Can science help cooks evolve? Gastronomy gets molecular at Harvard
That great scientific debate – how to cook a turkey – came to Harvard last week in honor of Thanksgiving. Read more
Scientific events in Boston and Cambridge, Nov 28-Dec.4
Lots going on this week. We’ll be heading over to the AIDS @ 30 event as part of our focus on viruses this week. Also note a major lung cancer conference and a memoir reading by former Harvard Med Dean Joseph Martin. Read more
Harvard “Innovation Lab” opens
A Globe staff editorial ($) congratulates Harvard on the opening of its Innovation Lab in the old public television studieo in Allston. Read more
Science and the 99%: Why some area researchers support Occupy Boston
MIT biologist Jonathan King doesn’t need to look too far to find the influence of the so-called “1%” on the nation’s scientific agenda. The newest, flashiest building on campus is the “David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research,” named for the conservative activist and MIT alum who made his millions in oil, gas and industrial chemicals. Read more
MIT museum’s FAT Friday and more scientific events for a short week
A quiet week until Friday. Read more
Activists and renegade MIT hacker indicted for electronic B&E
My local paper has the scoop on Aaron Swartz. Read more
Who needs a PR team? TV news hypes Brigham stem cell study
Researchers, including a team from The Brigham and Women’s Hosptial, got some help hyping a very preliminary study on cardiac stem cells presented at the ongoing American Heart Association Meeting. Read more
Can the Terriers top Harvard in the lab to win the college inventors prize?
In the opening scene of the movie “The Social Network,” the Mark Zuckerberg character tell his soon-to-be-ex girlfriend that she doesn’t need to get home to study. Why? You go to BU, the socially-inept Harvard lad tells her. Read more
Tracking Boston research at the ongoing heart meeting
CardioBrief offers reliable reporting from the American Heart Association meeting. Read more
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