Archive for September, 2014

Century After Extinction, Passenger Pigeons Remain Iconic—And Scientists Hope to Bring Them Back

Saturday, September 20th, 2014

Century After #Extinction, Passenger #Pigeons Remain Iconic http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/08/140831-passenger-pigeon-martha-deextinction-dna-animals-species Incredible decline due to humans, from a billion to zero

The War No Image Could Capture – Atlantic Mobile

Friday, September 19th, 2014

http://m.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/12/the-war-no-image-could-capture/354670/

1309.6001 Co-evolutionary dynamics in social networks: A case study of Twitter

Friday, September 19th, 2014

http://arxiv.org/abs/1309.6001

Realizing the promise of cancer predisposition genes : Nature : Nature Publishing Group

Friday, September 19th, 2014

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v505/n7483/full/nature12981.html?WT.ec_id=NATURE-20140116

Modifying the publication model in science

Friday, September 19th, 2014

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/19/upshot/to-get-more-out-of-science-show-the-rejected-research.html?abt=0002&abg=1

An Inside Look at Anonymous, the Radical Hacking Collective

Friday, September 19th, 2014

An Inside Look at Anonymous, the Radical #Hacking Collective http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/09/08/masked-avengers Doxing & DDoSing, aggression for a new century

PLOS Computational Biology: Ten Simple Rules of Live Tweeting at Scientific Conferences

Friday, September 19th, 2014

10… Rules of Live Tweeting at Sci #Conferences by @eperlste http://www.ploscompbiol.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pcbi.1003789 Great list but no mention of #crowdsourced note taking

23andme research portal

Friday, September 19th, 2014

https://www.23andme.com/researchportal

Beware artificial sweeteners

Friday, September 19th, 2014

http://www.nature.com/news/sugar-substitutes-linked-to-obesity-1.15938

NYTimes.com: Artificial Sweeteners May Disrupt Body’s Blood Sugar Controls

Friday, September 19th, 2014

Artificial Sweeteners May Disrupt Body’s Blood Sugar Controls

New research in mice suggests artificial sweeteners may disrupt the ability to regulate blood sugar, causing changes in metabolism that can be a precursor to diabetes.

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/09/17/artificial-sweeteners-may-disrupt-bodys-blood-sugar-controls/