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The Week’s Best: Evolution, healthcare reform, clever apes, and Cheever in his undies
Posted by David Dobbs on March 26, 2010 from a different Daily Dish – 365 petri dishes, by Klari Reis House of Wisdom, the splendid new blog on Arabic science from Mohammed Yahia, editor of Nature Middle East describes an effort to map the Red Sea’s coral reefs with satellite, aerial, adn ship-based technologies. Nice project and a promising new blog. Brain and…
Gleanings – mind & brain, law and war, media, bad trains
Posted by David Dobbs on March 19, 2010 Cordyceps in glass, by glass artist Wesley Fleming — a strange depiction of a rather horrid business. For more, do go to the source, the lovely Myrmecos Blog, which is all about bugs. Now, the best of the week’s gleanings. I’m going to categorize them from here out, and at least try to keep them…
Old-school medical wonders, from London Museum
Posted by David Dobbs on March 2, 2009 Below, the “jugum penis,” designed to prevent “nocturnal lincontinence” (aka masturbation). One of many wonders in a new London Science Museum online exhibit of historical medical objects called “Brought to Life,” as featured in this New Scientist photo essay. Don’t try these at home.