It’s true! These roundups have indeed proven themselves useful. I needed link from last week, and lo and behold there it was!
And so, this week, the links continue. Split-crotch pants, fake bacon. Superpuffs. And coffee.
(The resemblance between Daria and myself is really pretty shocking)
Monday:
This week’s word can be…glowing. Radioactive.student.societyforscience.org/blog/eureka-la…
Ok I know what I’m doing tonight.Fossilfinder.org. Citizen science fossil hunting.ow.ly/VgGzt
.@RetractionWatch retracts their own advice. If you spot misconduct, DON’T go to editors first. ow.ly/VgGQk
Behold. The Monbees. Make it so.scicurious.org/the-monbees/
Paleo who griped about rush job on H. Naledi has more gripes ow.ly/Vh9GC Comparison to PT Barnum. How scientific.
Great pointers from @hildabast on how to pimp out your Pubmed searches. I use all of these. LOVE my email alerts. ow.ly/VhawN
Just because you CAN bake with yeast from your vagina, doesn’t mean you SHOULD.ow.ly/Vhf1y via @edyong209
“The stigma of negative results is being broken, and that’s great. Inconclusive results should be accepted too.” ow.ly/VhfEF
Tuesday:
Where non-journalists get their news.ow.ly/VhkTn Rather interested not a single one mentioned Reddit.
Who’s talking? I am. I’ll be at @ScioDC talking about anonymity and social media.ow.ly/Vhmcr
.@Annaleen shares some great thoughts on change in her last post for @io9 as she heads off to @arstechnica. ow.ly/Vhnus
Why can’t I EVER remember anyone’s name? @tomstafford has the answer. ow.ly/VhnOf
Chewing gum to help earworms? I might have to try this. ow.ly/VhraC
What was the most important science story of 2015? @ScienceNews wants to know. Go VOTE! ow.ly/VkwV5
Identifying plankton species. From a photo taken in SPACE. Because we CAN.ow.ly/Vkb1D
TIL there’s an animal venom database. And it could be used to make medicine. ow.ly/VhvNg
Wednesday:
A timeline of climate talks. ow.ly/Vhqy1 Sad to see how much dischord and how little is accomplished.
Why go limbless? The better to burrow with, my dear. Fossil snakes. ow.ly/VhONq
Hehe. Superpuffs! “A gassy planet, close to its star, with a puzzlingly small mass.”http://ow.ly/VhP4x by @cosmisthespian
TIL there are “split crotch pants” for babies in China. It’s how they potty train. FASCINATING.http://ow.ly/VhW6D via @MiriamGoldste
Love this. Use a salad spinner for science.http://ow.ly/VkbC7 “Precise determination of aquatic plant wet mass using a salad spinner”
“90 minutes into the meeting, we were still trying to agree what the hell a vegetable was,”http://ow.ly/VkbU4 Trying for 1 true diet.
Male brain, female brain? A new study shows for most brains, it’s a mosaic.http://ow.ly/VkfzU
The stronger a memory for a food, the more you are likely to choose it again. Explains my Peeps problem. http://ow.ly/VhrqJ
Thursday:
Wise words, @SFriedScientist “Don’t wait until you desperately need some new skill to figure out how best to do it” http://ow.ly/VkH95
Step aside, Loch Ness monster. Long-necked behemoths once roamed Scotland in real life.http://ow.ly/VlmHx by @MeghanDRosen
Van Houtte’s columbine, which I’m now calling the Reaver plant, covers itself in dead bugs.http://ow.ly/Vln40 by @SarahZielinski
Yes. We can identify plankton species with photos taken from SPACE. http://ow.ly/VnPi7by me for @SNStudents
A bunch of people ate vegetarian bacon for science. I am kind of jealous…but not really.http://ow.ly/VnPz8
Ultra-marathons caused temporary tiny amounts of brain shrinkage. Don’t worry, it got better. http://ow.ly/VnQha
The close relationship between exercise and beer. http://ow.ly/VnQWG Correlation not causation, however.
Friday:
Great overview on the science of how beer is made. From @ShipLives ow.ly/VocXE
TIL that the author of Sherlock Holmes wrote a thesis on syphilis. It was wrong. ow.ly/Vr0hQ
Dino predators weren’t just large. They were mid-sized and teeny too! ow.ly/Vr0Sw by @Laelaps
How does a bird hold tons of maps in its head? Keeping an eye on permanent objects.ow.ly/Vr0wX
There’s a fungus among US snakes. That’s not a good thing. http://ow.ly/Vr1ah
There’s a new tea made of coffee-cherries! I must try this. For science. http://ow.ly/Vr1p4
CS Lewis’ greatest fiction: Convincing American kids they’d like turkish delight. This is so true. http://ow.ly/Vr2FP via @AnnaNowo
A simple idea to find new antibiotics. Still gotta get ’em through testing, though.http://ow.ly/Vr3FL by @carlzimmer
