“A key question for us is ‘where has all the Australian poo gone?’”
Alan Cooper, director of the Australian Centre for Ancient DNA, discusses research on faeces from giant extinct birds (University of Adelaide ).
“I almost fell off my chair. I could not believe what I was seeing.”
John Coates, of the University of Cambridge, departs from the traditional cry of ‘eureka’ upon discovering financial traders with shorter ring fingers seem to lose the most money (ScienceNow).
“They’re a complete mystery to me. I think they must divide their minds.”
Atheist-du-jour Richard Dawkins talks to the LA Times about religious scientists, and other things.
Rick Doblin, president of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, wants to grow marijuana for medical research in Massachusetts, and he isn’t planning on letting the DEA stop him (Boston Globe).