Direct-to-consumer genetic testing is pilloried but pushes back. Gene regulation, pro and con. Why cystic fibrosis is not a WASP disease and other genetic errors.
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Women get HIV protection. What is an embargo break anyway? Tony Fauci explains the HIV gel. The climate for climate. Studying behavior is hard, but changing behavior is really hard. Frans de Waal explains that primates are excellent at conflict resolution.
The fate of sea turtles, the fate of Avandia, the fate of long-form science writing, the fate of the Pepsi challenge to bloggers, science is no joke.
Science bloggers take the Pepsi challenge — and win. Some journos leave ScienceBlogs over corporate blog, some scientists stay, PepsiCo becomes an ex-blogger, and ScienceBlogs management starts a blog of its own.
Sea turtles dispersed, dispersants disputed, health effects discussed, space policy dissed. Plus dispensing with digital Babel.
Oil covers animals, journalists, EPA, scientists, and Florida. We're Number 1 in health care! Is blogging the future of science writing?
Exoplanets aplenty, Kepler says, and some may be Earthlike. That female sex drug moves neither the Earth nor the FDA. BP's oil spill, mental health, and Congress.
Virtual meetings. Writing about health care reform, Chapter 1. Evidence-based medicine. Conflict of interest. Medical Web 2.0, Whee!
BP's oil spill is the energy story that keeps going and going. But where? Wallet-shock and the future of carbon pricing. Oil spill science. Looking for that Hollywood ending.
Craig Venter & Co's synthetic/artificial/plagiarized/real life. The politics of Synthia. The bioethics of Synthia. Synthia and evolution and extinction.