http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/
This site helps to “provide accurate and unbiased information about topics in genetics, bioscience and health.” Topics include stem cells, addiction, DNA, and more. This site also contains interactive tools and tutorials. My favorite is called “Cell Size and Scale” which visually compares objects to show how tiny cells really are. Â
If you want to be as eco-friendly as possible and you want to plan ahead, consider a green burial option
. Some cemeteries now offer green options and do not use embalmment, entomb- ment or non-biodegradable materials. Consider a minimal casket or cloth shroud. Or cremated remains can be mixed with ashes and formed into a “honeycombed igloo” which becomes a sea-creature habitat when sunk onto an established reef. As Billy Campbell, MD of Ramsey Creek natural cemetary says, “We work to reincorporate the dead into the trees and flowers, catching them up in the cycles of life and death, decomposition and rebirth, that sustain us all.”
This website contains fun study guides related to history, literature, music and more. The literature study guides are really helpful if you are assigned to read a literary classic. Written by educators, these sometimes snarky guides prove that learning can be fun.
Website of the Week
(This new series will highlight a new website from different disciplines every week.)
Health News Review
http://www.healthnewsreview.org/
This website evaluates health related news stories featured in the media to see if they accurate or if they written for shock value. Physicians from Health News Review evaluate current health news on ten different criterion, including:
“The idea that GLBT literature is confined to GLBT characters and therefore of limited audience interest represents interconnected misconceptions.” Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Literature. Readers probably recognize gay and lesbian authors Oscar Wilde and Virginia Woolf. But many might be surprised that classics by Herman Melville and William Shakespeare are also considered as having GLBT themes. Stop in and see our display–you just might find you’ve read more GLBT literature than you think!