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News<\/strong><\/p>

“You can just engineer a crime scene<\/a>.” Scientists can fabricate blood and saliva samples containing DNA from a person other than the donor of the blood and saliva. (Andrew Pollack, NYT)<\/p>

New research suggests one reason women are underrepresented in science and math<\/a> is they see such careers as impeding their desire to help others. (Tom Jacobs, Miller-McCune)<\/p>

Researchers implant false symptoms<\/a>: we can be convinced we reported symptoms of mental illness that we never mentioned and, as a result, we can actually start believing we have the symptom itself. (Vaughan Bell, Mind Hacks)<\/p>

Eradicating any organism would have serious consequences for ecosystems — wouldn’t it? Not when it comes to mosquitoes<\/a>. (Janet Fang, Nature)<\/p>

Is Torosaurus just an older version of Triceratops?<\/a> (Brian Switek, Smithsonian Dinosaur Tracking)<\/p>

Mark Henderson has had his genes tested three times by three different companies<\/a>. Read about his surprising and sometimes alarming comparison. (Times; paywall (but it’s worth it))<\/p>

More after the jump…<\/p>

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How to read a genome-wide association study<\/a> (Jeff Barrett, Genomes Unzipped)<\/p>

Fossil hunters in Australia have discovered a cave filled with the 15-million-year-old remains of prehistoric marsupials<\/a>, including babies still in their mothers’ pouches (BBC)<\/p>

The following occurs in real-time: Scientists have viewed the expression of an individual gene inside a human cell<\/a>. (Brendan Borrell; Nature)<\/p>

A Panamanian park has lost around 40% of its amphibian species<\/a> in the past decade, with some dying out before biologists had even learned of their existence (Janet Fang, Nature)<\/p>

Breakthrough? Fingers crossed. A vaginal gel<\/a> used by women before sexual intercourse halved the numbers who became infected with HIV. (Sarah Boseley, Guardian)<\/p>

Pure-food worshippers put their health at risk—especially when they drink unpasteurized milk<\/a> (Deborah Blum, Slate)<\/p>

RIP Robert Galambos<\/a>, the neuroscientist who showed us how bats echolocate (Douglas Martin, NYT)<\/p>

Follow a stranger on Twitter<\/a>, says Jonah Lehrer. Speaking of which, Jonah is now at Wired<\/a> and you must<\/em> read his stuff.<\/p>

An important environmental win: advocates in Hong Kong opposed a shark fin soup promotion<\/a> (Bettina Wassener, NYT)<\/p>

Why some snakes have slit pupils<\/a> (Doctor Zen, Neurodojo)<\/p>

It’s a star<\/a>. A really big star. No, really, it’s BIG. It’s bigness goes up to 11<\/a>. (Ian Sample, Guardian)<\/p>

A 40-tonne whale breached onto<\/em> a boat<\/a>. Why? (Philip Hoare, Guardian)<\/p>

Wow\/heh<\/strong><\/p>

Amazing photos of deep-sea creatures<\/a> at the BBC<\/p>

This is a plane being shot down by a frickin’ laser beam<\/a>. I’ll be in my bunker…<\/p>

Is this the laziest (or best) caption ever<\/a>?<\/p>

Blogging\/journalism\/internet<\/strong><\/p>

This week’s must-read post – a storming history of science blogging<\/a> as Bora Zivkovic says goodbye to ScienceBlogs. Check out how one person can inspire an entire community<\/a>, and follow Bora to his new home<\/a>. Continuing the SciBling exodus, read goodbyes from Deborah Blum (in the style of Tennyson<\/a>), Zuska<\/a>, Abel Pharmboy<\/a>, and, er, me<\/a>, and a summary in Nature News<\/a><\/p>

The Guardian published a truly moronic piece on Pepsigate by one David Appell<\/a>. Another David, he of Dobbs fame, absolutely destroyed the piece<\/a>. “Few have ever packed as much error and folly into seven paragraphs.” Go for the eyes, David!<\/p>

“If you’re worried about inspiring the next generation of scientists, listen to young people, don’t (just) feed them space-dinos<\/a>,” argues Alice Bell.<\/p>

How Facebook has to cope with death<\/a><\/p>

“Given women will remain under the microscope indefinitely, I hope increasing numbers aim for high magnification for reasons beyond appearances,” says Sheril Kirshenbaum in an excellent post on sexism in science.<\/a><\/p>

The New England Journal of Medicine sets a 65-minute embargo<\/a>. Coming soon: the count-to-ten embargo.<\/p>

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