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Biology
Representing Data in the Science of Emotion
A recent study published in PNAS has been floating on my radar for a while — this one, proclaiming a…
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Biology
Doctor Who Disproves Evolutionary Psychology!
This was a very clever study and a very cute result. In short: in order to test whether the increased…
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atheism
Critical Thinking and Science in the New Year
David Brooks posted his favorite essays of the year, and I wanted to draw attention to the first two, which…
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Biology
Battle of the Sexes: Why Mammals Won’t Lose the Y.
An Op-Ed by Maureen Dowd trying to explain conflicting predictions about the fate of the Y chromosome sent me on…
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Activism
A Brief Overview of Last Night’s Twitter Fiasco and Why Twitter Blocking is Important
For those of you who perhaps live under a rock, you might not have noticed that last night twitter changed…
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Biology
Contortion, and One Short Woman’s Quest for Longer Lines
Hello friends! I am back after a rather significant bout of thesisitis, and pleased to report that everything went well,…
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Biology
Crowdfunding Science
As a scientist just beginning her career, the prospect of fishing for federal grant money in an increasingly overfished and…
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Drawing
Drabble Lab round 10: Purple
It was a quiet week for drabble lab, but that means that I actually get to feature all of the…
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