Today on ScienceBlogs:
- Genetically-modified mosquitoes to control mosquito-borne diseases?
- Mirror neurons: why have these flashy little cells received "massive, overblown publicity"?
- Giant, gross, super-cool close-ups of bugs!
- PZ Myers waxes lyrical about growing older, along with one's kids
- A view of the post-Katrina medical infrastructure in New Orleans
- Germany joins a coalition of European nations opposing embryonic stem cell research
- Why "energy drinks" won't help you stay awake
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