{"id":951,"date":"2018-01-02T17:54:45","date_gmt":"2018-01-02T16:54:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rosetta.vn\/short\/?p=951"},"modified":"2018-01-02T17:54:45","modified_gmt":"2018-01-02T16:54:45","slug":"ive-got-your-missing-links-right-here-18-july-2015-ed-yong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rosetta.vn\/short\/2018\/01\/02\/ive-got-your-missing-links-right-here-18-july-2015-ed-yong\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019ve Got Your Missing Links Right Here (18 July 2015) | Ed Yong"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cOn the face of it, earthquakes seem to present us with problems of space: the way we live along fault lines, in brick buildings, in homes made valuable by their proximity to the sea. But, covertly, they also present us with problems of time.\u201d The peerless Kathryn Schulz has a beautiful, terrifying piece in the New Yorker about the really <\/em>big one<\/a>\u2014an earthquake that will, at some point, destroy a sizable chunk of coastal Northwest America. (And here\u2019s a follow-up<\/a> from Eric Holthaus at Slate.)<\/p>\n

Nine years ago, we threw a machine at Pluto and this week, it skirted past the dwarf planet within 72 seconds of its predicted time. And look at the<\/a> pictures<\/a> it took<\/a>! Nadia Drake wrote about the incredible achievement<\/a>, about Pluto\u2019s moon Charon<\/a>, and about what the images mean<\/a> (as has XKCD<\/a>). The New York Times has an interactive that shows what happened<\/a>. Robinson Meyer tells the origin story of Ralph<\/a>, the camera that took the new photos. Adrienne LaFrance writes about the women behind the programme<\/a>. Michael Ruane writes about the long wait of mission scientist Andy Cheng<\/a>. And John Wenz interviews the two children of the man who discovered Pluto<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cHides are places designed for watching wildlife, but they are equally rewarding places to watch people who watch wildlife.\u201d Helen Macdonald muses on hiding from animals<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe history of M.E.<\/a> is akin to locking an entire orphanage in a cellar and bulldozing the house.\u201d Reporter Brian Vastag writes an impassioned open letter to the NIH director about life with ME, and the lack of funds for studying it.<\/p>\n

First robust genetic links to depression<\/a> emerge, but it\u2019s the way they found those links that matters. An important study, covered by Heidi Ledford.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe point is simplicity. And in Toki Pona, simple is literally good. Both concepts are combined in a single word: pona.\u201d Roc Morin on the world\u2019s smallest language<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re like vampire beetles wandering in the ant nests.\u201d Carl Zimmer on a sophisticated social parasite<\/a>.<\/p>\n

18th<\/sup> century scientist injects his penis with gonorrhea<\/a> to prove that it\u2019s the same disease as syphilis. It\u2019s not. Also, he screws up the experiment, and gets a penile lesion named after him.<\/p>\n

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Science\/news\/writing<\/strong><\/p>\n

Polar bear metabolism<\/a> cannot cope with ice loss<\/p>\n

Tiger trade crackdown<\/a> causes surge in lion bone sales. Ugh, humans are the worst.<\/p>\n

350+ scientists<\/a> sign a letter calling out the publisher of Science for repeatedly reinforcing harmful stereotypes<\/p>\n

Prosthetic legs<\/a> through the ages<\/p>\n

\u201cThat raises one obvious question: Are baby elephants<\/a> tasty?\u201d<\/p>\n

The mystery of the Kazakhstani sleeping sickness<\/a><\/p>\n

The science of (Wilhelm) screaming<\/a><\/p>\n

A lovely tribute to a late scientist who shoved maths onto sea shells<\/a><\/p>\n

Say hello to the newest dinosaur: feathered, winged Zhenyuanlong<\/a>, a close relative of Velociraptor.<\/p>\n

How today\u2019s anti-vaccination movement<\/a> traces back to Victorian England<\/p>\n

This sanctuary in Laos<\/a> protects bears from gall bladder poachers.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot only did APA psychologists<\/a> deem the torture programme ethical, but they also gave it a patina of legitimacy\u201d<\/p>\n

Camera hack reveals black leopards\u2019<\/a> hidden spots<\/p>\n

The New Laws of Explosive Networks<\/a> reveal how the Internet grows, how viruses spread, & how financial bubbles burst.<\/p>\n

Slate debunks a study that predicts a \u201cmini ice age<\/a>\u201d by 2030<\/p>\n

A male fiddler crab\u2019s claw<\/a> can account for half his total body weight.<\/p>\n

Behind every natural history museum is a second museum<\/a>, where the carcasses are kept.<\/p>\n

New study connects the explosion of fish diversity<\/a> to event that took out the dinosaurs<\/p>\n

The majority of Philippine forest turtles<\/a> were just found packed in a warehouse.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat you should fear is a computer that is competent in one very narrow area<\/a>, to a bad degree.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Myth That Academic Science Isn\u2019t Biased Against Women<\/a> \u2013 excellent analysis of flaws in the Ceci\/Williams study<\/p>\n

Pandas are carnivores<\/a>. Yet they can survive eating only bamboos. Scientists now know why<\/p>\n

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Heh\/wow\/huh<\/strong><\/p>\n

This bear<\/a> is the hero we deserve, but not the one we need right now.<\/p>\n

We have reached peak internet. All of it has been leading to this glorious moment<\/a> and it should now stop.<\/p>\n

RELEASE THE KRAKEN<\/a><\/p>\n

Love this: a script that creates a fake comment form<\/a> on your site.<\/p>\n

The amazing leaping Arowana fish<\/a> \u2013 in slow mo<\/p>\n

11 scientists<\/a> who are transforming how we treat disease, see the brain<\/p>\n

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Internet\/journalism\/society <\/strong><\/p>\n

He learned to dive<\/a> so he could look for his wife\u2019s remains after the 2011 tsunami in Japan<\/p>\n

Why careless nudges<\/a> are no more welcome in environmental policy than at domino toppling<\/p>\n

Science writers and editors talk about the art of the lede<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Drug companies put \u2018organs-on-chips<\/a>\u2019 through their paces<\/p>\n

Why the \u201cGilmore Girls\u201d fandom<\/a> lives on<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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