Archive for March, 2014
Ecovative: The new plastic is made from mushrooms | SmartPlanet
Friday, March 14th, 2014Ecovative: The new #plastic is made from #mushrooms. It uses fungal mycelium & #chitin to bond together wood chips.
http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/pure-genius/ecovative-the-new-plastic-is-made-from-mushrooms/5717
Tech’s Favorite Cartoonist Enters Mainstream Publishing – NYTimes.com
Friday, March 14th, 2014PI Day cartoon. When will there be an i-Day!
Friday, March 14th, 2014Particularly appropriate for the lab!
MT @wxgarrett Happy “Pi Day” (3.14) #PiDay2014
pic.twitter.com/INAV25uvUD Great cartoon for today but will there be a matching “i day” ?
The Algorithm Economy: Inside the Formulas of Facebook and Amazon – Derek Thompson – The Atlantic
Friday, March 14th, 201417 equations that changed the world
Friday, March 14th, 2014MT @lets_experiment 17 #equations that changed the world
pic.twitter.com/9zIfJPxFFJ Great list but would’ve included S=k*lnW w/ dS>0 in eq#12
Exercise prevents colorectal cancer but vitamins do not: Advice from an M.D.
Thursday, March 13th, 2014Colorectal #Cancer Awareness! What Does & Doesn’t Prevent Disease: Vitamins– (including D), Screening++, Exercise++
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/medical_examiner/2014/03/exercise_prevents_colorectal_cancer_but_vitamins_do_not_advice_from_an_m.html