I'm going to try and remember every day to post a few links to posts by some of the other ScienceBloggers, mostly because if you're just reading my blog and not visiting the other blogs here, you're really missing out on some great writing. From yesterday:
Afarensis has an article about and a link to some new fossil finds, this time specimens of A. anamensis that will likely help us clarify our understanding of the relationships between various pre-Homo hominids. John Lynch, who works at the Institute on Human Origins at Arizona State, also has a post on that subject.
Orac has an examination of Linus Pauling's claim that megadoses of vitamin C cures cancer and other assorted bad things.
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So, Linus Pauling is apparently the hot topic of the day. Janet's already discussed a bit about the whole "wacky older scientist" phenomenon over at Adventures in Ethics and Science, while the first post cited gives you a bit of the background of Linus Pauling, bringing in two new studies on the…
OK, I've been prodded enough!
Yes, I've been aware of the study purporting to present good anecdotal case reports showing that there might be something to the hypothesis that megadoses of vitamin C can cure cancer where other therapies fail. I've also been aware of an in vitro study that suggested…
Stochastic, the Seed Blog has an interesting post this morning about Linus Pauling's "golden years" as a scientist. It's a good read, to which I only have a few thoughts to add.
First, to bring you up to speed on the story, here's an excerpt from the Stochastic post:
[Pauling] proposed that "…
Gather 'round, dear readers, and let me regale you with the sad saga of the late, great Linus Pauling.
On second thought, calling it "sad" might be a bit excessive. Pauling was the only person to win two individual Nobels, after all (one for chemistry, one for peace). His great achievements are too…