Favorites from Ed Yong's Picks (15 Sept 2012)

Fewer meaty stories this week caught my attention among Ed's picks. Some good photos and shorter pieces, though. I especially love the Google Earth fractals.


Ed Yong at Not Exactly Rocket Science

Stories, Mostly Short This Week

On the trail of a weird and wonderful mammal, the Pyrenean desman

Eagle regains ability to preen & drink w/ 3D-printed prosthesis. [Rusten: The sequelae to the prosthesis are interesting. Not a simple story.]

Awesomeness: How to boil water without bubbles

This Ewen Callaway piece on the genetics of tasting coriander features anti-coriander haikus and a recipe.

Deaf Mexican police officers tasked w/ monitoring security cameras; not recruiting disabled ppl, but “super-able”. Great Vaughan Bell piece.

Tiger tiger burning bright, avoiding humans in the night. Very cool study, covered by Bora Zivkovic.

This is a really sensible way of looking at whether electronics on flights are dangerous. Kudos to Dan Simons and Chris Chabris

Some photos (with and without text)

Winners of the 2012 British Wildlife Photography Award. Those GANNETS!

Mmmm… natural fractals as seen through Google Earth [Rusten: Go to the Google Earth Fractals site for more.]

 Jumping spider turns assassin bug into assassinated bug