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20 Oct 2018
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A report that a fish can pass the “mirror test” for self-awareness reignites debates about how to define and measure that elusive quality. bit.ly/2Gg7cX2 Via @QuantaMagazine
Today marks the anniversary of the first ever successful kidney transplant. #ScienceTwitter #Surgery
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The UC system is pushing to change the subscription model and accelerate open access, but if there’s no contract agreement by December 31, faculty and students lose access altogether. bit.ly/2SRi4fF
Interesting! nyti.ms/2Lr281e Via @nytimes

One of Nature’s Smallest Flowering Plants Can Survive Inside of a Duck (Published 2018)

If one duckweed lands where a bird relieves itself, it’s capable of eventually creating a dense mat of duckweeds where there were none before.

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The PsychENCODE project delves into the DNA, RNA, and protein changes related to brain development and neuropsychiatric disorders, but researchers caution it’s just a first step toward treatment. bit.ly/2Ej56mR
“The women understand their identity to be both socially regulated and self-determined,” lead author Terrell Morton. bit.ly/2Er6pQz
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It’s the latest fallout from an investigation by Harvard and Brigham and Women’s into work overseen by Piero Anversa. bit.ly/2Ewx3bC
Last winter’s dreadful flu season may have had a silver lining: Flu vaccine uptake rose sharply. bit.ly/2BmoGLG Via @statnews
#CarlSagan died on this day in 1996.
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A hormone treatment contaminated with amyloid-β given to mice caused the protein’s accumulation in their brains, suggesting the same could have occurred in humans given the therapy. bit.ly/2Erjl9c
Facing thousands of lawsuits alleging that its talc caused cancer, J&J insists on the safety and purity of its iconic product. reut.rs/2rAz2TO Via @ReutersScience
#WednesdayWisdom #MentalIllness
A controversy over pterosaurs’ plumage has taken off, with a new discovery pushing feather origins back 80 million years into the early Triassic. bit.ly/2Scff9b
Unusual feathers preserved in 100-million-year-old Cretaceous amber could have been used as defensive decoys. bit.ly/2rFvmQK Via @sciencemagazine
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Theodosius Dobzhansky died December 18, 1975
A new study uses deep learning to improve the resolution of biological images. bit.ly/2SRfV3B
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Eight environmental groups took the legal measure in an effort to protect North Atlantic right whales and other marine organisms. bit.ly/2RYYY78
Christmas is almost here! #Christmas2018 #ScienceTwitter
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