I've got your missing links right here (6th November 2010)

News Most interesting post of the week: Maryn McKenna talks about “vaccine-derived polio”, an "unintended consequence of success" Holographic telecommunicator. It’s low-res, monochrome and jerky, but seriously, it’s a holographic telecommunicator. Tom Chivers sets aside his sense of humour to write an amusing explanation of why headlines about a “liberal gene” are being liberal with overstatement. “The hunt for earth-like planets is an epic endeavour... a perfect case study for the way that science at the bleeding-edge operates. It's a shame the media aren't doing a better job of conveying this to public.” Martin Robbins has a planetary gripe. Welcome to World of WarmCraft. A climate change computer game tries to bring the planetary challenge of global warming to new audiences. “Evolution in action, audible to the naked ear." A cool new study on Galapagos finches, a iconic to evolutionary theory as they ever were. From Zoe Williams, a great ...