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  1. Turning Japanese, or, how to change your self’s ethnicity in just 1 week: bit.ly/JC5Frl by @MarkChangizi
  2. Alvin, the deep sea research sub, has spread invasive species in the ocean: bit.ly/JC2hws
  3. !!!! RT @BadAstronomer: We are GO for capture! bit.ly/KxWN3p
  4. SpaceX's Dragon capsule is now approaching the ISS! Follow @badastronomer for blow-by-blow.
  5. The razor clam’s digging superpower? It makes its own quicksand and then sinks into it: bit.ly/LjR6Dq
  6. How a descendant of dinosaurs became a ubiquitous dinner dish: bit.ly/LjQei1
  7. Is environmentalism anti-science? Anti-GMO activism certainly gives that impression. bit.ly/KX5PF7 by @keithkloor on The Crux
  8. Wow: UCSF requiring faculty to make all rsrch articles freely & immediately available. #openaccess bit.ly/KDMWar via @carlzimmer
  9. This lovely, ancient golden earring, decorated with seated goats, was recently discovered in a clay jar in Israel: bit.ly/L8Kk6D
  10. Watch this! Crazy non-stick coating keeps ketchup flowing & airplane wings free of ice: bit.ly/KdTQUs
  11. High levels of those banned antibiotics, some of them carcinogenic, have been found in shrimp on grocery store shelves. bit.ly/LfPDhd
  12. Overseas shrimp farms grow 90% of US supply, often in dirty ponds filled w/ banned antibiotics. bit.ly/LfPDhd