1. The cost of particularly ailments as you get older:
2. How different risk factors, demographics, and diseases correlate to each other:
3. The chances of that you will get a certain disease:
Ben Fry and GE Visualize…
Monday, November 23rd, 2009Visualized: Choose Your Own Adventure Books
Sunday, November 15th, 2009
Definitely one of the most intriguing items to come out of the 80′s were the Choose Your Own Adventure books. As tacky as they were, it was a very interesting effort to make books more “interactive.”As a kid, they offered countless hours of entertainment. I would read them over and over again so that I could figure out every possible ending. Recently, Christian Swineheart put together a very elegant visualization and analysis of the beloved CYOA books.
Cell Size Visualization
Sunday, November 1st, 2009Even after graduating with a Sc. B in biology, sometimes even the most conceptually simple things go unnoticed – for example, the size of a single cell. Sure, we discuss distances and sizes in nanometers, but nothing is as convincing or clear as a great visualization.
For those of you who always wanted to learn some biology but were intimidated, Learn.Genetics from the University of Utah is full of great educational multimedia. Go get your hands dirty!