Don’t tell that random woman on the street that she’s hot. Just don’t. (via Brute Reason) Are these three rocks from the 1908 Tunguska incident? (via Discovery News) The rhino population may be wiped out in Mozambique. (via Phys.org) We are all Amanda Knox. (via Jezebel) Featured image credit: jnissa Got a link you think we should know about? Contact us here. »
Why are Buddhist monks attacking Muslims? (via BBC News) Plan B restrictions loosen to allow 15-year-olds to purchase it, but progress still needs to be made. (via RH Reality Check) Global CO2 levels in atmosphere approach a worrisome milestone of 400 parts per million. (via Scientific American) How to repel kids from science: by shackling curiosity in cuffs. (via The Curious Wavefunction) Feature... »
Science communication is an opportunity and an obligation. (via Scientific American) H&M features a plus size model like it’s no big deal. (via Jezebel) All adults and adolescents should get routine HIV screenings. (via Think Progress) Debunking comet ISON conspiracy theories. (via Phys.org) Featured image credit: NASA, ESA, J.-Y. Li (Planetary Science Institute), and the Hubble Comet IS... »
Jason Collins, NBA center, is coming out. (via Sports Illustrated) The contagious facial tumors on the Tasmanian devil have been discovered to lack an immune system protein. May lead to a cure. (via SciLogs) Obama promises to protect peer review after members of Congress try to eliminate it. (via ScienceInsider) Mary Thom, former editor of Ms. Magazine, dies at 68. (via Feministing) Featured image... »
More states are taking steps to prevent heat illness in high school football players. (via Scientific American) Is the Dove beauty campaign based on bad data? (via Discovery News) Online education might not be a panacea after all. (via Raw Story) Dartmouth threatens to discipline students who protest sexual assault. (via Think Progress) Featured image credit: Anderson Mancini Got a link you think ... »
US students are choosing Canadian universities because of lower tuition. (via NBC News) What happens when science and the law collide. (via io9) A Mississippi high school required students to attend Christian lectures, according to a lawsuit brought by the American Humanist Association. (via Raw Story) Humpback whales can learn from each other. (via Phys.org) Featured image credit: Rob Crawley Got... »
Hundreds of Chicago students walk out of standardized test. (via Common Dreams) How the brain makes tradeoffs in favoring some skills over others. (via Time Healthland) Girls are better at designing superheroes than you. (via BetterSupes) Bacteria churn out first ever petrol-like biofuel. (via NewScientist) Featured image credit: Rocky Mountain Laboratories, NIAID, NIH. Got a link you think we sho... »
Psychologists say that men and women are more similar than different. (via The New York Times) Kansas governor signs anti-choice law, writes “JESUS + Mary” in notes. (via Feministing) See Gawker’s article also. Tetris can help correct lazy eye. (via CTV News) Animal rights activists wreak havoc in Milan laboratory. (via Nature News) Featured image: Gawker & AP. Got a link you... »
