Welcome to Sci-shimi, my monthly roundup of great science online! Like a delicious, fresh platter of sashimi, these tasty links are meant to be shared —どうぞめしあがれ !
This month's mind-blowing science moment: Meet the woman who developed a way to run 30 blood tests with a single drop. Best long-read: Resurrecting a forest, in which Carl Zimmer explains how genetic tinkering may help bring back the American chestnut, complete with a time-lapse video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ty9b1vml5IQ Best non-science long-read: The dark power of fraternities by Caitlin Flanagan (with the best opening paragraph of all time). Extra-special shout out to Danielle Lee, butt-kicking science blogger, who was chosen this month as one of the White House's Champions of Change. Danielle, you rock so hard it's giving me whiplash! "That in spite of what we have learned, we can persist in being knowingly and brutally cruel—as inhumane and unfeeling as we once regarded all ...
