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O'Reilly Radar Q&A looks at how games can improve health
There's a nice Q&A with designer John Ferrara on O'Reilly Radar today about how games can be a "force of cultural transformation." As part of that …
Time-lapse video captures childhood from birth to 12 years
Filmmaker Frans Hoffmeester recorded his daughter, Lotte, every week for 12 years and distilled that footage in a touching little two-minute video. The resulting progression …
Registration for Stanford Medicine X now open
Registration for the Stanford Medicine X conference is now open. The three-day event, which runs Sept. 28-30 on the Stanford campus, will cover a wide …
Image of the Week: Kiwi under glass
Every year Stanford's Department of Chemical and Systems Biology hosts an artist in residence for a week of creativity building. This year's resident artist, sculptor …
Micro Empire shows life in a drop of water
This is, quite possibly, the most intense video microscopy I've ever seen. Titled Micro Empire, the video is meant to show all of the life …
Image of the Week: Poster session
This just might be the most dramatic, interesting photograph of a poster session ever. The photo was taken in the atrium at the Center for …
What physicians can learn from musicians
I really like this post from Matt Wood at Science Life exploring the similarities (and marked differences) between musicians and physicians: Ves Dimov, MD, assistant …
TEDMED conference streaming live to Stanford
Updated 04-03-12: TEDMED, the conference exploring innovation in health and medicine, will stream live to the School of Medicine from April 11 to 13. A …
Image of the Week: Med School 101
One week ago, 150 students from eight local high schools attended the School of Medicine's annual Med School 101 event. The daylong gathering, organized by …
Grand Roundup: Top posts for the week of Mar. 18
The five most-read stories on Scope this week were: A quick primer on getting into medical school: Charles Prober, MD, offers advice to high school …
A new social media course for physicians
Bertalan Mesko, MD, founder and managing director of Webicina.com, has launched a new course aiming to educate future physicians about the fundamentals of social media. …
23andMe Chief Business Officer Ashley Dombkowski confirmed as Medicine X speaker
Some exciting news from Larry Chu, MD, the executive director of Stanford Medicine X: Ashley Dombkowsky, PhD, the chief business officer of 23andMe, has been …
Bryan Vartabedian: Physicians are public affairs professionals
I really like this post from Bryan Vartabedian, MD, on his blog 33 Charts: Now every physician is potentially a broadcaster or journalist. We now …
The trials of the plastic surgeon
Here's a very funny post from Keith Humphreys, PhD, over on The Reality-Based Community in which he recounts a rather awkward (overheard) dinner conversation: At …