Molecularist

"But in the end, most employees discovered that they could and should work out of the office more often — though they did not want to eliminate the office entirely."

[via @sciencegodess]

"It boils down to a simple question, "how much is enough?" She knows that one iPod is all she needs, but she wonders how much philanthropy is enough? And this is a key marketing question for anyone seeking donors." [via @carolineRcook]

"A Princeton University research team has demonstrated that all sweeteners are not equal when it comes to weight gain: Rats with access to high-fructose corn syrup gained significantly more weight than those with access to table sugar, even when their overall caloric intake was the same."

Fits my bias. I've always said it was the bio availability of fructose that caused this issue. I've been trying to avoid HFCS and get sucrose-sweetened products, especially soda. Indeed, I can't seem to enjoy HFCS-sweetened soda anymore. Doesn't taste the same.

"Ray was just a few days younger than the oldest person in the world, Kama Chinen of Japan, who is 114 years and 303 days. There are now 75 people aged 110 or older in the world (known as supercentenarians), according to the Gerontology Research Group in Los Angeles. All but three are women."

Hm. One more thing that proves I'm a thinker and not a do-er. I was thinking how cool would it be to create a web site full of videos to teach folks about certain techniques and such (particularly safety). Here's pretty much the same thing. But it's live. Not lounging in my head. (and I see they did it last year, and they are right here in Boston – gah <forehead slap>) [via @JLVernonPHD]

A very well-written article on a serious problem in science communications. [via @BoraZ]