Kira Grogg · this is what i do

A couple interesting cartoons vaguely related to work I do. 

Functional imaging is tricky to say the least: 

So many assumptions go into the scans, and then the statistical tests needed to make sense of them....

At least FMRI usually detects changes in signal (usually just local blood flow).

 Radiation therapy is impressive.  

Is it ironic (or perhaps natural) that two of the methods of detecting cancer -- Positron Emission Tomography (PET) and x-ray computed tomography (CT) -- and two of the methods of killing cancer -- radiation therapy and chemotherapy -- also have the potential to cause cancer?

And one for the physicists:

Okay, so this is only sort of space science. Really this is just a cool gif and an amusing picture I came across on imgur that really spoke to me. They both provide valuable insight into the size of earth and the universe.

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