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Cleaning Up Science – A Call for Better Research.

I really enjoyed the recent article, “Six Ways To Clean Up Science” from The New Yorker about the many ways research falls short in terms of rigor, incentives, and the ability to replicate. The article is not all negative though as it also focuses on how improvements may not be too far off. I’d love [...]

Rachel Bickel - 03 Jan 2013

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Supertrees

In the spirit of GOOD stories, the site just posted another interesting one this past weekend focused on the opening of the first section of Gardens by the Bay, a landscaping project in Singapore. At first glance, the idea of an artificial forest somewhat rubs me the wrong way. But, the use of green technology [...]

Rachel Bickel - 28 Jun 2012

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Hospital Noises that Interrupt Patient Sleep

The impact of the hospital environment on sleep has implications for patient recovery. A recently published study in the Annals of Internal Medicine examined the impact of 14 different types of sounds in the hospital on sleep disruption in healthy patients. Significantly, alarms were found to disturb patients 90 percent of the time, while common [...]

Rachel Bickel - 14 Jun 2012

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