Easter Blogpost

http://blogs.plos.org/onscienceblogs/2016/03/25/dna-from-neandertals-and-denisovans-in-modern-humans-how-many-matings/
This is a blog entry on PLOS by Tabitha Powell about research on the amount of Neandertal-Denisovan DNA we carry in our genomes.

http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/45668/title/Canada-s-Science-Friendly-Federal-Budget/
From The Scientist, an article about Canada's science budget.

http://www.sciencealert.com/the-gross-truth-about-your-bed-sheets From Science Alert, how often should you wash your bedsheets? (Once a week, I'll save you the trouble of reading the article.)

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/03/160328133514.htm From Science Daily, a world map of Neanderthal and Denisovan ancestry in modern humans

http://www.wired.com/2016/03/science-education-woefully-uncreative-change/
This is an articled from the Wired website about how science classes, which espouse creativity are themselves very uncreative.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/head-quarters/2016/mar/31/intelligent-design-popular-evolution-creationism An article in The Guardian about why people reject evolution.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/nataliesportelli/2016/03/29/13-best-value-stem-colleges-for-women/#6268b0c75245  An article in Forbes about the most important STEM colleges for women.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/31/science/global-warming-antarctica-ice-sheet-sea-level-rise.html
In a new climate change model reported in the NYT the arctic ice level is supposed to rise 3 feet by the end of the century. (Woody Allen's last movie, "Goodbye, Manhattan.)








http://www.nytimes.com/column/matter
In a column by Carl Zimmer, a report of tapeworms serving a positive function. Marlene Zuk, evolutionary biologist, is quoted in the article.

Spring Hath Sprung

http://bioengineer.org/new-gene-identified-as-cause-early-indicator-of-breast-cancer/
Published in Bioengineer.org the discovery of the discovery of a new gene that, when mutated, may be an early indicator of breast cancer. This work will be published in the American Journal of Pathology.

http://bioengineer.org/how-cancer-cells-fuel-their-growth/ Another from Bioengineer.org, about how cancer cells fuel their growth. Targeting cancer metabolism is important. This will appear in Developmental Cell.


http://www.wsj.com/articles/non-tenured-faculty-at-duke-university-vote-to-unionize-1458345199 Article in WSJ about the vote to unionize at Duke and what paying adjuncts decent wages may cost the university.

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/2ad2caa02e1d4e28873ee0cd99cdc85a/amid-push-transparency-few-colleges-reveal-investments  From The World, article about how information about colleges' investments through their endowments and profits therefrom are being withheld.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/03/21/what-were-doing-to-the-earth-has-no-parallel-in-66-million-years-scientists-say/
An article by Chris Mooney of the Washington Post about damage done to the earth  It is a study published in Nature-Geoscience comparing the Paleo-Eocene Thermal Maximum with what we are doing to the earth.

http://neatoday.org/2016/03/15/future-teachers-at-all-time-low/
The Network for Public Education posts a 2016 national survey polling college freshman about how many want to become teachers, 4.2% compared with 11% in 2000.

http://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-have-removed-hiv-dna-from-human-immune-cells-using-new-gene-editing-technique  From Science Alert a report of a study done at Temple University (yay!) which showed that HIV could be removed from human cells using a gene editing technique.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03nh6k2  From the BBC News Service a report of a teenage scientist who improved the technique of spirometry and won an international innovation prize.

http://www.pbs.org/parents/expert-tips-advice/2016/03/managing-emotions-key-positive-effective-parenting/ Why managing your own emotions may be important for effective parenting of your children from the PBS Parenting Blog.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/editorials/2016/03/24/adjunct-professors-unionize-revealing-deeper-malaise-higher/NjqqU5YIToqhm8ZBjsK4yI/story.html Article from the Boston Globe about the unionization of its adjunct professors.

http://aplus.com/a/women-in-science-greatest-female-scientists?platform=hootsuite
From American Women In Science: 11 of History's Greatest Women Scientists

March Tenth Eighty Degrees- A Record!

http://www.naba.org/chapters/nabanj/images.html
Butterflies in NJ

http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/45532/title/How-to-Use-P-Values-Correctly/
From The Scientist, the ASA has published a guide on how to use P-values correctly

http://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/students-explore-brain-nih-scientists
At the National Museum of Health and Medicine students will be able to look at brains with scientists involved in neurological research.

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/taste-raw-meat-may-have-helped-shape-human-evolution-180958371/
from the Smithsonian, eating raw meat may have shaped our teeth and jaws. This study was done by Harvard evolutionary biology Daniel Lieberman.

http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/45545/title/MYC-Helps-Cancer-Hide/ This study is about how the gene myc prevents immune cells from effectively targeting cancer cells. The study is published in Science.

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/worcester-art-museums-new-exhibit-all-cats-all-time-180958388/
Exhibit at the Worcester Art Museum on the history of cats. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/worcester-art-museums-new-exhibit-all-cats-all-time-180958388/

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/35138-noam-chomsky-2016-election-puts-us-at-risk-of-utter-disaster From Truthout, an interview with Noam Chomsky.


http://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/eye-cells-may-use-math-detect-motion Interesting article from the NIH press office about the eyes using math to detect motion. It is a report of research by the NINDS (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.)

http://www.salon.com/2016/03/13/bill_clintons_odious_presidency_thomas_frank_on_the_real_history_of_the_90s/ From Salon, Clinton's Odious Presidency by Thomas Frank

http://ncse.com/news/2016/03/antiscience-bills-die-florida-0016963 From the National Center for Science Education, the report of two anti-science bills dying in committee.

http://ncse.com/news/2016/03/antiscience-bills-die-florida-0016963 The Washington Post ran 16 anti-Sanders ads in 16 hours as reported by Democracy Now.

http://www.bbc.com/news/education-35798117 Article from BBC news about a Palestinian woman who won a global best teacher award. She works with refugee children who have been traumatized by violence and is herself a refugee.

http://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/decoding-molecular-ties-between-vascular-disease-alzheimers This is an NIH publicity release about a big data study combining molecular technologies and big data analysis to study the connections between vascular disease and Alzheimers.

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-show-that-naps-really-are-the-best-80831/ From Smithsonian on the power of napping.

https://www.hhmi.org/bulletin/winter-2015/memory-swap  HHMI sampler of its brain research scientists and their research.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/03/160314140739.htm Some research on epigenetics showing that the offspring of IVF mice inherited diabetes and obesity from their parents.

https://richarddawkins.net/2016/03/some-viruses-have-their-own-immune-systems/ Richard Dawkins' site is posting about "mimiviruses" that have their own immune systems

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/17/science/solving-the-tully-monsterscold-case.html
From The NYT, Illinois state fossil is reclassified as a primitive chordate

http://www.futurity.org/food-calories-children-1121982/ From Futurity, a study done at Penn State shows that if you give kids too much food they will overeat. This was published in the Journal of Physiology and Behavior

https://soundcloud.com/lelink/neanderthal-love-master
Harry Shearer composed and recorded a Neanderthal Love Song based on Carl Zimmer's reporting.

http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/45614/title/Mother-s-Microbiome-Shapes-Offspring-s-Immunity/ This is an article from Science about a study done on mice describing how the microbiota of the mother shapes the immunity of the offspring.

trompe l'oeil

http://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/benefits-peanut-allergy-prevention-strategy-persist-after-one-year-peanut-avoidance
This is an NIH-funded study showing that early exposure to peanuts from infancy until five years of age reduced peanut allergy 81% in children at high risk for peanut allergies.

http://theineptowl.com/2016/03/04/fox-news-airs-presidential-dickmeasuring-competition/
A satyric article from the Inept Owl about the Republican party debates, itself a satire. 

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/04/nyregion/college-lecturer-accuses-police-of-racial-bias-after-encounter-on-his-roof.html This is an article about an adjunct lecturer who got locked out of his apartment and was searched by police NYT

https://student.societyforscience.org/article/when-smartphones-go-school  Article in Science News about how Smartphones distract students in their classrooms. A study done at the Miami University of Ohio shows that students using cf in class even on class-related projects were distracted. 

http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/45506/title/Zika-Infects-Neural-Progenitors/
New work published in Cell Stem Cell on the mechanism of action of Zika shows the virus affects neural progenitor cells.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/06/opinion/sunday/she-wanted-to-do-her-research-he-wanted-to-talk-feelings.html  Another article (Opinion in NYT) about why girls leave science. 

http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/45431/title/Under-the-Cover-of-Darkness/
A series of studies on sleep loss. One is published in PLOS and was done at the Medical College of Wisconsin on rats. 

http://www.sciencealert.com/9-science-words-that-even-smart-people-get-wrong From science alert, theory vs. hypothesis and other confused words. 

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0316/010316-first-grey-hair-gene-discovered
The first gene for grey hair found in a University College London report of a Nature Communications publication.