“A fall-related injury was defined as one received when a person descended because of the force of gravity and struck a surface at the same or lower level.” From a 2004 CDC report on falls during the holiday season
Archive for November, 2009
Quote of the Week
Posted in quotes, tagged funny, science-ese on 22 November 2009 | 1 Comment »
Sagan (et al) Sings
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged cool, journalism, video on 7 November 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Carl Sagan, Stephen Hawking, Richard Feynman, Neil deGrasse Tyson. Four incredible physicists and science communicators. Personal favorites, too, and some of them role models; I put Sagan and Tyson in my application essay to MIT. Oh, and add Bill Nye to the mix: a hero of many. I’m probably one of the last to see [...]
Dueling Journos
Posted in Uncategorized on 2 November 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I was chuckling at these Onion stories: Obama’s Declaration Of Swine Flu Emergency Prompts Pro-Swine-Flu Republican Response Report: Majority Of Newspapers Now Purchased By Kidnappers To Prove Date (“These are sick, sick individuals,” Ridell added. “God bless them for saving our industry.”) Fists Fly After Post Editor Tells Writer, ‘It’s the Second Worst Story I [...]
