It was Thanksgiving this week in the US, but science does not care for your arbitrary holidays. Oh no. Thankfully, there is coffee.
So here’s some links I read this week. Grab some coffee. Sip with me.
Monday:
Vampire bats make friends by sharing blood. How…sweet. ow.ly/UQNxK by @SarahZielinski
The same foods, different blood sugar spikes. My question is how do I become patient 445? ow.ly/UQVHh by @tinasaey
Ironically, I tried to read this article on potential migraine treatments while on hour 38 of a migraine. ow.ly/UR6zl
Birds tap dance to get mates. Love how when you slow down the video they also sound like they speak whale.ow.ly/URwh0
ICYMI: Caffeine gives cocaine an addictive boost. ow.ly/URwV0
Vocal cords grown in the lab make sound. Really cool. ow.ly/URxfj
FDA says GMO salmon is go. ow.ly/URxhV
Gene that makes bacteria immune to last-resort antibiotic can spread.ow.ly/UTboB Very, very scary. by @BethMarieMole
Tuesday:
Mollusc views the world through its rocky shell. ow.ly/URxDH As in, “eyes” actually made of rock. Evolution is beautiful.
Wow. Scurvy, not just for pirates. It still happens. Eat your veggies! ow.ly/UT29r
YOU can indeed do something to help slow antibiotic resistance. ow.ly/UTlDcAlso campaign for less antibiotics in livestock!
Meet the sea slug that looks like a fish, lives in the deep sea, and glows. By @deepseanews So gorgeous!ow.ly/UOFtz
What is music therapy for depression? Not just your fav tunes. @artfulactionexplains in her new video series.ow.ly/UTBf5
THIS is why toilets are so important. Imagine not having one. ow.ly/UTDig
AMAZING!! @DianeAKelly made a condom from an 1844 recipe. For science. Sheep cecum and sulfur. Yum.ow.ly/2bwo5j
Wednesday:
Another on the new scrap of highly mobile DNA resistant to our last ditch drugs. ow.ly/2bwp8e by @marynmck
A review of why serotonin isn’t the “happy chemical”, with insights from rat whiskers! By new writer @sofia_delenivow.ly/UWWPF
You’re gonna have to learn this week’s word by…osmosis. ow.ly/UY0yS
In today’s installment of “animals are JERKS,” we have seagulls eating baby whales alive. Thanks, @Inkfish. 🙂ow.ly/UY9nV
Important post from @SarahZielinski on her experience with MRSA. She had to have it cut out. And that’s very common.ow.ly/UYEhi
By expelling their water, tardigrades have ironically become a sponge for foreign genes. By @edyong209 ow.ly/UZM9b
Are you an expert? You’re more likely to claim to know more than you do. Even if you know a lot. ow.ly/V02QV by @melanietbaum
Expectant mothers are excluded from clinical trials, could this be doing more harm than good? ow.ly/V1ic0 by @EmilyAnthes
Thursday:
HAPPY TURKEY DAY!
Friday:
Good thing koalas like having sex with their neighbors. It means they aren’t inbred. ow.ly/V1iH5
“Bird brain” shouldn’t be an insult. @SarahZielinski explains why.http://ow.ly/V1iQC
TIL there is a “Pest Management Professional Hall of Fame.”http://ow.ly/V1jmc
The history of our dietary fat fears.http://ow.ly/V1k7t
When it comes to reproducibility, funders need to change how they work. Important points. http://ow.ly/V1kHx
For a python, every meal is like#thanksgiving. http://ow.ly/V4lqD by @SarahZielinski
Love this: scientists tweaked mouse brain cells…and changed their sense of taste.http://ow.ly/V95jO
Poor Mars. It’s losing its atmosphere. 🙁 http://ow.ly/V97ur
