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Not Exactly Rocket Science

Ed Yong


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My new story on psychology’s problem with replications

Not Exactly Rocket Science | May 16th, 2012 in Neuroscience and psychology | 19 Comments »

Sleeper viruses explain why HIV evolves more slowly between people than within them

Not Exactly Rocket Science | May 15th, 2012 in Evolution, Medicine & health, Viruses | 1 Comment »

Jurassic bends – the rise of fast predators bubbled the blood of prehistoric reptiles

Not Exactly Rocket Science | May 15th, 2012 in Palaeontology | 7 Comments »

Ready, set, trial: why pandemics catch us out and how to prepare for them

Not Exactly Rocket Science | May 14th, 2012 in Medicine & health, Select, Uncategorized | No Comments »

I’ve got your missing links right here (12 May 2012)

Not Exactly Rocket Science | May 12th, 2012 in Links | 7 Comments »

What does it mean to say that something causes 16% of cancers?

Not Exactly Rocket Science | May 10th, 2012 in Cancer, Medicine & health, Select | 18 Comments »

Meat-eating plant digests insects using ants

Not Exactly Rocket Science | May 9th, 2012 in Ants, Cooperation, Insects, Invertebrates, Plants, Select | 6 Comments »

Three nations divided by common gut bacteria

Not Exactly Rocket Science | May 9th, 2012 in Bacteria, Microbiome, Select | 6 Comments »

Insects that skate on the ocean benefit from plastic junk

Not Exactly Rocket Science | May 8th, 2012 in Animal behaviour, Animals, Environment, Insects, Invertebrates, Sex and reproduction | 4 Comments »

Will we ever have an HIV vaccine?

Not Exactly Rocket Science | May 7th, 2012 in Medicine & health, Viruses | 7 Comments »

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