How Humans Got Spineless Penises and Big Brains – ScienceNOW
Very cool summary of a recent finding regarding regions of the genome that a missing in humans and Neanderthals but conserved in most mammals. "Sometimes l...
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Epidemiology: Study of a lifetime : Nature News
"In 1946, scientists started tracking thousands of British children born during one cold March week. On their 65th birthday, the study members find themsel...
Give postdocs a career, not empty promises : Nature News
"To avoid throwing talent on the scrap heap and to boost prospects, a new type of scientific post for researchers is needed" Hm. Not so sure. Just one...
NEWSPAPER BLACKOUT by Austin Kleon | Newspaper + Marker = Poetry.
Brilliant use of redacting as art and writing. Bookmarked in Delicious. Read this article…
Microbiopolitics and the Post-Pasteurian Age
Cross posted from my new fledgling blog Practical Microbes I can’t believe that I haven’t written about this amazing paper from MIT anthropologist, Heather Paxs...
In Defence of Cheese | Flickr – Photo Sharing!
Cool manifesto Bookmarked in Delicious. Read this article…
Meet the Mastermind Behind That E. coli Google Logo – ScienceInsider
Very funny. Video, too. Bookmarked in Delicious. Read this article…
A metaphor too far : Nature News
"Philip Ball asks whether scientists are addicted to using imagery at the cost of misleading the public and themselves." Bookmarked in Delicious. Read...
The Deep Carbon Observatory: Going underground | The Economist
“Current estimates suggest that half of all the living matter on Earth lives underground, at depths of up to 5km. Some people think the share may be bigge...
Epidemiology: Every bite you take : Nature News
A very interesting article about life sensors to measure the "exposome" – the sum total of things we are exposed to. One glaring omission is the...