What’s the Science?
Science and medicine sometimes seem at odds. The health care practitioner seeks medicines and procedures that make people well and healthy. Science seeks to verify that medicines and procedures actually […]
Author: Deepy
Deepy (Deepthinker Oh) is an educational psychologist with a long standing love of journalism and previous experience as the editor of MANIERA magazine. Deepthinker Oh's use of the SLBN logo does not constitute approval by or a representation or endorsement from Linden Lab.
Placebo: Doing Nothing
Early clinical research was simply trying a new cure and seeing if patients got better. This method was very limited because people tend to heal over time regardless of interventions. […]
Comets, Meteors and Asteroids… Oh my!
Comets fascinate me. They are wondrous visitors from the deep, cold fastness of space. The comet NEOWISE is in our sky now and it fills me with wonder. I have […]
Seeking Beauty
A number of years ago I facilitated a Science Circle discussion about why learning math is so hard. Twelve Science Circle participants shared their ideas on this question. We all […]