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Scientia Pro Publica #26 is up at Genomics Law Report

Scientia Pro Publica–a blog carnival dedicated to increasing scientific literacy among the internet masses–is up at Genomics Law Report. SPP is like a mother bird, optimally foraging for mealworms to chew up and regurgitate for her chicks, only the mealworms … Continue reading

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Loving your study species

Its February and Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. While I could write a post about the neuroendocrinological basis of love and/or monogamy, but I’d rather not bore readers with ramblings about vasopressin and voles (see Young et al. … Continue reading

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Ardipithecus has arrived.

After near fifteen years of waiting, the partial skeleton of Ardipithecus ramidus is published this week in Science. “Ardi” is a 4.4 million year old hominin from the Aramis region of Ethiopia and is the oldest partial hominin skeleton discovered … Continue reading

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