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RT @DoNotGoGently: Crap. New head of the NIH will be an evangelical Christian.
On the Pew Science Survey, Beware the Fall from Grace Narrative : Framing Science - http://scienceblogs.com/framing...
"Finally, there is little reason to expect that traditional popular science approaches if applied to informing a wider public about science will ever be effective. These initiatives instead tend to reach a small audience of already informed science enthusiasts. The reason is that individuals are naturally "cognitive misers." Science communication efforts grapple with a wider public that is for the most part unable or uninterested in developing an in-depth understanding of scientific breakthroughs, and instead rely on cognitive shortcuts and heuristic decision making to help them reach opinions about policy-related matters (Popkin, 1991; Scheufele, 2006). The nature of the media system further exacerbates this human tendency. The increase in content choices available to a general audience, paired with decreasing public affairs news consumption across all age cohorts, makes widespread messaging difficult. Second, even leading national media outlets are investing less and less money in... more... - Nils Reinton from Bookmarklet
Sandwalk: Junk DNA and the Scientific Literature - http://sandwalk.blogspot.com/2009...
From someone on an pedestal on top of an extremely high horse inside an ivory tower: "The trick is to recognize the new ideas that may be on to something and ignore those that aren't. This isn't easy but experienced scientists have a pretty good track record. Inexperienced scientists may not be able to distinguish between legitimate challenges to dogma and ones that are frivolous." - Nils Reinton from Bookmarklet
Fwd: I hope they speak Norwegian in Hell (via http://friendfeed.com/baardoa...) (via http://friendfeed.com/norge...)
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reshared - Nils Reinton
:D - laura
A Drug That Could Give You Perfect Visual Memory - http://k21st.wordpress.com/2009...
Discovered – key gene for bone development that when mutated leads to dwarfism - http://www.scientificblogging.com/catarin...
Human sperm created from embryonic stem cells | Eureka! Science News - http://esciencenews.com/article...
"This demonstrates to researchers that the genes on a Y chromosome are essential for meiosis and for sperm maturation." - ha ! males are not redundant yet. - Nils Reinton from Bookmarklet
When it comes to Michael Jackson, seems the "peace" part of R.I.P. has disappeared completely
@Venstre re miljødebatt http://liberal.no/2009.... Synd og desverre representativt, at også denne debatten ble hakking om regjeringsalternativer
Confirmation Of High Efficacy Of HPV Vaccine Against Precancerous Cervical Lesions And Protective Effect Of Vaccination Programs - http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/article...
"The authors write in conclusion: "The HPV-16/18 AS04-adjvanted vaccine showed high efficacy against CIN2+ that was associated with HPV-16/18 and non-vaccine oncogenic HPV types, and substantial overall effect in cohorts that are relevant to universal mass vaccination and catch-up programmes." - Nils Reinton from Bookmarklet
A Sample of Synthetic Human Skin for Just 34 Euros - http://singularityhub.com/2009...
RT @fredcobio: My personal perspective, via blog post: Is Science where IT was 25 years ago? http://fredcobio.wordpress.com/
@MaverickNY my sincere condolences and sympathy
RT @rikerjoe: RT @earthXplorer: "I have found that if you love life, life will love you back." ~Arthur Rubinstein - No, that's just not true
RT @dgmacarthur: interested in the conf. blogging issue - please consider promoting the slides by @CameronNeylon (see http://scienceblogs.com/genetic...).
@DhanuShan @nuin @fredcobio Re: BMI Agree, but it is often interpreted as an accurate measurement, by scientists too unfortunately
Christian morality: the Sunday effect - http://bhascience.blogspot.com/2009...
Gene Sherpas: Personalized Medicine and You: Smoke or $h!t gets in your eye! - http://thegenesherpa.blogspot.com/2009...
"DTC Genomics has a huge PR machine that will trick papers into writing bull$hit headlines and false claims....I.E. you cannot trust a single thing published in the lay press about genetic studies EVER!!!!!" - Nils Reinton from Bookmarklet
"Just take four or so cubes of frozen black coffee [the left overs from your espresso boiler or the..." - http://scienceandpies.tumblr.com/post...
Sinning saints and other quandaries - http://bhascience.blogspot.com/2009...
Quote: "Now a new study suggests that people have a moral 'set point'. Do a good deed, and the temptation is to make up for it by doing something naughty." - Nils Reinton
Does this outfit make me look like I want to get laid? - http://www.ncbirofl.com/2009...
Religious prompts make people more obedient - http://bhascience.blogspot.com/2009...
MicroRNAs in Human Health and Disease [Highlight HEALTH] [http://www.highlighthealth.com/did-you... ] - http://www.highlighthealth.com/did-you...
Quote: "MicroRNAs represent exciting cutting-edge biomarkers for present and future clinical use that are actively being investigated. Currently, there are three commercially available molecular diagnostic tests for cancer based on microRNAs, all from Rosetta Genomics." - Nils Reinton
Quote: "I think it is unwise to make science and scientists "sexy" and "trendy" and "famous." - ...??!!...!!!??....(lack of words) - Nils Reinton
RT @mednewswise: Celiac Disease Four Times More Common than in 1950s http://www.newswise.com/article... Good for our testing business ;-) bad for affected
The long lifespan of two bat species is correlated with resistance to protein oxidation and enhanced protein homeostasis -- Salmon et al. 23 (7): 2317 -- The FASEB Journal - http://www.fasebj.org/cgi...
"We show significantly lower protein oxidation (carbonylation) in Mexican free-tailed bats (Tadarida brasiliensis) relative to mice, and a trend for lower oxidation in samples from cave myotis bats (Myotis velifer) relative to mice." - Nils Reinton from Bookmarklet
OMG I CAN SELL MY EGGS NOW!! EEEEEEEEEE! [erv] - http://scienceblogs.com/erv...
RT @dgmacarthur: most human genetic variation product of drift, not selection (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...) via @phylogenomics
via @BoraZ, Be nice, I smell fear: PLoS ONE: Induction of Empathy by the Smell of Anxiety - http://www.plosone.org/article...
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