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http://www.wired.com/magazine/2009/10/ff_waronscience/all/1
posted by Ash at 2009-10-21 23:38

Ash: did this get posted already? it's good

Get The Lead Out: Crime Reduction In America
posted by seti at 2009-10-21 23:21

Right-wing activists go to war with each other over opposing views of Sarah Palin
posted by seti at 2009-10-21 15:26

biologists have written memories into the cells of a fruitfly's brain, making it think it had a terrible experience
posted by surrael at 2009-10-21 02:41

surrael: ethics?
surrael: "student Chip Quinn discovered in the early 1970s that fruitflies, surprisingly, could learn. If exposed to a chemical odor and at the same time given an electric jolt big enough to kill a person, the fruitflies associated the two and would in the future avoid the odor"
surrael: another win for dissolving the pereneal public perception of all scientists as 'mad' ...