biology
2015
Suppressing Old Memories Key to Learning New Ones
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Articles
biology
psychology
science
memory
This article from Ars Technica covers some interesting new research on the science of memory, and why our memories deteriorate over time. It is because we push them out of the way in order to integrate new ones.
Peter Watts and the Gene Genies
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Articles
future
biology
genetics
Peter Watts serves up a two-part article on RNA editing, and how it might impact the future of entire populations. It is frightening.
It doesn’t start out that way, of course.
2007
Quick Post: Body Worlds
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Articles
biology
culture
personal
This weekend I went to the Body Worlds exhibit at The Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. It was one of the most amazing things I have ever seen.
2005
This Is So Cool
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Articles
news
biology
Scientists have finally captured footage of a living giant squid! I’ve been waiting for this for years. For those of you not familiar with the significance of this discovery, while we have known of giant squids as well as seeing the wounds from their attacks on whales and have occasionally discovered dead ones that have drifted to shore, up until this point no one had succeeded in seeing one live.
2004
Pet My Coat, It Is Frightened
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Articles
tech
science
biology
Okay, I was just reading a Wired article about some Australian scientists that are trying to grow a “stitchless [and] victimless” leather coat from living human and mouse cells. You can find the article here.