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  Top Scientific Breakthroughs of 2009 | Wired Science | Wired.com

  << previous image | next image >> With so many incredible scientific advances and

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  Birdbrain Breakthrough | Science & Nature | Smithsonian Magazine

  Birdbrain Breakthrough The barn where he works is in the horse country of Millbrook, New York , but it echoes with trills, tweets and obbligatos—the raucous music of more than a thousand caged canaries and finches. "Hear that one singing his heart out?" Fernando Nottebohm asks. "He has more ...

  Michael Gotthardt added 3 months ago

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  Should biologists study computer science? - Ars Technica

  As in just about every other field, computers have become an essential part of biological research. Complicated algorithms and analyses that once took months of work by specialists are now available as Web services, and whole areas of study, such as genomics, can be pursued entirely in silico . ...

  Michael Gotthardt added 5 months ago

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  Can Training in Second Life Teach Doctors to Save Real Lives? | Health Policy | DISCOVER Magazine

  A nursing student walks into a hospital room where a woman who has just given birth is lying in bed. When the student asks how the new mother is feeling, she admits that she is dizzy, and might need to be sick. Preparing to examine her, the student pulls back the sheet and finds the mattress ...

  Michael Gotthardt added 5 months ago

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  Science Surf » Question of the year in genetics » Matthias Wjst

  Question of the year in genetics Nature genetics asked about 30 eminent scientists “What would you do if it became possibe to sequence the human genome for only $1,000?”. Unfortunately, this initiative has been launched 4 weeks too early as I believe some may have responded differentially ...

  Michael Gotthardt added 6 months ago

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