Tag Archives: Health

Weight Of The Union

By C.G. | Published: January 27, 2012

From Anytime Health via Cool Infographics: We’re fat. Click on the image or the jump to embiggen. Pun intended.

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But Officer, These Shrooms Are Medicinal

By C.G. | Published: January 26, 2012

From Boing Boing: Did you see that episode of The Simpsons where Bart get’s a credit card and buys a new dog, Laddie? In the end, a person with blindness takes in his old dog, Santa’s Little Helper, and Bart tries to get him back. With Laddie abandoned, he joins the police and finds pot [...]

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∞ Forget Resolutions, I’m Making Goals

By C.G. | Published: January 2, 2012

I forgot where I saw this and I can’t say the thought was mine originally. But as the title suggests, I’m not making new year’s resolutions. I’m going to make goals. I want to be able to look back at 2012 and say I accomplished something. 2011 was pretty eventful, if you ask me, and [...]

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Addiction Incorporated

By C.G. | Published: December 27, 2011

From Addiction Incorporated via Apple Trailers: I stumbled across this documentary while looking up movie times from Apple’s Trailers site. It’s about the tobacco industry and the whistleblower who exposed their secrets. From the New York Time Review: “Hired by Philip Morris in 1980 to test nicotine alternatives for a more heart-healthy cigarette, Dr. DeNoble, [...]

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3D Printer Makes Scaffolding For Growing Bones

By C.G. | Published: December 3, 2011

From Boing Boing: Researchers use a 3-D printer to make a bone-like material that can temporarily do the job of bone, while serving as a scaffold for new bone to grow on. Over time, it dissolves safely. Yet another fantastic use of 3D Printers.

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