As a part of my new year's resolutions, I've decided the bring back Sci-shimi, where I serve up fun science news in a simple link round-up. At the end of every month, I'll post links to the awesomest nerdy news stories that came out in the past weeks (in no particular order), just in case you missed a few. 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: Black holes with inescapable event horizons? Yeah... no, says Stephen Hawking. Best long-read: Amy Harmon delves into one politician's struggle to get the facts straight on GMOs As if the mermaid "documentaries" weren't enough to discredit them, turns out Animal Planet treats animals poorly (even illegally). This is NOT OK. Excellent takedowns of Fukushima myths by Deep Sea News: what really happened, why it's not killing sea stars or ...