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Which is bigger: HIV or rhinovirus?

The Genetic Science Learning Center at the University of Utah developed a cool web-based visualization tool for comparing the sizes of carbon atoms, coffee beans, and everything in between.

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A second, third world?

A few months back I wrote an article responding to people who were comparing the economy of SecondLife to that of developing countries like Burundi, Liberia, DRC and Zimbabwe. My argument was that there is simply no scarcity in a virtual world, making any comparison null and void. However, because SecondLife (and games like it) [...]

Where + When

GeoTime by Oculus is a software package that claims to offer “efficient insight into behaviors in time and space.” This program is interesting because it enables users to visualize and analyze spatial event data on the X and Y plane AND temporal data on the vertical axis.

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Detecting disease with hair, cell phones, breath analyzers, and paper cups

The Gates Foundation announced today that 76 new global health projects have been awarded Grand Challenges Explorations Grants. Here are some of the most creative…

HIV Incidence Testing in HairChristopher Pilcher of the University of California, San Francisco in the U.S. will test the theory that HIV proteins, nucleic acids and antibodies [...]

Duke talk on mapping and health

I am giving a talk at Duke next week on mapping and health as part of the Information Science Information Studies Tech and New Media series. Tuesday 10/27 at noon in the John Hope Franklin Center. I’ll post the slides here later in the week.