Because of the Peru trip, I had limited time to read/aggregate this week so this selection of links is a bit truncated and unsorted. Normal service to resume next week.
Top picks
Wow. How Carl Zimmer inspired two scientists (&many more) in their scientific lives.
Sadly debunked.
Elizabeth Kolbert’s profile of Svante Paabo in the New Yorker is absolutely masterful. Great piece of long-form writing.
There have been chemists long before there have been chemists. By Deborah Blum
“Zoologically improbable and/or terrifying to small children.” T-shirt please of this, the best museum sign ever.
O HAI! I CAN HAZ CONZURVAYSHUN?? Cool selection of portraits from massive camera trap study
“I’ve a big problem w/ studies built around something that only purportedly exists.” PalMD on a lamentable “biofield therapy” paper in Cancer.
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Wow. How Carl Zimmer inspired two scientists (&many more) in their scientific lives.
Cancer ...
