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LetThereBeLight commented on Turmeric’s unexpected link to lead poisoning in Bangladesh stanmed.stanford.edu/turm... · Posted by u/coopernewby

CoastalCoder · 3 years ago

Yikes.

Are their any trustworthy, mainstream sources of spices in the U.S.?

E.g., if I buy turmeric from Walmart or Whole Foods, can I safely assume that they're monitoring the product streams for lead?

EDIT: I just saw a sibling comment about a company named "American Turmeric". I'm curious about more mainstream sellers, who might possibly monitor other spices as well. I'd prefer to not play whack-a-mole on a spice-by-spice basis.

LetThereBeLight · 3 years ago

Burlap and Barrel I believe has a good reputation with their spice sourcing.

https://www.burlapandbarrel.com/products/turmeric

LetThereBeLight commented on Simple exercise to eliminate gastroesophageal reflux (2022) ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... · Posted by u/drones

tasty_freeze · 3 years ago

I remember being a kid and thinking that animals that bend down to drink from a pond must be forcing the water to travel up their esophagus. Hmm, I wonder if humans can do that. So I filled my mouth with water, did a head stand, then swallowed. Yes, no problem. Newfound respect for my body that day.

LetThereBeLight · 3 years ago

Your story reminds me of this segment from Mr. Wizard that I saw as a child. This kid eats an apple while doing a hand stand, and I remember being amazed by it.

https://youtu.be/bC6jJnVe1LI?t=1072 (starting at 17:52)

LetThereBeLight commented on A mental health crisis in science nature.com/articles/d4158... · Posted by u/rntn

LetThereBeLight · 3 years ago

A large issue is that PIs have no training on how to manage people nor is there much protection for grad students (and practically none for postdocs). It is surprisingly common to hear stories of sexual harassment, or international researchers essentially being held captive by their advisors. The universities are motivated to maintain their public appearance, and so cases of harassment and mistreatment are either entirely ignored or dealt with quietly. This, in addition to pay issues, is also playing a significant role in the unionization efforts that are taking place across US universities.

LetThereBeLight commented on Antibiotic-loaded microalgae treat bacterial pneumonia in mice nature.com/articles/s4156... · Posted by u/jdmark

LetThereBeLight · 3 years ago

By "robots" they mean algae cells coated with a drug.

LetThereBeLight commented on Is Peer Review a Good Idea? (2020) journals.uchicago.edu/doi... · Posted by u/johntfella

Qem · 4 years ago

It would be a much better idea if double-blind peer review were a default. See "Nobel and Novice: Author Prominence Affects Peer Review": https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4190976

LetThereBeLight · 4 years ago

Double-blind is not all that feasible unless preprints, conference posters, and talks were also all done anonymously.

LetThereBeLight commented on Mikhail Gorbachev has died reuters.com/world/mikhail... · Posted by u/homarp

LetThereBeLight · 4 years ago

Anyone interesting in learning more about Gorbachev's life, I recommend watching Werner Herzog's Meeting Gorbachev.

LetThereBeLight commented on The importance of stupidity in scientific research journals.biologists.com/j... · Posted by u/physicsgraph

LetThereBeLight · 4 years ago

Funny to see this pop up, it's from 2008. I worked with Martin for quite a few years and we spoke about this article at one point. If I recall, the intended audience of this article is primarily incoming graduate students.The point being that the experience of doing research is very different from taking classes. It is not uncommon to see those who excelled in their undergraduate studies go on to graduate school and be dismayed to find that a PhD program uses a different skill set from getting good grades.

LetThereBeLight commented on Why We Use Julia, 10 Years Later julialang.org/blog/2022/0... · Posted by u/KenoFischer

tkuraku · 4 years ago

I really like julia. For certain problems matlab and python are unworkable. People complain about time to first plot, but that doesn't matter too much to me. The problem is that plotting in general is just not as robust or user friendly as Matlab or matplotlib in python. You can call matplotlib, But it feels like a second class citizen. Plotting just needs to be better with a clear preferred method. There are tons of options.

LetThereBeLight · 4 years ago

I agree, there are a variety of plotting library options in Julia but they aren't nearly as developed/robust as matlab (e.g. quiver plots). There are a number of plotting functions that have completely changed how they work across versions and generally lack descriptive documentation. There have been several occasions where I had to give up and export my data into matlab to generate a plot. I also think the image analysis libraries are underdeveloped.

LetThereBeLight commented on AI could end foreign-language subtitles axios.com/artificial-inte... · Posted by u/inetsee

LetThereBeLight · 4 years ago

It is striking to me that this article doesn't discuss the negative impact such a technology will have on actors and translators. In fact, the author makes the surprising claim that there is a shortage of translators and voice actors, which is very hard to believe.

Posted by u/LetThereBeLight 4 years ago

Obituary for Ned Seeman, Inventor of DNA Nanotech nature.com/articles/d4158...

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