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The biggest organism in the world - Forget blue whales and giant redwood trees. The biggest living organism is over 2 miles across, and you'll hardly ever see it. buff.ly/2kKYaqQ
Bad news for the highly intelligent - Superior IQs associated with mental and physical disorders, research suggests - Although there may be some sample selection bias buff.ly/2AR8SlQ
Interactive Map Reveals Life Expectancy for each Region in Britain - So have you won the postcode lottery? buff.ly/2BUEzsd
Medicine’s best obesity treatment is also its most misunderstood Researchers think obesity is a complex, chronic disease, like cancer. The public generally believes obesity is caused by a lack of willpower, and fixed with gym memberships & trendy diets. buff.ly/2kyWe4z
The Blue Marble from Apollo 17 : Image of the Day View of the Earth as seen by the Apollo 17 crew traveling toward the moon on the 7th of December, 1972. 45 years later it still remains iconic and evocative buff.ly/2AFYGw7
A Modified CRISPR Could Treat Common Diseases Without Editing DNA buff.ly/2BU42lU
Iter nuclear fusion project reaches key halfway milestone After a series of set backs the international project is back on track, say scientists, giving tentative hope for a major new source of clean power by 2025 buff.ly/2BRmf38
Could Crispr Help to Knock Out Superbugs? A combination of gene editing and viruses that attack bacteria could help scientists fight antibiotic resistance buff.ly/2ATk4yp
Heart transplants likely to be obsolete within 10 years, says heart surgeon Professor Stephen Westaby said it was time to switch to artificial pumps and stem cell therapy, which could help many more people each year. buff.ly/2iIv6zv
Chimps, racism and the definition of death Heart transplantation is 50 years old this weekend. Here is a brief history of the 20th century's most iconic medical achievement buff.ly/2AAlKNd
New York City Has Genetically Distinct ‘Uptown’ and ‘Downtown’ Rats A graduate student sequenced rats all over Manhattan, and discovered how the city affects their genetic diversity. buff.ly/2AnFmnU
Scientific research cannot be self correcting when key information is missing. Rewarding negative results keeps science on track. nature.com/articles/d4158…
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Rewarding negative results keeps science on track
Nature - Creating a culture of replication takes prizes, grants and magnanimity — as well as publications.
Why Is This Bacterium Hiding in Human Tumors? Whether Fusobacterium nucleatum causes colon tumors is unknown. But a new study hints that it may be ‘an integral part of the cancer.’ buff.ly/2n6Gvuo
What Happens If China Makes First Contact? As America has turned away from searching for extraterrestrial intelligence, China has built the world’s largest radio dish for precisely that purpose. buff.ly/2BfLVp0
The Periodic Table of Endangered Elements This periodic table produced by the American Chemical Society shows that there are also 44 chemical elements that will face supply limitations in the coming decades. buff.ly/2zCLKb2
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