Archive for the 'PopSci' Category

Deprive yourself: Real benefits of fasting, 11/22/12 New Scientist; appears to be better than caloric restriction

February 15, 2013

Deprive yourself: The real benefits of fasting – health – 22 November 2012 – New Scientist

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21628912.400-deprive-yourself-the-real-benefits-of-fasting.html

Cell circuits remember their history – MIT News Office

February 14, 2013

Could this be coupled to sequencing readout for very long term memory?
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2013/cell-circuits-remember-their-history-0210.html

You Have 46 Chromosomes. This Pond Creature Has 15,600 – Phenomena: Not Exactly Rocket Science

February 10, 2013

http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2013/02/06/you-have-46-chromsomes-this-pond-creature-has-15600/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social&utm_content=link_tw20130210ph-chromopond&utm_campaign=Content

Humans Think Like Quantum Particles: Scientific American

February 9, 2013

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=humans-think-like-quantum-particles Quantum theory once seemed like the last nail in the coffin of pure reason. Now it’s looking like its savior
By George Musser
How we can vote like a quantum superposition

Spiral Jetty » American Scientist

February 9, 2013

http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/pub/spiral-jetty

Imitation of Life » American Scientist

February 9, 2013

http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/pub/imitation-of-life

Do We Really Need the S-word? » American Scientist

February 9, 2013

statistical significance
http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/pub/do-we-really-need-the-s-word

Omega 6 debate: Omega 3 is good but things not so clear for 6 – clinicans say it’s good but biochemists disagree

February 9, 2013

http://www.asbmb.org/asbmbtoday/asbmbtoday_article.aspx?id=18365

Common Ancestor of Mammals Plucked From Obscurity – NYTimes.com

February 8, 2013

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/08/science/common-ancestor-of-mammals-plucked-from-obscurity.html?ref=science&smid=tw-nytimes&_r=0

Rita Levi-Montalcini | The Economist

February 5, 2013

http://www.economist.com/news/obituary/21569019-rita-levi-montalcini-biologist-died-december-30th-aged-103-rita-levi-montalcini