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Every Friday at Nothing in Biology Makes Sense! our contributors pass around links to new scientific results, or science-y news, or videos of adorable wildlife, that they’re most likely to bring up while waiting in line for a latte.
Amy was learning about Synesthesia this week over at the Neurocritic Blog. Do you taste shapes or hear in colors?
Noah (@NM_Reid) must be getting tired of winter and read up on Brazilian bikini waxes making crab lice an endangered species. Tom Houslay (@tomhouslay) asks via Twitter if we need protected areas or migration corridors setup. The Bug Girl (@bug_girl) has a different point of view that you should check out.
CJ says, who doesn’t love barnacle sex? Check out the lasted news that shocked scientists, well not CJ, over at Science NOW.
Do you have a diet of milk, meat, blood? Jeremy (@JBYoder) suggests you take a look at the Empirical Zeal blog to learn how the Maasai of Kenya can consume over 200% of the daily cholesterol intake yet remain relatively healthy.
How did they get here? A new study in PNAS shows ‘gene flow’ from India to Australia 4000 years ago. See the digested report here.
Sarah (@sarahmhird) is about fairness and chimps this week. Chimps may have a sense of fairness similar to humans. If you’re curious for yourself, on the BBC lab site, you can find out how your sense of “fair” relates to others with a morality test. The Lab UK site also has other tests and your results are used for scientific research.
Late breaking addition from CJ: Being Married Helps [MALE] Professors Get seo companies Ahead.
Tagged: empirical, human evolution, science
