even physical electronics, with mere thoughts (and a little concentration). She demos the headset, and talks about its far-reaching applications Related posts: Human Computer Interfaces Better Matched to our Brains and Body ..read more »

This is an excellent but very fast review of e-readers. Myself, I have two e-readers. The first one was an Iliad e-reader with wifi. Bought it with a newspaper subscription. It reads very easy, even in sunlight. The wifi is hard to use. Downloading the newspaper in foreign countries seldom succeeded. Mostly had to plug the e reader into the router of the hotel. In general file format is a big issue. Not all file formats are supported by all e readers. My other e reader is a Kindle. Also easy to use. The international edition can be used to .....read more »