josh's links
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1.Evolution's new wrinkle: Proteins with cruise control provide new perspective (www.princeton.edu)
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2.First whole cancer genome sequenced (www.politigenomics.com)
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3.Brain's 'hate circuit' identified (esciencenews.com)
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4.Male-to-female transsexualism gene found (www.newscientist.com)
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5.Sacred Intentions: Inside the Johns Hopkins Psilocybin Studies (www.alternet.org)
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6.Goldmine bug DNA may be key to alien life (environment.newscientist.com)
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7.Innovation in Observing Brain Cells (www.nytimes.com)
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9.DNA Model Art Projects (www.walyou.com)
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10.Revising HIV's History (sciencenow.sciencemag.org)
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11.Cancer 'cure' in mice to be tested in humans (www.sciencecodex.com)
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13.First X-ray diffraction image of a single virus (arxivblog.com)
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14.Cancer patient recovers after injection of immune cells - Telegraph (www.telegraph.co.uk)
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15.Harvard Team Creates the World's 1st Synthesized Cells (www.reuters.com)
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18.NASA Scientists Make Magnetic Fields Visible (gizmodo.com)
Not biology, but certainly still interesting. Be sure to watch the video
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19.Building a Baby Earth to Test Its Magnetic Field (www.npr.org)
Lathrop's team has disabled the sprinkler system.
This is going to end well...
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20.Marijuana use shrinks brain (www.eurograduate.com)
The regions of the brain affected make perfect sense; for example, you lose short term memory while "high", so the region of the brain responsible for that slowly atrophies over time with heavy usage.
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21.Key to All Optical Illusions Discovered (www.livescience.com)
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22.Platypus genome is as weird as its looks (www.newscientist.com)
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23.Man-made molecules reverse liver cirrhosis in rats (www.reuters.com)
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24.Simple brain exercise can boost IQ (www.newscientist.com)
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25.Plant proteins mapped (www.nature.com)