Not Exactly Rocket Science - : Not Exactly Rocket Science. For new readers, this collection of “missing links” rounds up fascinating stuff I find around the internet, and appears every Saturday. It’s separated into Top Picks (the best stuff), Science/News/Writing (science writing), Heh/Wow/Huh (silliness, satire, photos, videos), and Journalism/Internet/Society (a miscellany of my other interests). If links are broken, let me know in the comments. Top picks“Restless genes” by David Dobbs, about the genetics and other factors behind the human urge to explore, is one of the best science stories of the year, let alone the week. It’s beautifully written without sacrificing nuance. I know David personally, and I know how much he agonises about capturing the complexity of the science that he covers. And when someone does that, and puts in the work, you get results like this. Giant crabs are marching on Antarctica. Douglas Fox narrates their invasion.“Dear Cancer, I beat you aged 8 & today I got my Ph. D in cancer research” – By Vicky Forster. Great gut- wrenching piece of writing about the difficult decisions faced by parents of a 2. A very cool experiment: scientists transform fish fins into sort- of- but- not- really hands. By Carl Zimmer. Alexis Madrigal, Becca Rosen, and Megan Garber tell you about the year in technology. Essential. You may have heard about mirror neurons. Acts 4:12 (King James Version) 12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. Comparisons of areas of agreement and disagreement among selected guidelines addressing similar topics. That’s because they’re the most ridiculously hyped concept in neuroscience. Here’s the reality, from Christian Jarrett. Jeff Ingram repeatedly gets total amnesia, but his wife is his memory. Amazing story. NASA’s going to punch the moon with robots. Impressive: conservationists have eradicated all rats from Rabada Island in the Galapagos. By Henry Nicholls. The Bizarre, Beetle- Biased World of Social Insect Exploitation. A superb post by Dana Hunter on Mt St Helens’ legendary explosion. And there’s apparently a “volcanal explosivity index“. By Christie Wilcox. This piece by Brian Switek, on a hypothesis that puts life on land 6. Also note: it’s a Nature news story that takes down a Nature paper. Editorial independence FTW! When is grieving a sickness? Controversy over psychiatry’s new rules for bereavement and depression, ably covered by Brandon Keim. Carl Zimmer: an example to us all.
To Be Or Not To Be TranslationCheck out his Reddit AMA on parasites and more. Which comes first as we age: ill health or declining bacterial communities in our guts? Virginia Hughes investigates. Remarkable! A 1. 20- Year- Old Mechanical Device that Perfectly Mimics the Song of a Bird. Stem cell scientists are taking the piss: brain cells made from urine. To Be Or Not To Be ShakespeareParasites in your skin is the new Jesus on toast – a case of photoshopping parasites into existence? By Neuroskeptic.“It’s like watching a natural Manhattan breaking apart in front of your eyes.” – birth of an enormous iceberg!
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