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Interesting piece by Maria Konnikova on the psychology of online commenting and anonymity.

Essential reading on the new Dmanisi skull, from John Hawks.

How a night class student blew a celebrated psychological theory wide open

“Joy Morgan isn’t a mother, but she may have kids.” – Cassandra Willyard on the quagmire of privacy around sperm/egg donation

“I pulled out the intestine of the barnacle, cut it open, and a bright blue piece of plastic popped out.” – Miriam Goldstein on her own research.

Laurie Garrett on synthetic biology, the dual-use research controversy, and biology’s Brave New World

Carl Zimmer on