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Ed Yong is an award-winning science writer based in London. Not Exactly Rocket Science is his attempt to make the latest scientific discoveries interesting to everyone by beating jargon, confusion and elitism with the stick of good writing. He finds writing about himself in the third person strange and unsettling.
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April 29, 2008
A quick heads-up on some new carnivals. Go sustain your scientific hunger at: Cognitive Daily, hosting the new Encephalon Go on. The power of Munger compels you. The Conservation Report, with the new Carnival of the Green Doc...
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Category: Neuroscience
A challenging task designed to improve working memory also boosts fluid intelligence, even among underachievers.
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April 28, 2008
Category: Bacteria
Epulopiscium has over 40,000 genome copies, giving it many advantages enjoyed by eukaryotic cells, including large size.
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April 25, 2008
Category: Viruses
A relative of smallpox enters cells and hides from the immune system with a molecular disguise
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April 24, 2008
Category: Education
Students fail to apply mathematical knowledge learned from real-world examples like speeding trains and bags of marbles
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April 23, 2008
Category: Climate change
The wood-boring mountain pine beetle is responsible for releasing millions of tonnes of carbon from Canadian forests.
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April 21, 2008
Category: Neuroscience
Your brain uses memories of a speaker's face to interpret their speech when they're not around.
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April 18, 2008
Category: Neuroscience
A new study could explain why drugs like Ritalin work well for some people but not others
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April 16, 2008
Category: Viruses
Two new papers reveal the birthplaces, travel plans and graveyards of new strains of H3N2 influenza.
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April 14, 2008
Hormones like testosterone and cortisol affect behaviour and success of financial traders, and even movements of markets
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