ScienceShot: Why Wallabies Don’t Pass Methane Gas – ScienceNOW
“When cows digest food, they produce methane, a potent greenhouse gas, but when kangaroos chow down, their digestive tract is relatively methane-free. The...
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Designing Biology at SXSW 2012?
I’ve been thinking of what to do at SXSW Interactive next year around Biology. Biology at SXSW? It’s not as far-fetched as you’d think. The tr...
Save $29,000 this year – The Scientist
“The Scientist contacted researchers around the world, looking for their tips and tricks for saving money in the lab; here we present 15 of our favorites....
Culturomics: Word play : Nature News
“The point is this: like people, ideas need a social life. Introduce them to your friends. Help them develop good contacts. It’s worth it: more than...
PhD Comics: The Movie
I doubt there’s a grad student, past, current, or future, who doesn’t like PhD Comics. It’s a great comic take on academic research life with ...
Harmful Viruses Made of Beautiful Glass
Beautiful visualizations of viruses and bacteria, made in glass. The artists is exploring what these organisms really look like, since most visualization is in ...
Mendeley API in R – Carl Boettiger
“R is a widely used statistical software environment, and this should facilitate real-time statistical analysis of the rich amount of publication data ava...
Lucky find in Charlestown saves whaler’s restoration – The Boston Globe
“For the antiquarian shipbuilders who are painstakingly restoring the world’s only surviving wooden whale ship here, an essential ingredient can be very h...
Welcome to BrewGene | BrewGene
Is this a Pandora/Last.fm/Netflix/(put in the name of your fave recommendation, collaborative filtering tool) for brews? [Wondering all the possible biz models ...
The Rise of Backyard Biotech – Magazine – The Atlantic
“The small industries and biotech freelancers springing up are, in some ways, like the divisions of the old behemoth drug company, but connected only by t...