It’s Friday again – have a look at BioTechniques’ Lab Grammys 2012: Science Parody of the Year (with thanks to American Biotechnologist).
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On the ninth day of Christmas my true love gave to me… nine ladies dancing. Ferocious Beauty: Genome is Dance Exchange’s multi-media dance performance inspired by the mapping of the human genome.
Got a killer science app sitting on your hard drive? Get coding fast – 30 September is the final deadline for the Binary Battle from PLoS and Mendeley, the competition for the best apps that make science more open using PLoS and/or Mendeley’s APIs (Application Programming Interface). Too late to enter? Watch this space for the winners on 30 November.
Genome Engineering had a guest post on BioNews with a BioNews TV Review: Horizon – Are you good or evil? Good and evil have always been moral perspectives, but this edition of BBC One’s science programme Horizon has pulled them firmly into the scientific realm, with an analysis of the science behind good and evil.
It’s Friday, and all good scientists need a break sometimes – here’s some science humour to keep you entertained over your lunch break.
So… what’s in your cup of tea? Not quite what you think, according to DNA studies carried out by students at the Trinity School, New York and published in Scientific Reports.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows : Part 2, the final film in the series, is out. The Harry Potter books are reported to have increased the number of children reading – but they seem to have inspired medical publishing and research too, including a piece on the wonderfully named Hogwarts headache, published in NEJM.
Have you completed all of last week’s knitting projects? Or is knitting not your thing? Here are some DNA projects using some other arts and craft!
Just in time for Easter, a few bits of Easter science
