I’ve got your missing links right here (21 April 2012)

You must read Alexis Madrigal’s majestic state-of-the-union address about the future of technology. There really is much to love about it. The density of ideas, witty turns of phrase, palapble sense of frustration…

“The biggest lie about memory is that it feels true“. Excellent Jonah Lehrer piece on eyewitness mistakes & fixing them

Bloody hell. Tsetse Flies Lactate and Give Birth to Live Larvae (& don’t miss this grim old video)

Love this. Craig McClain on the (surprising amount of) science of people who wrestle catfish

Carl Zimmer’s great story about dysfunctional science and the rise of retractions

This is great. Scientists do public engagement work, evaluate it, *get it published* AND blog it. Home run. Everyone should

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