Science headlines below the fold

We don't need male birth control...just tell him to use his laptop. this is the temperature paradox: if the testes are kept warm, they don't make sperm. So hot tubs are a no no too...
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podcast of the week: Astronomycast discusses fusion.

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Mark Vonnegut, son of the writer, had a psychotic break as a teenager. Back then the story was that he was schizophrenic and/or drug related psychosis (or bipolar disease with psychosis?), but he has since recovered and became a doctor.

Podcast on his new autobiography HERE.
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Simon Winchester discusses his books at the Free Library podcast.
he is a good writer, and it's not his fault that the subject of one of his books was not just a brilliant professor but a sociopathic sexual predator and leftist dupe of Mao.
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Did you know that the Vikings founded Russia? IOT podcast HERE.

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another adult stem cell breakthrough:

Human induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells derived from patients with Rett syndrome allow researchers to replicate autism in the lab and study the molecular pathogenesis of the disease. (Credit: Illustration courtesy of Jamie Simon, Salk Institute for Biological Studies)

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Copper or Plastic? The problem with pipes.
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This is a family oriented blog, but this proves that some males do have larger youknowwhats than brains.

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