Back on track, after a busy week with the Intel Science Talent Search! A bunch of the articles I wrote about it are below. And boy did I write a bunch. It’s why my week looked like this:
Monday:
The scientist who threw starfish. cool.ow.ly/ZjbHt
Tweeting something snarky in a field far outside your own? Pause, @neiltyson. Ask an expert. Google even! Delete.ow.ly/ZqNZ0
A giant flesh eating koala doesn’t exist. But something very like it USED to.ow.ly/Zjc2y by @Laelaps
Papers with simpler abstracts are cited more. Small correlation but interesting. From @RetractionWatch ow.ly/Zjck1
Why we love the games that make us RAGE. AKA why we all still play League of Legends. ow.ly/Zj8zx
ICYMI: Citizen scientists spied on the sprickets in their basements. For science!ow.ly/ZlocV
From me: a new study resolve a…dust up. Why some eczema sufferers react to dust.ow.ly/Zlolh
I was on the Humanist Hour with @szvantalking about #scicomm and Science Blogging: The Essential Guide. ow.ly/Zls4v
Tuesday:
From me. A teen hunted exoplanets using code, all from the comfort of her own computer. ow.ly/Zs2yg
A new mouth with every meal. Behold, the hydra! ow.ly/ZjbMW
Our first Q&A with our authors is up at @Open_Notebook! ow.ly/Zu0U2 With @DoctorZen @DNLee5 @carlzimmer@docfreeride & more!
A teen decided she was going to improve cement. Yes. Cement. And she did.ow.ly/ZtE9d
How the psychology replication crisis can make psych stronger than before. ow.ly/ZtEuJ By @B_resnick
What newspapers can learn from the Daily Fail. The answer? A headline people want to read. ow.ly/ZtEIc
Health apps may come with a nasty side effect: A bad privacy policy. ow.ly/ZtEPV
Important resources and accounts of how people can leave the lab, and what happens next. ow.ly/ZtFHB
Wednesday:
epigenetics? Or IVF? ow.ly/ZtMlq@HollyDunsworth has questions (and she uses my piece to teach! YAY!!ow.ly/ZtMv1)
What causes fairy circles? @edyong209investigates the latest hypotheses.ow.ly/ZtULE
On @neiltyson‘s “celibacy gene” comments, by @JBYoder ow.ly/ZtEjI
Make sure to check out the Q&A with the authors of Science Blogging: The Essential Guide at @Open_Notebook! ow.ly/Zu41X
Do you want AWESOME people to follow? Consider the authors of Science Blogging: The Essential Guide! I made a list.ow.ly/Zu4ui
From me, how adding tiny chemicals to plastic can make it break down and go away for good. ow.ly/Zx8Ev
Why get DNA from teeth when you can get DNA from the plaque ON the teeth?ow.ly/Zxj2z By @AnnaNowo
Last night, 3 teens won $150K each for research. And I wrote about it. Stream clean-up! Drug discovery! Spirometers!ow.ly/Zxjyd
Thursday:
Do simple abstracts get cited more often? @hildabast tears into a new study.blogs.plos.org/absolutely-may…
I admit this is the first time I have ever heard of the Tully’s monster. Teensy monster though, only about 10cm.ow.ly/ZBNMl
On sex and extinction, @neiltyson moves goalposts on @ejwillingham. Apparently doesn’t matter if only 1 is in pain?ow.ly/ZBTIN
And speaking of @neiltyson I live tweeted the #IntelSTS gala, where we was speaker. Gave a fun talk. ow.ly/ZBUsR
Warthogs go to mongooses for spa treatments. By @Inkfish Warthogs get clean, mongooses get delicious ticks.ow.ly/ZBVgx
Why you can’t ever remember what you came through the frakkin’ door FOR.ow.ly/ZBVCn I suffer from this all the time.
Do mice have “friends”? A study investigates. ow.ly/ZBZfG
From me for #IntelSTS. How a teen added particles to plastic, to make it break down faster in the sun. ow.ly/ZBZzq
Friday:
From me for #IntelSTS how a teen helped design concrete that flows more like water. ow.ly/ZBZTc
From me for #IntelSTS, how a young exoplanet hunter found 17 stars that may have new worlds. From her laptop.ow.ly/ZC07D
nflating impact: Scientists exaggerate about impact when writing grant applications. ow.ly/ZC0ov
Why neuroscientists should consider the crow. ow.ly/ZC0Dh
Male spiders tie up females before mating…so they don’t get eaten in the process. ow.ly/ZC1k4
How to sex a T. Rex. From @Laelapsow.ly/ZC1Zg Some day we’ll know whether @SUEtheTrex is a girl or…a boy named Sue. I <3 both
The CRISPR patent fight begins. Looks like it will be just as ugly as promised.http://ow.ly/ZC4wq
.@deborahblum on @undarkmag Science has worked wonders…”But standing in awe of that process is not enough” <3 http://ow.ly/ZG7LW
