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“We’ve created a multitrillion-dollar edifice for dispensing the medical equivalent of lottery tickets—and have only the rudiments of a system to prepare patients for the near-certainty that those tickets will not win. Hope is not a plan, but hope is our plan.”The most amazing thing I read all week was this piece in the New Yorker by the incomparable Atul Gawande<\/a>, talking about how people die, how doctors care for terminal patients and society’s attitudes to death. It’s long, but it’s Gawande, so you won’t feel it. Grab some tissues, find a comfy chair.<\/p>

What lives in the sea? A new census of the world’s marine life<\/a> gives a thorough answer, complete with 15 new papers in PLoS ONE<\/a>, an incredible website, an interactive globe<\/a>, timeline<\/a>, image gallery<\/a>, video gallery<\/a>,<\/p>

Mary Carmichael has written a wonderful series on Newsweek about her quest to decide whether to do a personal gene test<\/a>. It’s humane, well-considered stuff and you should read all six parts.<\/p>

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Drakazoon<\/a> is an excellent Latin name for an “ancient blob-like creature of the deep”.<\/p>

Vernon Asper was one of the first researchers in the Gulf of Mexico<\/a> to study the oil gushing out from the BP well. But it has not all been smooth sailing, reports Mark Schrope for Nature News<\/p>

Genome-wide association studies<\/a> are often criticised for providing little value at great expense. But a new study clearly shows the value of this approach, reports Mark Henderson in the Times (subscription required)<\/p>

Jonah Lehrer is a total class act. He even uses horrendous trolling<\/a> as a vehicle for more science writing about conspiracy theories<\/a>.<\/p>

Some squid can escape predators by taking to the air<\/a>. Alternatively, they’re doing it to distract us from their nuclear enrichment program, the sneaky gits. Ferris Jabr has the story at Scientific American.<\/p>

Fossils: the result of millions of years of intense pressure. Oh, and bacteria<\/a>. By Brian Switek at Dinosaur Tracking.<\/p>

Much ado over nothing as the UK panics about meat and milk from cloned cows. Tom Chivers<\/a> and Colin Blakemore<\/a> set the fearmongers straight. Honestly, this is a country where we regularly eat Turkey Twizzlers, Monster Munch and pork scratching, and yet meat that is exactly the same as other meat makes people nauseous…<\/p>

Antarctic Octopuses Discovered With Sub-Zero Venom<\/a> – Jess McNally reports in Wired.<\/p>

Why people think they are less influenced than others by adverts and persuasive messages<\/a>, from Psyblog<\/p>

The inflexibility of young children’s brains<\/a> can make them better learners than adults, says Vaughan Bell in Mind Hacks.<\/p>

1 in 200 men are direct descendants of Genghis Khan<\/a>. Razib Khan (heh) explores the science behind Gengy’s legacy.<\/p>

Meet the anti-laser<\/a>, which absorbs the light a laser shoots out<\/p>

A nice, if very small, study about the power of the placebo effect<\/a>.<\/p>

Heh\/wow<\/strong><\/p>

“Monkeys hate flying squirrels, report monkey-annoyance experts. The research could pave the way for advanced methods of enraging monkeys<\/a>.”<\/p>

Penis can only take so much electricity, surgeons warn<\/a>.<\/p>

97% of Nature’s readers have internet access<\/a>, according to a survey of Nature online readers. Er…<\/p>

Meet Pandarus rhincodonicus<\/em><\/a>, a parasite that lives on the lips of whale sharks<\/p>

Want a social media strategy<\/a>? Here you go.<\/p>

Robot climbs walls<\/a>, but in a slightly eerie way.<\/p>

Journalism\/internet\/blogging<\/strong><\/p>

My list of science writer origins<\/a> is still going strong at over 120 entries, and even got a mention at the Knight Science Journalism Tracker<\/a>. If you’re a science writer and haven’t contributed yet, please do so.<\/p>

Meet Scientopia<\/a> – a new collective consisting of several ex-Sciblings, who have joined forces with many other excellent bloggers. Go and support the new community – it includes such favourites of mine as SciCurious<\/a>, PalMD<\/a>, and Adventures in Ethics and Science<\/a>.<\/p>

Frank Swain (Science Punk) gave a superb talk on the problems with the skeptic movement<\/a> at Westminster Skeptics in the Pub. A podcast of his talk is now up, and it’s a must-listen. Noodlemaz has a good write-up too<\/a>.<\/p>

“Gatekeeping is now a collective pursuit<\/a>; we’ve become our own and each other’s editors,” says Ken Doctor at the Nieman Journalism Lab. “With social media, the serendipity that came with turning pages and suddenly discovering a gem of a story that an editor put there happens in new ways. We’re re-creating such moments ourselves, each of us?individually and collectively?as we tout stories and posts to each other.”<\/p>

The Royal Society has a new blog on the history of science<\/a>.<\/p>

Bec Crew’s hilarious blog Save Your Breath For Running Ponies<\/a> has been named Australia’s best science blog. Go and congratulate her.<\/p>

Andy Revkin blogs about the increasing role for scientists in talking directly to the public<\/a>. “Institutions that thrive in this world of expanding, evolving communication paths are those willing to engage the public (including critics) and to experiment with different strategies.”<\/p>

Drunk with power from Embargo Watch, Ivan Oransky has launched Retraction Watch<\/a>.<\/p>

Posting audio interviews<\/a> provides “valuable content to your audience while building relationships with the people you interview”<\/p>


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