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columnist. New book: "She Has Her Mother's Laugh" My tweets are invitations to read the stories to which I link.

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    Dec 9

    Thanks to the Guardian for naming “She Has Her Mother’s Laugh” the science book of the year!

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    5 hours ago

    These departments would shut down tomorrow: Agriculture FDA Commerce Justice NASA National Science Foundation Treasury Executive Office of the President The Judiciary Homeland Security Interior EPA State USAID Peace Corps Transportation Housing and Urban Development

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  3. 5 hours ago

    Tick, tick, tick…

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    10 hours ago

    Like Syria withdrawal, Russia welcomes Mattis departure.

    What does Russia think? "We can conclude that Trump, in his relations w/ allies, in relations w/ Russia & China, in his decision to scale down US military presence abroad, diverged from Mattis...so much that he considers pursuing these policies more important than keeping Mattis"
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  5. 7 hours ago

    Thanks to for including “She Has Her Mother’s Laugh” in their best books of 2018!

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    7 hours ago

    The Supreme Court says Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had surgery to remove two malignant growths from her left lung.

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  7. 8 hours ago

    Thanks!

    On the Nightstand of Professor Jeanne Fromer: On Color by David Scott Kastan with Stephen Farthing, She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity by Carl Zimmer, My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
    Prof. shares a few of the books on her winter reading list: - ON COLOR by David Kastan and Stephen Farthing - SHE HAS HER MOTHER'S LAUGH by - MY YEAR OF REST AND RELAXATION by Ottessa Moshfegh
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    11 hours ago

    So, you know how peacocks have those little crests on their heads? Turns out, they're *vibration sensors*. And they're tuned to the exact frequencies at which peacocks rattle their tails.

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    Dec 20

    Following his superb real-time analysis during in Hong Kong, we're pleased to have contribute a powerful "First Cut" on the CCR5 gene variants reported in Lulu and Nana: ": Notes on Scandal"

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    14 hours ago

    Human-caused climate change is making extreme heat and rainfall more likely, new research shows. It's something scientists have been warning about for nearly 30 years.

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    18 hours ago

    Juul is now valued at $38 billion. Here's how the e-cigarette giant has hooked American teens.

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    18 hours ago

    A forceful call to action from : "Donald Trump is dangerous and unfit for office. Nearly every member of the House of Representatives knows this. I bet that every single senator does. History’s eyes are on them, as are the world’s right now."

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    20 hours ago

    Twelve patients got severe infections from stem cell injections into their spines and joints, and the FDA is warning clinics to clean up their act.

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  14. 20 hours ago

    “Strong evidence to suggest smoking is a causal risk factor for both schizophrenia and depression” [preprint]

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  15. 21 hours ago

    Two non-scientific thoughts: 1) Ultima Thule is the best name for a distant object in the Solar System. 2) The lack of a light curve is clearly evidence that it’s an alien battleship preparing for invasion.

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    Dec 20

    Rep. Cicilline: You do not know how many people have died in DHS custody? DHS Sec. Nielsen: "I don't have an exact figure" ... Cicilline: "I'm talking about people who have died in your custody. You don't have the number?" Nielsen: "I will get back to you with the number."

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    23 hours ago

    Breaking News: The Trump administration is withdrawing about 7,000 troops from Afghanistan, defense officials said, around half as many as are currently there

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    Dec 20

    Matt Whitaker assembled a group of advisers who disregarded a DOJ ethics office recommendation that he step away from the Mueller probe over the appearance of a conflict of interest. New from &

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    24 hours ago

    ‘My generals’ Kelly, McMaster, Mattis all gone.

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    Dec 20

    Mattis said publicly less than two weeks ago that “there’s more work to be done” in Syria

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  21. Dec 20

    Jim Mattis, Marine General Turned Defense Secretary, Will Leave Pentagon in February

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