In this holiday season, baking and cooking and cleaning and stuff can take over your life. But they won’t. Why? Because LINKS ARE HERE to distract you. Grab some coffee. Sip with me.
Monday:
Really important, and depressing, thoughts from @DNLee5 on academic insecurities.http://ow.ly/Vr4fD
On considering advisor fame: a tragedy of the commons. http://ow.ly/Vr4FA by @proflikesubstance
OMG adorable child dressed as neuron. Obviously I need to make myself a cell costume for next year. http://ow.ly/Vr4SZ
.@neurocritic‘s prediction on the neuroscience of social media comes tragically true. 🙂 http://ow.ly/Vr5mq
The role of serotonin in signaling taste buds!http://ow.ly/Vr5zl Neat.
Nothing like a little award-and-shame. The Fossil of the Day award for climate change.http://ow.ly/Vr6DU
“Even if we could edit human genes safely and precisely, why would we do so?”http://ow.ly/Vr9kw by @edyong209
It’s a cat! It’s a rat! No. It’s a quoll! This week’s word.ow.ly/Vze3H
Tuesday:
Real actual things you can do to help combat climate change. http://ow.ly/Vro3l
Why do cats live longer than dogs? Cute science video. http://ow.ly/VrOFP But I prefer my vet’s explanation: The mean ones never die.
The guy who hiked the price on a drug 5000{9f43b4361d9a125bc126dd2a2d1949be02545ec69880430bc4fed2272fd72da3} feels BAD. He didn’t hike it high enough, you see. http://ow.ly/Vu8U7 o.O
“Can we just use ‘said’?” I, um, cackled.http://ow.ly/VueXb Man, my high school never got beyond sentence and paragraph structure.
HAHAHAHAHA. All the deaths in Shakespearean tragedies, expressed as bathroom signs. Titus Andronicus FTWhttp://ow.ly/VuKtu
I tackle the latest research on MOOCs. Ppl say they reach those who need them most. They don’t. ow.ly/VC5s8
Everyone talks about penis size, but why are vaginas so big?! ow.ly/VuTo5
Do bilingual people really have a cognitive advantage? Don’t be so sure, say @Neuro_Skeptic ow.ly/Vv8Ll
Whoops. Tardigrades might not be full of bacterial genes after all. ow.ly/Vvhnf by @edyong209
Wednesday:
TIL birds probably don’t fart. Thanks @SarahZielinskiow.ly/Vvy9e
Mental health? There might be an app for that. But do they work? http://ow.ly/Vr8yP
Why do people who’ve lost a lot of weight get cold so often? Not always as simple as it seems. ow.ly/VzYGH
“Mr. Trashwheel…perhaps the only, successful engineering-based ocean cleanup project” ow.ly/VzYXXby @SFriedScientist
Do MOOCs really attract those who need them? Nope.ow.ly/VETlB
“…so Steck’s team created a grisly firebreak of 4,050 chicken heads.” Filled with rabies vaccines! ow.ly/VzZlL by @edyong209
“Stat check: Is 98{9f43b4361d9a125bc126dd2a2d1949be02545ec69880430bc4fed2272fd72da3} of research in humanities and 75{9f43b4361d9a125bc126dd2a2d1949be02545ec69880430bc4fed2272fd72da3} in social science never cited again?” ow.ly/VzZqC
“Give us everything for free!”
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“Why does everything suck?”– @biochembelle describes public response to journalism in the 21st century.
“The tentacles were dripping on my legs and thighs and I got dozens of stings, mostly on my crotch” by @edyong209 ow.ly/VAeZQ
Thursday:
Aww how sweet. Gut bugs help cockroaches come together. ow.ly/VAPXh
Ever take a MOOC? Chances are, you didn’t actually need it to succeed. ow.ly/VCRiN My latest on MOOC research.
TIL the largest dinosaur museum in the world is in China.ow.ly/VCRDr
Important note: when heading to Venus, ALWAYS ask for directions. ow.ly/VCRqP by @cosmisthespian
…And then. Then I started a hashtag.
“I want to know what’s on other science people’s buckets lists. Mine includes stuff like “Visit Galapagos. Learn butchery. Dissect a whale””
“Ok, science friends. Here is a hashtag #scibucketlistWhat’s on yours? I want to dissect a whale.”
…and it went nuts. The results are really awe-inspiring! Check it out. 🙂
Scis overestimate how much a failed replication will hurt them. ow.ly/VI1g1 Admitting you were wrong is not that bad!
“This male lacewing looks like he’s wearing a dildo as a festive party hat.” ow.ly/VCS1W by @bug_gwen of course. 🙂
Some more bad results for positive fMRI studies.http://ow.ly/VCWDV by @neuro_skeptic
Reason enough to combat climate change! 10 adorable animals climate change is killing off. 🙁 ow.ly/VCSds
This bug breathes through its butt. I love evolution, it’s so creative. http://ow.ly/VCWLY
Friday:
Penis transplants coming to the US. http://ow.ly/VCX4cThe nerve hookups have to be really tough.
FDA has approved a transgenic chicken that makes a drug in its eggs, critical for treating a rare disorder.http://ow.ly/VFwpy
Scis studied spider mating by building a “courtship arena.” Did it involve low lighting and music? http://ow.ly/VFz4qby @SarahZielinski
A beautiful and really captivating video about Mary Leakey and her work. http://ow.ly/VFRjN h/t @Laelaps
When you’re really absorbed in a visual task, you hear less well. http://ow.ly/VI1Zn by @lssciencenews
Would you trust a doctor who plagiarized their personal statement? http://ow.ly/VIs3F
Invisible patients: how dementia caregivers suffer too.http://ow.ly/VJ2tg
