…I got nothing. Ok, that’s not true. I have coffee.
Monday:
It’s bad when STEM marketing to women is sexist. “…but the answer isn’t to throw out all the pink.” ow.ly/XNngN
Small bats beware! White nose affects smaller bats more. ow.ly/XNnEk
Check out my links from last week! Spiders in hordes. Zika! Bed bugs! A buggy week that…ow.ly/XNsu4
…and a break for my random musings:
Random things I write on papers I’m reading: “everything you thought you knew about muffins was wrong!”
Yeesh, no, GMO mosquitoes did not start the Zika outbreak. ow.ly/XNt28
Yikes, two plasmid, two major resistance genes. At least they don’t hang out together yet? ow.ly/XNwaA
Tuesday:
Why are doctors so bad at telling people they are dying? ow.ly/XNwIP
You can’t just burn off a cake on the treadmill. The body doesn’t work that way. Sadly.ow.ly/XNxfc
LOVE IT. The @neurocritic is debuting a new feature “was I wrong” ow.ly/XNxub
Running with other people doesn’t make people like running more. ow.ly/XNxRb Would be interested to see it in new runners
“They are losing, the wild things. They are taking a hit for a team they never joined.”ow.ly/XQuI7
ow.ly/XQzGd “His dour personality made everyone think he’d never marry. Even so, Schrödinger got a wife and a Nobel Prize.”
Meanwhile in the Future is back as FLASH FORWARD @ffwdpod, and I’m in the very first episode! Give a listen. ow.ly/XQDt8
Think you’ve got amusia? You probably just can’t sing. This week’s word! ow.ly/XQFbH
Wednesday:
Want to give a panel, etc at @ScienceWritersthis year? Submissions now open through March 1! ow.ly/XR46q
50 shades of Zebra: Turns out, to predators, zebra stripes are only shades of grey.ow.ly/XRAOl by @SarahZielinski
Goin’ on a slug hunt. Gonna catch a big one! @jgold85 in search of LA’s slimiest.http://ow.ly/XRO3F
Not just astronomy. U Chicago mol bio prof steps down. Also @NYTimes, when they can’t consent, that’s called “rape” http://ow.ly/XTsEt
Some species work on their beach body. Others work on their pipes. http://ow.ly/XTx5K
Now that’s a gorgeous gif. How the brain gets its wrinkles. http://ow.ly/XTxol
The rat poisons used on marijuana farms are killing the Pacific fisher. http://ow.ly/XTxM6
Giving C section babies a wipe with vaginal microbes. http://ow.ly/XTzz8 Interested to see what long term effects will be.
Thursday:
Bats. BatsBatsBatsBatsBats.http://ow.ly/XTBDw
THANK YOU. @neuro_skeptic bursts the PR bubble around the “first-ever schizophrenia insight” http://ow.ly/XTCFm
The research on how not to get killed by a cow. http://ow.ly/XTCYt by @Inkfish
When is rodent wheel running pathological?http://ow.ly/XTDJ7
The guy who collected urine trying to find gold. Because…they’re both yellow, see.http://ow.ly/XTE2r
Using Twitter to Interact, But Science Communication to Preach. by @fromthelabbench http://ow.ly/XTFCw
This antidepressant doesn’t work so well. Company is try to boost it by approving it for “cloudy thinking.” http://ow.ly/XTGsj
“A few weeks into sixth grade, Colman Chadam had to leave school because of his DNA.” http://ow.ly/XTGVp
Friday:
Level 100 coffee obsession. A coffee flavor wheel. http://ow.ly/XTGHs
Ewww, snow’s not so pure. It soaks up car exhaust. http://ow.ly/XTH9z
Why hasn’t anxiety about terrorism faded?http://ow.ly/XTHoO
This arachnid let it all hang out. For 99 million years. Awkward. http://ow.ly/XTHAN
Perky morning people may indeed be due to their DNA. But this does not make me resent them less. http://ow.ly/XTQdq
Keeping reality in medical writing.http://ow.ly/XTXIF Tips from @Open_Notebook
Some painters grind their own pigments. Ekaterina Smirnova makes her own water. For art. http://ow.ly/XUyuz from @artologica
Baby giraffes steal milk, and adults let them do it. http://ow.ly/XUB0d
