Comments on: Why do trees lose leaves? Why do hurricanes only hit the East Coast? http://www.sciencecheerleader.com/2008/09/why_do_trees_lose_leaves_why_do_hurricanes_only_hit_the_east_coast/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why_do_trees_lose_leaves_why_do_hurricanes_only_hit_the_east_coast Rooting for Citizen Scientists! Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:47:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: JT Lewis http://www.sciencecheerleader.com/2008/09/why_do_trees_lose_leaves_why_do_hurricanes_only_hit_the_east_coast/comment-page-1/#comment-374 JT Lewis Thu, 25 Sep 2008 01:47:07 +0000 http://sciencecheerleader.com/?p=135#comment-374 This football season brings us perhaps the utimate citizen science sacrifice: The NY Times reports 12 NFL players have donated thier brains (post-humously of course) to enable scientists to explore the long term effects of repetitive head injuries. (hint: not good) See http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/24/sports/football/24concussions.html Not an original idea: in 1876 la Société d'autopsie mutuelle (The Mutual Autopsy Society of Paris) allowed members to donate thier bodies for study (by other society members) to advance science. This football season brings us perhaps the utimate citizen science sacrifice: The NY Times reports 12 NFL players have donated thier brains (post-humously of course) to enable scientists to explore the long term effects of repetitive head injuries. (hint: not good) See http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/24/sports/football/24concussions.html

Not an original idea: in 1876 la Société d’autopsie mutuelle
(The Mutual Autopsy Society of Paris) allowed members to donate thier bodies for study (by other society members) to advance science.

]]> By: JT Lewis http://www.sciencecheerleader.com/2008/09/why_do_trees_lose_leaves_why_do_hurricanes_only_hit_the_east_coast/comment-page-1/#comment-4244 JT Lewis Thu, 25 Sep 2008 01:47:00 +0000 http://sciencecheerleader.com/?p=135#comment-4244 This football season brings us perhaps the utimate citizen science sacrifice: The NY Times reports 12 NFL players have donated thier brains (post-humously of course) to enable scientists to explore the long term effects of repetitive head injuries. (hint: not good) See http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/24/sports/football/24concussions.html Not an original idea: in 1876 la Société d'autopsie mutuelle (The Mutual Autopsy Society of Paris) allowed members to donate thier bodies for study (by other society members) to advance science. This football season brings us perhaps the utimate citizen science sacrifice: The NY Times reports 12 NFL players have donated thier brains (post-humously of course) to enable scientists to explore the long term effects of repetitive head injuries. (hint: not good) See http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/24/sports/football/24concussions.html

Not an original idea: in 1876 la Société d’autopsie mutuelle
(The Mutual Autopsy Society of Paris) allowed members to donate thier bodies for study (by other society members) to advance science.

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