Science & Society
We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.
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HeLa genome offers clues to cells’ cancerous nature
The genetic sequence is published along with an agreement to protect the privacy of the family of the cells’ provider, Henrietta Lacks.
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Flu researchers plan to repeat controversial work
The scientists who made the H5N1 strain transmissible between ferrets intend to do the same with H7N9.
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Brilliant Blunders
From Darwin to Einstein - Colossal Mistakes by Great Scientists That Changed Our Understanding of Life and the Universe by Mario Livio.
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Math targets cities’ essence
New formula relates city size to infrastructure, productivity.
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The gene patenting decision from a plaintiff’s point of view
Plaintiffs in Myriad case win an overwhelming victory, but some details remain a bit fuzzy.
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Tim Samaras, 1957–2013
Tim Samaras spent the past twenty years chasing tornados. He was killed in a storm in May.
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Chimps in captivity may soon join endangered species list
Proposal would extend protections to both wild and captive primate populations.
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The Girls of Atomic City
The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II by Denise Kiernan.
- Psychology
Closed Thinking
Without scientific competition and open debate, much psychology research goes nowhere.
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Between Man and Beast
An Unlikely Explorer, the Evolution Debates, and the African Adventure that Took the Victorian World by Storm by Monte Reel.
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A Renaissance Globemaker’s Toolbox
Johannes Schöner and the Revolution of Modern Science 1474-1550 by John W. Hessler.
