Tag: Health


The Humans With Super Human Vision | DiscoverMagazine

Tetrachromacy, the ability to see a hundred million colors, would likely appear in women with sons or fathers who are colorblind. It’s estimated that 2 percent of women have the genetic mutation that results in the extra retina cone.

 

 

 

 

 

via The Humans With Super Human Vision | DiscoverMagazine.com.

How An Age-Old Chart Is Redefining Health Care | Co.Design

Dr. Kohane brought together the SMART Platforms Initiative an organization backed by doctors at both Harvard Medical School and Boston Children’s Hospital to rethink electronic medical records and service design firm Fjord to redesign the paper growth chart as an app. And then they made it open source to shake things up.

via How An Age-Old Chart Is Redefining Health Care | Co.Design

10 Best Cities for Urban Forests: Minneapolis | American Forests

Named the “Fittest City in America” by the American Fitness Index and one of the “World’s Cleanest Cities” by MSN, Minneapolis can now add the credential of having one of the top urban forests. The City of Lakes is home to an abundance of varied parkland — a park every six blocks — including those designed for off-road cycling and those for hiking, canoeing and swimming.

via 10 Best Cities for Urban Forests: Minneapolis | American Forests.