Archive for June, 2013

Kenneth Wilson, Nobel Physicist, Dies at 77 – NYTimes.com

Friday, June 21st, 2013

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/21/science/kenneth-wilson-nobel-physicist-dies-at-77.html?smid=tw-nytimesscience&seid=auto&pagewanted=all

NYTimes.com: Say Hello to the 100 Trillion Bacteria That Make Up Your Microbiome

Friday, June 21st, 2013

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/19/magazine/say-hello-to-the-100-trillion-bacteria-that-make-up-your-microbiome.html?emc=eta1&pagewanted=all Say Hello to the 100 Trillion Bacteria That Make Up Your Microbiome BY MICHAEL POLLAN
Medicine used to be obsessed with eradicating the tiny bugs that live within us. Now we?re beginning to understand all the ways they keep us healthy.
Our processed-food diets just feed the upper GI via @kellynicola: M POLLAN on the microbiome #health http://bit.ly/11QmmS3

Leave the Driving to It » American Scientist

Thursday, June 20th, 2013

http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/pub/leave-the-driving-to-it Sketches an incredible future of computer-aided driving where the daily commute includes a nap! #driving

BBC News: Ash genome reveals fungus resistance

Thursday, June 20th, 2013

Ash genome reveals fungus resistance

Scientists sequence the genome of a type of ash tree which is resistant to the deadly fungal disease sweeping the country.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22913111

BBC News: Ash genome reveals fungus resistance

Thursday, June 20th, 2013

Ash genome reveals fungus resistance

Scientists sequence the genome of a type of ash tree which is resistant to the deadly fungal disease sweeping the country.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22913111

Phone Metadata Proves a Powerful Tool for NSA, Police – WSJ.com

Tuesday, June 18th, 2013

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324049504578545352803220058.html?mod=us_most_pop_newsreel

Night Noise: What a Sleeping Brain Hears | MIND Guest Blog, Scientific American Blog Network

Monday, June 17th, 2013

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/mind-guest-blog/2013/06/17/night-noise-what-a-sleeping-brain-hears/

AJHG – General Framework for Meta-analysis of Rare Variants in Sequencing Association Studies

Monday, June 17th, 2013

http://www.cell.com/AJHG/abstract/S0002-9297(13)00223-1

Daniel Lieberman long-distance running: We evolved endurance and dislike of running. – Slate Magazine

Monday, June 17th, 2013

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/new_scientist/2013/06/daniel_lieberman_long_distance_running_we_evolved_endurance_and_dislike.html

Jill Lepore: Privacy in an Age of Publicity : The New Yorker

Monday, June 17th, 2013

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/06/24/130624fa_fact_lepore?currentPage=all