Friday, January 23rd, 2009
Testosterone Research and My Latest Washington Post Book Review
In this Sunday’s Washington Post, I reviewed Hannah Holmes’s book The Well-Dressed Ape. Overall it was a pretty positive review, but I criticized her for […]
What Rebecca's Reading
- 'Serpent-Handling' West Virginia Pastor Dies From Snake Bite A “serpent-handling” West Virginia pastor died after his rattlesnake bit him during a church ritual, just as the man had apparently watched a snake kill his father years before.
- A Dispute Over Who Owns a Twitter Account Goes to Court How much is a tweet worth? And how much does a Twitter follower cost?
- A dollar badly spent: New facts on processed food in school lunches In a collaboration between The New York Times and the Investigative Fund, reporter Lucy Komisar delved into the billion-dollar business of the national school lunch program and found some unsettling news.
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Archive for January, 2009
Thursday, January 22nd, 2009
Covert DNA Testing Raises Privacy Concerns
DNA from thousands of people being tested without their knowledge. Suspicious spouses are sneaking DNA samples from their partner’s underwear; men and women are covertly testing their children to find out if they’re really biologically related, and several companies have cropped up to help them.
Tuesday, January 20th, 2009
ADA Changes Not Approved Before Obama Innaguration
Because the sweeping DOJ changes to the Americans With Disabilities Act were the only Bush Administration regulations under review that weren’t approved before Obama was inaugurated as president today, monkeys, miniature horses, parrots, ducks and everything else can legally qualify as service animals (for now)
Saturday, January 17th, 2009
DOJ’s Proposed Ban of Non-canine Service Animals Is Bad News for Disabled Muslims
The question of service animal species also turns out to be a question of religious freedom
Saturday, January 17th, 2009
Documents for my ScienceOnline 09 Getting Published Talk
Skloot’s tips for breaking into publication and getting paid to write
Saturday, January 17th, 2009
Halucinate Without Drugs – AKA Fun With Neuroscience
Wouldn’t it be fun to hallucinate on your lunch break without all those pesky drugs? Here’s how.
Thursday, January 15th, 2009
Famous Six Degrees of Separation Study a Fraud?
The famous Six Degrees of Separation Study was actually based on bogus statistics.
Wednesday, January 14th, 2009
Study Finds Egg In The Face Can Be Dangerous
Researchers in Liverpool have announced that “being pelted by a raw egg may result in eye injury.”
Wednesday, January 14th, 2009
Culture Dish on the Road
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Yesterday was the first day I was able to post since the ScienceBlogs upgrade because of glitches in the system. Now I’m headed off to […]
Tuesday, January 13th, 2009
Why New Year’s Resolutions Don’t Work — The Neurology of Change
Why do so many New Year’s resolutions fail? Because of this basic neurology …
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