Archive for July, 2010
The office itself matters
Boring, bland, lifeless offices don’t benefit anyone: Research has shown that a healthy office space with plants and open windows is more conducive to productivity. I love my home office. It’s filled with plants, books, a fish tank, antiques and interesting objects My office at work is pretty bland and boring, but I’m going to [...]
Wait, people don’t want “science” reporting from Pepsi?
Nothing destroys the credibility of a site quicker than corporate shillery: Should ScienceBlogs.com have agreed to host a controversial blog on nutrition, written by PepsiCo? No, say the site’s readers, as some of its star bloggers stop their blogs in protest. It’s an idea so bad that you swear that The Washington Post and Publisher [...]
Urban cycling quantifiably better for you than driving a car
Despite the risk, urban cycling is a healthier option The authors found that for the individuals who shift from car to bicycle, the benefits gained by increased physical activity were substantially larger (3 – 14 months of life gained) than the drawbacks of inhaled air pollution (0.8 – 40 days lost) and the increase in [...]
Climategate scientists vindicated
‘Gate Fever Breaks – Dot Earth Blog – NYTimes.com: The Independent Climate Change Email Review is finished and, within its constrained mandate, has cleared climate scientists and administrators at the University of East Anglia of claims of malfeasance rising out of the contents of folders of e-mail messages and files extracted from computers there and posted [...]