Long piece about how much research is happening in biology.

https://guzey.com/how-life-sciences-actually-work/#universities-seem-to-maximize-their-profits-with-good-research-being-a-side-effect

Part of it is about how much you need to investigate to have a well-informed opinion-- in this case, about the condition of a science.

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The Second Brain describes the substantial amount of nervous system needed to run the digestive tract ( Read more... )

The Forum for Negative Results is a journal for publishing papers about hypotheses which turned out to be irretreviably wrong ( Read more... )

An article about the possiblity that a lot of frailty (serious loss of energy, mobility, and mental focus) could be low-intensity cardiovascular problems, and also evidence that exposure to good or bad ideas about aging affects people's capacities. Even minor or subliminal exposure to positive or negative views of aging causes measureable ( Read more... )

http://studiodaily.com/main/searchlist/6850.html is a gorgeous animation about what goes on in cells.

Link thanks to bruceb.

NonOBSF: _A Wind in the Door_ by Madeline L'Engle, which is as far as I know the only sf where much of the story takes place on the cellular level.

Here's an article about recent research. Lots about intestinal microbes and how they affect digestive efficiency and plenty about possible viral involvement in some people's obesity. The viral one is interesting--if it causes fat accumulation but low blood cholesterol, does that lower the risk of heart disease?

Here's my previous post on alternate ( Read more... )

Big bloops from unknown creatures in the ocean. It probably isn't giant squid--they don't have gas bladders, or at least squid generally don't.

Links found at bbaugh.

a little physics on the subject