I’ve got your missing links right here (16 June 2012)

Becca Rosen on Voyager I’s prolonged exit from our solar system. Wonderful.

Fascinating post on 10 taboo topics about iPS cells (the “stemmy” cells reprogrammed from adult ones), by Paul Knoepfler

Great take about that study supposedly on exercise & depression, by SciCurious.

“Hooligan cocks” – Graphic hundred-year-old penguin sex manuscript uncovered

2nd guest-star on my BBC “Will we ever?” column is Phil Plait who asks if we’ll live on the moon

The Meaning of Death: How do we know someone is no longer alive? It’s more complicated than you might think.

No. America does NOT need more scientists and engineers. Provocative piece by Derek Lowe.

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