{"id":39736,"date":"2011-09-24T16:00:27","date_gmt":"2011-09-24T16:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/i%e2%80%99ve-got-your-missing-links-right-here-24-september-2011-not-exactly-rocket-science\/"},"modified":"2011-09-24T16:00:27","modified_gmt":"2011-09-24T16:00:27","slug":"i%e2%80%99ve-got-your-missing-links-right-here-24-september-2011-not-exactly-rocket-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/astronomy\/i%e2%80%99ve-got-your-missing-links-right-here-24-september-2011-not-exactly-rocket-science.php","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019ve got your missing links right here (24 September 2011) | Not Exactly Rocket Science"},"content":{"rendered":"

Top picks<\/strong><\/p>

In India’s lush <\/a>Kaziranga National Park<\/a>, a new policy allows rangers to shoot rhino poachers on sight. As a result, rhinos and tigers are thriving. An absolutely stonking piece of journalism.<\/p>

Plant RNAs<\/a> switch genes on and off in mammals. Wow. We really are what we eat.<\/p>

“Somebody else can clean up this mess.” But no one did.” New study challenges the role of so-called longevity genes<\/a><\/p>

Robert Krulwich’s paean to the awesome bar-tailed godwit<\/a>, the toughest little bird you’ve never heard of<\/p>

A useful rape analogy<\/a>.<\/p>

Singapore is growing by importing sand<\/a>, at other nations’ environmental expense<\/p>

Science “partially retracts” XMRV-chronic fatigue paper<\/a>, and a nine-lab study fails to confirm the link<\/a>. More from the NYT<\/a><\/p>

This week a team of London surgeons separated twins joined at the head<\/a>. How did they do it? Great explainer by Ferris Jabr<\/p>

Premature particles<\/a> perplex physicists. Phil Plait pontificates<\/a><\/p>

Data – what the military have<\/a> and what scientists get to see, from Geoff Brumfiel<\/p>

Why being relaxed<\/a> makes us spend more money, by Jonah Lehrer<\/p>

With “utter disregard for the extraordinary environment”, a shrimp swims through liquid CO2<\/a>. By Calbeb Scharf<\/p>

“Don’t start bathing in the blood of virgins just yet,” advises Scicurious. Could a single injection<\/a> make your older or younger? No. But the science is still awesome.<\/p>

“In many respects, the history of technology is a history of failed machines”- Alice Bell on how the fridge got its hum<\/a><\/p>

Good debate here on whether journos should ever fact-check content with sources<\/a>. Hosted by David Kroll.<\/p>

Science museums<\/a> are failing grown-ups. And it’s a failure we can’t afford. Spot-on piece by Maggie Koerth-Baker<\/p>

Brain scanner can recreate movie scenes you’ve watched<\/a>. What this does do: after recording your brain activity as you watch movies, it can predict what scenes you’re watching later based on your brain activity. What this doesn’t do: record fresh brain activity and tell you what you’re looking at. Cool though.<\/p>

Pretty. Emission spectra of the elements<\/a>. Check out thallium and tungsten.<\/p>

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Science\/news\/writing<\/strong><\/p>

“It’s not the bad apples, it’s the bad barrels<\/a> that corrupt good people.” Philip Zimbardo on evil  <\/strong><\/p>

Neuroscience of the intense Amazonian hallucinogen<\/a> ayahuasca. Featuring a vomiting Vaughan Bell<\/p>

NASA monitors over 20,000 bits of space junk<\/a> circling Earth?<\/p>

Heh. 50 Reasons I Reject Evolution<\/a><\/p>

Neutrino stories move faster than the speed of scienc<\/a>e, by Martin Robbins <\/strong><\/p>

Don’t believe what other people think they see. Eyes (and Minds) Deceive<\/a>: Witness Unreliability Casts Doubt on Death Penalty Rulings.<\/p>

Newly Discovered Plant Bows Down<\/a> and Buries Its Own Seeds<\/p>

“No fewer than seven possible explanations for eggshell color<\/a>”<\/p>

The first Aboriginal genome<\/a> has been sequenced.<\/p>

Scientists Successfully Induce Hibernation<\/a> in Animals for the First Time<\/p>

Chemistry’s 10 grand challenges<\/a>. Misses out No. 11, which is getting people to care about chemistry.<\/p>

“Eye movement is one sign that things have gone wrong.” On unvetted drugs & the death penalty<\/a><\/p>

Pack Your Umbrella: Friday’s Weather is Sunny, with a 1-in-21-Trillion Chance of Getting Hit by Orbital Debris<\/a><\/p>

Measles cases in California<\/a> reach 10-year high, mostly due to unvaccinated kids.<\/p>

DEET<\/a> scrambles insects’ sense of smell<\/p>

Resurrected Woolly Mammoth Protein<\/a> Proves to Work Well in the Cold<\/p>

Too Hard For Science? Might investigating brains of conjoined twins<\/a> helps shed light on consciousness?<\/p>

How to Resurrect a Terror Croc<\/a>.<\/p>

The mind-blowing cost of patent trolling<\/a> – £500bn since 1990.<\/p>

Former Trainer Says Killer Whale Captivity<\/a> Causes Attacks. Or mebbe making an apex apex predator do tricks is bad idea?<\/p>

“How should we make hard decisions<\/a>?” asks Jonah Lehrer.  I DON’T KNOW, JONAH. WHAT ARE MY OPTIONS?<\/p>

Stubbornness Increases<\/a> the More People Tell You You’re Wrong. And thus was the internet explained HT<\/p>

How do you sequence bacteria<\/a> that you cannot grow, without relying on Macgyver?<\/p>

Why does the antlion make a larger deathtrap<\/a> during the full moon? (Spoiler: We don’t know)<\/p>

Synchronized Swimming<\/a>: Patrolling for Pollution with Robotic Fish. We’ve come a long way since Billy Bigmouth<\/p>

5 antique versions of modern social media<\/a> – from Edison’s YouTube to Voltaire’s Facebook<\/p>

Smartphone EEG<\/a><\/p>

Doodle app turns your Kindle into An Etch-a-Sketch<\/a><\/p>

Deborah Blum’s post on Dr Oz<\/a> is great for this line: “the higher the valence bond number, the grabbier the compound”<\/p>

41% of primatologists<\/a> have been bitten by a non-human primate; 10% injured by needles containing bodily fluids\/tissue<\/p>

Global map of the world’s submarine cables<\/a><\/p>

Researchers Find Out How Pigeons Make the “Milk<\/a>” They Barf Into the Mouths of Their Young. This is all sounding a little “molecular”. I wonder if pigeon milk could make pigeon cheese? Or if pigeon cheese would go with pigeon?<\/p>

How quirks of language<\/a> can reveal subtle ‘Daily Mail’ racism. I say “subtle”. It’s all relative.<\/p>

How do you counter a honeybee’s waggle dance? With a waggle song<\/a>, of course<\/p>

I’m a Scientist – the film<\/a>.<\/p>

On Oct 31, the 7 billionth human being<\/a> will be born. Where, who?<\/p>

Bottom of Form<\/p>

There are nine US medical insurance codes for being attacked by a killer whale. Here are some other good ones.<\/a><\/p>

The brain as a slum<\/a> – nice metaphor via David Dobbs.<\/p>

Genomics research by twitter<\/a>: we need people who’ve had severe altitude sickness.<\/p>

The Psychology Of Yogurt<\/a>, or what probiotics can teach us about the mind-body problem<\/p>

New ways to fund research<\/a>, including crowdfunding and SciFund.<\/p>

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

A phylogeny of bread clips<\/a><\/p>

Things I like: misrepresenting airline safety cards<\/a>. “In emergency, throttle your baby. Then grieve”<\/p>

We really have to start doing this<\/a> (XKCD on neutrinos)<\/p>

A swimming feather-star<\/a>. Utterly mesmeric<\/p>

Hobbit homes<\/a>!<\/p>

Around World In 60 secs<\/a> on International Space Station. Love the yellow line of the ionosphere<\/p>

New Yorker cartoon<\/a> made me laugh.<\/p>

Beauty in mundanity. A Year of Mornings<\/a> – how photographers do long-distance friendships<\/p>

New life ambition<\/a><\/p>

AskReddit’s “Hotel Workers<\/a>, What’s The Weirdest Thing You’ve Ever Caught Guests Doing?”<\/p>

Heh. “Scientists assume pupils are listening<\/a>”<\/p>

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

A journalist’s guide to Google+<\/a><\/p>

A sad but fascinating tale about the human punching bag<\/a> – a boxer who wasn’t very good but simply couldn’t be knocked out<\/p>

Jay Rosen versus “he said, she said<\/a>” journalism at NPR The Guardian live-blogs<\/a> reading a book. I should live-blog reading their live-blog. No. No I shouldn’t.<\/p>

“Facebook is killing taste<\/a>… it’s somehow eluded Zuckerberg that sharing is fundamentally about choosing”<\/p>

Amazon lets you borrow Kindle books<\/a> from your local public library<\/p>

Is Branded Journalism<\/a> Still Journalism? No. Why not just call it PR?<\/p>

Is Amazon Running a Sweatshop in Pennsylvania<\/a>?<\/p>

A woman next to me on a plane excitedly raved at her husband about this Daily Express headline: NEW ARTHRITIS JAB<\/a> GIVES HOPE TO MILLIONS. She didn’t read paragraph 18, where you learn that it’s based on mouse experiments, or paragraph 21, which mentions an increased risk of bone cancer.<\/p>

Nearly 40% of people online look for health info, but 90% think what we find is accurate<\/a>!<\/p>

What does getting “off the beaten path<\/a>” really mean? Great travel blogging.<\/p>

Astonishingly bad coverage from misogynistic media. Somehow, this study<\/a> turns into bollocks about bossy women.<\/a><\/p>

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