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I’ve got your missing links right here (23 February 2013)
It’s David Quammen writing about bonobos. Contented sigh…
What happens when you give a scientist keys to the national Twitter account? By Cath Ennis
Beware of evolutionary explanations that rest on what men find attractive. By Bryn Williams
Carl Zimmer on the possible shapes of the brain
Rapturous applause for this piece by Cult Cognition about science communication, polarisation and tedious “people are stupid” narratives. Read it.
Tom Leveson’s great unprofile of Rebecca Saxe, who’s using brain scanners to understand the “theory of mind”
Beef might be horse, but red snapper could be up to 29 species of fish. Meanwhile, 59% of America’s “tuna” isn’t actually tuna—and its replacement causes anal leakage
Guardian exposé of secret $120 million funding