UPDATE: Check out Sciencebase later today for a whole brew of periodic icons laid out as a proper PT.
Yes, I know, Periodic Table of Social Media has been done before. But, I wanted to create some new icons that hooked into the meme…so here they are:

Obviously, the only one that works correctly in the strict [...]

The most ironic search term I’ve ever seen on my site recently has to be this phrase:
A free term papers and essays on discuss the importance of integrity in the field of assessment?
Now, I could give the searcher the benefit of the doubt and assume that they were simply researching the issues, but given the [...]

A marketing rep from GQ magazine emailed me today offering a story (an anecdotal tale) of an (ex)alcoholic who had tried the 12-step program and then discovered baclofen and is apparently cured. It’s certainly an intriguing thought: pop a pill, eradicate alcoholic cravings and dependency. The feature article, from a quick read through, is well [...]

Some dietary supplements, nutraceuticals, vitamins and antioxidants are proving their efficacy in clinical trials and research for specific conditions, others are unadulterated snake oil. Information is Beautiful posted a pretty, but relatively unscientific, animated bubble chart to show where each supplement might sit in the sphere of health for a given condition. Needless to say, [...]