Waiting for the Snow- it's here for a while

http://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/mouse-dna-aid-biomedical-research-0
This is a report from the NIH that 15 mouse strains that have been used for biomedical research have had their DNA sequenced. This is essential otherwise you are speculating about which genes are upregulated and downregulated in response to, for example, a cancer therapy.

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/03/09/the-far-reaching-effects-of-a-fall/
Part of the NYT Wellness Blog, this article talks about how to prevent falls in the elderly.

http://www.space.com/31631-antarctic-microbes-hold-clues-earths-oxygen.html
This was reported by Space.com about documenting microbes from microbial mats from Antarctic lakes. The advent of cyanobacteria brought about photosynthesizing prokaryotes which increased the levels of oxygen in the atmosphere.

http://fusion.net/story/257860/science-has-a-woman-problem/?platform=hootsuite
From Fusion, about science's "woman problem". Sexism in science. The article also talks about Eric Lander, of the Broad Institute, trying to write women out of the history of the development of CRISPR.

http://climatecrocks.com/2016/01/25/satellite-scientist-surface-temps-are-more-accurate/
The NCSE reports how earth surface temperature data has been misused by climate change deniers.

http://public.media.smithsonianmag.com/legacy_blog/08_22_2012_fractal-life.gif
A fractal view of life

http://www.sciencealert.com/a-protein-found-in-human-breast-milk-could-help-kill-drug-resistant-bacteria From Sciencealert  a report about the transformation of a protein found in breast milk into an "artificial virus" that kills drug-resistant bacteria.

http://understandingsociety.blogspot.com/2016/01/graphing-english-speaking-university.html
The Open Syllabus Project is a big data in education project in which multiple university syllabi are posted and analyzed as far as which texts are required and which topics are covered. You can pick a subject and review it. This was mentioned in a blog called Understanding Society.

http://theineptowl.com/2016/01/26/snyder-blames-michigan-trusting-government/ From The Inept Owl, a parody about the governor of Michigan.

https://www.jacobinmag.com/2016/01/richard-levins-obituary-biological-determinism-dialectics/
From The Jacobin, a memorial to Ricard Levins, a scientist and activist. coauthor with Richard Lewontin, writer of The Dialectical Biologist, who fought against determinism in science.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/more-evidence-emerges-for-transmissible-alzheimer-s-theory/
Scientific American writes of studies following a Nature article about the possible transmission of Alzheimers Disease with medical treatments using material from cadavers that contained infectious prion proteins.

http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/01/25/463846130/why-women-professors-get-lower-ratings
From NPR a report of a paper in ScienceOpen.com about how student's evaluations of teaching are biased against wome.

http://zinnedproject.org/materials/teaching-about-unsung-heroes/ This is a teaching module published by Howard Zinn's blog suggesting research students can do to discover "unsung" heroes who fought for social justice.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/schizophrenia-gene-discovery-sheds-light-on-possible-cause/ In the Scientific American (and in the NYT) a report of the discovery of  a gene that increases the likelihood of schizophrenia by inappropriate pruning of neural synapses. This study, done in part at the Broad Institute, will be published in Nature.

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/heres-how-you-squeeze-biggest-dinosaur-new-york-city-museum-180957955/?no-ist  From the Smithsonian, an article by Brian Switek, on getting the Titanosaur into the AMNH in NYC.

http://www.sciencealert.com/the-17-equations-that-changed-the-course-of-history Sciencealert posted 17 equations that changed the course of history.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/like-mother-like-daughter-the-science-says-so-too/ A new article in SciAm on neuroscience suggesting that brain structure and mood disorders are genetically passed from mother to daughter via the corticolimbic system in the brain.

http://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/cancer-drug-target-visualized-atomic-resolution
This is a great publication submitted by NIH news press office about new research soon to be published in science which allowed researchers to visualize a small molecule binding to its target in cancer cells using cryo-electron microscopy.