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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.
First of all, my deepest apologies for the lateness of this post. As you may know I am a 4th year medical student and today was Match Day and I was deep in the throws of celebrating the completion of 4 years of medical education as well as learning where I will be training for the next three years in Family Medicine. So, without further adieu, your links for this week.
CJ decided to that there were too many good links and had to share several. First, as a skater herself she found an article relating to transmission of skin flora between close team mates and those competing in roller derby. Next she decided to share how the sequester is going to affect science jobs and the next few years could be difficult. But finally, a cool post on five animals that could possibly take over the world, which makes me look at spiders a little closer now.
Next, Jeremy likes the fact that new evidence from the Mars rover is favorable to the possibility of conditions that could have sustained life on the red planet.
From Sarah, some very cool slow mo predator vs. prey footage. Gotta say this is pretty awesome! She also found some up close and personal pics of jumping spiders.
From Noah, a video documenting several scientists as they inventory one of the worlds most biodiverse locations, the Yasuni Biosphere Reserve.
Finally, in the spirit of March Madness, from Devin comes a battle of the Mammals. “Mammal March Madness from the Mammal’s Suck blog. Although the tournament is purely fictional, the facts and natural history information given out during the extended live tweet rounds are amazing. The first rounds are already complete, but tune in for the exciting finals. Live action via twitter: @Mammals_Suck and general info via the website:”
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