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August 31st, 2013

8/31/2013

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It is fascinating just how precise quantitative genetics has become
http://www.nature.com/news/african-genes-tracked-back-1.13607

Remember the (sexist) idea that men are from Mars? So last century. Now men, women and all other life on Earth are from Mars. Emancipation?
http://news.sciencemag.org/chemistry/2013/08/are-we-martians-after-all?rss=1

To continue on this "antropomorphic" theme, do dying rats see a tunnel with a light and hear their deceased loved ones welcoming them?
http://www.pnas.org.libproxy.temple.edu/content/110/35/14432
That's creepy.

Newsflash: no more need to wear a helmet when you are biking/skiing/scateboarding/etc!
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/341/6149/946.full
OK, these brains are kind of small. But they are just what you have if you are not wearing a helmet, so they will fit just fine.

language matters…
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v500/n7464/full/500523a.html

And now back to may favorite theme: think long and hard before making a decision to get a PhD.
http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previous_issues/articles/2013_08_28/caredit.a1300184

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