As I’m cleaning out the Google blog reader, I’ve come across a number of science posts that are uber fascinating. Rather than tweet about them individually, I thought I’d share them all here at once. Consider it a Weekly Links Roundup of Science only it’s Wednesday and it’s from about 4 weeks. Minor details, minor details…
- Scientists discover a bacterium in mosquito guts that destroys the malaria-causing parasite
- A chilling zombie virus that humans (like me) exploit in biotechnology
- The bacterium that causes stomach ulcers could play a role in Parkinson’s disease
- Beating the blood-brain barrier: a potential therapy for Alzheimer’s disease?
- Google Wallet turns your phone into a credit card?… No thanks.
- Buttery perfume deters mosquitoes by overloading their sense of smell… Yes thanks.
- E. coli: Rise of the Superbacteria
- Lichen as a natural treatment for prions?
- A bacterium after my own heart
- The genetics of autism spectrum disorder reveals it’s even more complicated than we previously thought
- Can ants count?
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