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2009-2013</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/obituary_kepler_spacecraft_8220planet_hunter8221</link> <description>In this guest post, freelance journalist Eric Buckler sends off our first plan...</description> <pubDate>Fri, 23 Aug 2013 15:20:34 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/obituary_kepler_spacecraft_8220planet_hunter8221</guid> <dc:date>2013-08-23T15:20:34Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>The Poets of Starlight</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/the_poets_of_starlight</link> <description>This is a guest post by Robin George Andrews , a British PhD in volcanology. ...</description> <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jul 2013 18:53:02 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/the_poets_of_starlight</guid> <dc:date>2013-07-26T18:53:02Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Socks, the Doctor and the End of the Universe</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/socks_the_doctor_and_the</link> <description>This is a guest post by Robin George Andrews , a British PhD in volcanology. ...</description> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jul 2013 16:21:59 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/socks_the_doctor_and_the</guid> <dc:date>2013-07-10T16:21:59Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Poo Transplants: Sniffing Out the Story</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/poo_transplants_sniffing_out_the</link> <description>In this guest post for Student Voices , PhD student Andrew Swale explains how a...</description> <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:48:47 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/poo_transplants_sniffing_out_the</guid> <dc:date>2013-06-18T20:48:47Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>We&amp;#8217;re Launching Ten New Blogs and One New Forum This Week!</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/we8217re_launching_ten_new_blogs</link> <description>We've been hinting at this for the past couple of weeks so we're reall...</description> <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 10:27:18 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/we8217re_launching_ten_new_blogs</guid> <dc:date>2013-05-23T10:27:18Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Misophonia: Enraged by Everyday Sounds</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/misophonia_enraged_by_everyday_sounds</link> <description>Scitable is launching more than ten new blogs covering a &#xD; wide range of topics...</description> <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 14:17:55 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/misophonia_enraged_by_everyday_sounds</guid> <dc:date>2013-05-16T14:17:55Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Male Black Widows Sniff Out Femme Fatales</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/male_black_widows_sniff_out</link> <description>Scitable is launching more than ten new blogs covering a wide range of topics i...</description> <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 15:50:07 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/male_black_widows_sniff_out</guid> <dc:date>2013-05-14T15:50:07Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>The Science of Earth and the Human Policies that Change It</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/the_science_of_earth_and</link> <description>Scitable is launching more than ten new blogs covering a wide range of topics ...</description> <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 17:55:39 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/the_science_of_earth_and</guid> <dc:date>2013-05-13T17:55:39Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Dream Catcher: The Neuroscience Behind Decoding Dreams</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/dream_catcher_the_neuroscience_behind</link> <description>Scitable is launching more than ten new blogs covering a wide range of topics ...</description> <pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 21:34:16 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/dream_catcher_the_neuroscience_behind</guid> <dc:date>2013-05-08T21:34:16Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>If Your Head Is In the Clouds At Least It Won't Get Wet</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/if_your_head_is_in</link> <description>When you're flying, you see more of the world. You see the shimmer of lakes and ...</description> <pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 05:41:58 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/if_your_head_is_in</guid> <dc:date>2013-02-04T05:41:58Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>The Foundation of Cosmetics</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/the_foundation_of_cosmetics</link> <description>Guest Post by Fabiha Anwar There's always that one frustrating page in a boo...</description> <pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2012 14:17:54 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/the_foundation_of_cosmetics</guid> <dc:date>2012-10-11T14:17:54Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>#30DayGreen Day 19: Synthetic Meat</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/30daygreen_day_19_synthetic_meat</link> <description>How synthetic meat is revolutionizing the food industry Guest Post by Noby ...</description> <pubDate>Sat, 06 Oct 2012 00:44:51 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/30daygreen_day_19_synthetic_meat</guid> <dc:date>2012-10-06T00:44:51Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>#30DayGreen Day 12: Hard Times</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/30daygreen_day_12_hard_times</link> <description>#30DayGreen is well afoot at this point. We are going recycling-crazy! My ...</description> <pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2012 05:18:39 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/30daygreen_day_12_hard_times</guid> <dc:date>2012-09-28T05:18:39Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>#30DayGreen Day 8: Green Bathroom</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/30daygreen_day_8_green_bathroom</link> <description>Today's #30DayGreen Post by Audrey Richard. [ Disclaimer: I am not affili...</description> <pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2012 01:01:02 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/30daygreen_day_8_green_bathroom</guid> <dc:date>2012-09-25T01:01:02Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>#30DayGreen Day 5: Recycling Right</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/30daygreen_day_5_recycling_right</link> <description>by Shimi Rii The fact that I study the ocean doesn't mean that I consider m...</description> <pubDate>Sun, 23 Sep 2012 04:18:01 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/30daygreen_day_5_recycling_right</guid> <dc:date>2012-09-23T04:18:01Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>#30DayGreen Day 3: Carnivores</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/30daygreen_day_3_carnivores</link> <description>#30DayGreen by Paige Brown LSU's Mike the Tiger loves meat. As a matter of...</description> <pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2012 19:05:40 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/30daygreen_day_3_carnivores</guid> <dc:date>2012-09-20T19:05:40Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>The Designer's Detritus: ENCODE, Junk DNA, and Intelligent Design Creationists</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/the_designers_detritus_encode_junk</link> <description>Where to start? It's unlikely that you've missed any of the extensive media cove...</description> <pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2012 17:37:35 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/the_designers_detritus_encode_junk</guid> <dc:date>2012-09-20T17:37:35Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>#30DayGreen Day 2. Talking Rubbish: The Indian Scenario</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/30daygreen_day_2</link> <description>Our #30DayGreen Day 2 post comes from Kaustubh Anand, stardustinacosmicteacup.wo...</description> <pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2012 04:46:24 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/30daygreen_day_2</guid> <dc:date>2012-09-19T04:46:24Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>30 Days of Green: Day 1</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/30_days_of_green_day</link> <description>Scitable's #30DayGreen challenge started today, Monday September 17 th ! Scita...</description> <pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2012 01:24:58 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/30_days_of_green_day</guid> <dc:date>2012-09-18T01:24:58Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>#30DayGreen: A Scitable Recycling Challenge</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/30daygreen_a_scitable_recycling_challenge</link> <description>Take the Challenge. Starting next Monday, September 17 th , we are asking our...</description> <pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2012 14:30:49 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/30daygreen_a_scitable_recycling_challenge</guid> <dc:date>2012-09-10T14:30:49Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>How We Represent Risk Isn't Helping Medical Screening (And How To Change It)</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/how_we_represent_risk_isnt</link> <description>Every decision that we make has an inherent element of risk to it. Eve...</description> <pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2012 14:31:32 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/how_we_represent_risk_isnt</guid> <dc:date>2012-08-30T14:31:32Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>An Ecology of Houses</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/an_ecology_of_houses</link> <description>Guest blog post by Kevin Burke. When I think of nature, I conjure up an image...</description> <pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2012 20:25:28 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/an_ecology_of_houses</guid> <dc:date>2012-08-21T20:25:28Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Occupy ALOHA 2012: A tribute to Bob Dylan</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/occupy_aloha_2012_a_tribute</link> <description>Guest blog post by Shimi Rii. This is not really about the public outrage...</description> <pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2012 19:03:07 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/occupy_aloha_2012_a_tribute</guid> <dc:date>2012-08-10T19:03:07Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Once upon a time: The possible story of viruses</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/once_upon_a_time_the</link> <description>Thursday 26 th July saw the launch of SciLogs.com , a new English language...</description> <pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2012 19:48:25 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/once_upon_a_time_the</guid> <dc:date>2012-08-01T19:48:25Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Skepticism And The Second Enlightenment</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/skepticism_and_the_second_enlightenment</link> <description>Guest post by Kyle Hill Thursday 26 th July saw the launch of SciLogs.com ...</description> <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2012 18:56:23 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/skepticism_and_the_second_enlightenment</guid> <dc:date>2012-07-26T18:56:23Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Of (misplaced) Pride and (everlasting) Prejudice</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/of_misplaced_pride_and_everlasting</link> <description>In the kingdom of the blind to science, the one&amp;#8209;eyed scientist might not be king...</description> <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2012 03:55:02 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/of_misplaced_pride_and_everlasting</guid> <dc:date>2012-07-20T03:55:02Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>How About That Cup Of Coffee?</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/how_about_that_cup_of</link> <description>Guest blog post by Rachael Bloom . Confession time: I have all of these grand i...</description> <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2012 14:39:24 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/how_about_that_cup_of</guid> <dc:date>2012-07-13T14:39:24Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>The Great &amp;#8220;Detox&amp;#8221; Deception</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/the_great_8220detox8221_deception</link> <description>Guest blog post by Kyle Hill . Perhaps it is a product of the "green/natural/o...</description> <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2012 16:06:07 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/the_great_8220detox8221_deception</guid> <dc:date>2012-07-10T16:06:07Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Painless Injections</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/painless_injections</link> <description>Blog post by Tianyou Xu. Remember this scene from the 2006 film Casino Roya...</description> <pubDate>Sun, 08 Jul 2012 06:18:19 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/painless_injections</guid> <dc:date>2012-07-08T06:18:19Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Why walk when you can jump?</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/why_walk_when_you_can</link> <description>Guest blog post by Donna Belder. She is a fourth year undergraduate science stud...</description> <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2012 13:55:11 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/why_walk_when_you_can</guid> <dc:date>2012-06-29T13:55:11Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>To be or not to be good science</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/to_be_or_not_to</link> <description>14.00 &#xD; &#xD; &#xD; &#xD; &#xD; 800x600 &#xD; &#xD; &#xD; &#xD; Normal &#xD; 0 &#xD; &#xD; ...</description> <pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2012 16:35:07 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/to_be_or_not_to</guid> <dc:date>2012-06-21T16:35:07Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Cell Phones and Health Hazards: Mythbusting in Science</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/cell_phones_and_health_hazards</link> <description>Guest Post by Kyle Hill I'm sure that just about everyone you know has...</description> <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 20:54:45 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/cell_phones_and_health_hazards</guid> <dc:date>2012-06-12T20:54:45Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>What Statistics Can Teach Us About History (and how not to be afraid of math in a paper)</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/what_statistics_can_teach_us</link> <description>Guest blog post by Rachael Bloom. If you're like me, you may have made it t...</description> <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2012 16:45:40 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/what_statistics_can_teach_us</guid> <dc:date>2012-06-04T16:45:40Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>I'm not a speciesist, but...</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/im_not_a_speciesist_but</link> <description>Is it a paradox to hate your own species? Is such a feeling the product of a br...</description> <pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2012 14:55:11 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/im_not_a_speciesist_but</guid> <dc:date>2012-06-01T14:55:11Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>How Whales Fly?</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/how_whales_fly</link> <description>Post by Doaa Tawfik What do you think is the direct connection between a wha...</description> <pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 03:11:01 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/how_whales_fly</guid> <dc:date>2012-05-08T03:11:01Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>A Case for Oral Contraceptives</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/a_case_for_oral_contraceptives</link> <description>Oral contraceptives (OCPs) have been available since the late 1950s, yet arguabl...</description> <pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 02:26:05 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/a_case_for_oral_contraceptives</guid> <dc:date>2012-04-29T02:26:05Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Managing views and expectations in science</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/managing_expectations_and_views_in</link> <description>Not surprisingly, the March 1 st issue of Nature Outlook titled "Lenses on Biol...</description> <pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2012 03:49:47 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/managing_expectations_and_views_in</guid> <dc:date>2012-03-18T03:49:47Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>A Peek on &amp;#8220;Lenses on Biology&amp;#8221;</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/a_peek_on_8220lenses_on</link> <description>A Review By Doaa Tawfik I would like to talk about the newest edition...</description> <pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 18:49:53 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/a_peek_on_8220lenses_on</guid> <dc:date>2012-03-05T18:49:53Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>The messenger goddess of exercise</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/the_messenger_goddess_of_exercise</link> <description>Regular physical activity has long been touted as a staple of good health. Exerc...</description> <pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:52:44 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/the_messenger_goddess_of_exercise</guid> <dc:date>2012-02-23T06:52:44Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Preparing for the pandemic</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/preparing_for_the_pandemic</link> <description>Is some research too dangerous to be published? Lab-made strains of bird flu hav...</description> <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:31:16 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/preparing_for_the_pandemic</guid> <dc:date>2012-02-01T15:31:16Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Veggie Tales and the Environment</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/veggie_tales</link> <description>I am a bandwagon fanatic. Not because I am a fan of bandwagons, but because&#xD; I ...</description> <pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 22:50:45 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/veggie_tales</guid> <dc:date>2011-12-16T22:50:45Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Do Our Brains Determine Our Facebook Friend Count?</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/do_our_brains_determine_our</link> <description>Guest Post by Ian Fyfe, originally posted on his own blog . The amount of ...</description> <pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 04:00:51 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/do_our_brains_determine_our</guid> <dc:date>2011-11-29T04:00:51Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Flying Frogs</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/flying_frogs</link> <description>Exceptional frog leaps fit for David Attenborough nature documentaries are not a...</description> <pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:11:40 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/flying_frogs</guid> <dc:date>2011-11-28T15:11:40Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>A Closer Look at Quantum Levitation</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/a_closer_look_at_quantum</link> <description>A post by Tianyou Xu A few weeks ago at the ASTC (Association of Science-Tec...</description> <pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:56:55 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/a_closer_look_at_quantum</guid> <dc:date>2011-11-09T16:56:55Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Shortcuts for supercentenarians</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/shortcuts_for_supercentenarians</link> <description>The aging process is complex and multifaceted, but slowing it may be easier than...</description> <pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 18:10:33 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/shortcuts_for_supercentenarians</guid> <dc:date>2011-10-26T18:10:33Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Reconstructing the Mind's Eye</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/reconstructing_the_minds_eye</link> <description>Guest blog post by Simon. Simon contributes to the neurobonkers.com blog w...</description> <pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 18:01:47 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/reconstructing_the_minds_eye</guid> <dc:date>2011-10-05T18:01:47Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Peptic Ulcers and a Nobel Prize</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/one_mans_peptic_ulcer_earns</link> <description>A guest post by Eric Sawyer. Also check out Eric's own Scitable blog, Bio 2.0...</description> <pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 02:53:12 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/one_mans_peptic_ulcer_earns</guid> <dc:date>2011-10-04T02:53:12Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Genetic Algorithms: Harnessing Natural Selection</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/genetic_algorithms</link> <description>A guest post by Eric Sawyer. Also check out Eric's own Scitable blog, Bio 2.0. ...</description> <pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 21:06:54 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/genetic_algorithms</guid> <dc:date>2011-09-15T21:06:54Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Spore Ballistics</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/spore_ballistics</link> <description>Post by Tianyou Xu To be crowned as "the fastest thing alive" has been a title...</description> <pubDate>Sat, 10 Sep 2011 06:08:56 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/spore_ballistics</guid> <dc:date>2011-09-10T06:08:56Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Chasing Earthquakes</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/chasing_earthquakes</link> <description>It is a little ironic that I was on the phone with California when the 5.8 magni...</description> <pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 03:35:04 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/chasing_earthquakes</guid> <dc:date>2011-09-05T03:35:04Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Earthquakes and Social Media</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/earthquakes_and_social_media</link> <description>A Guest Post by Eric Sawyer As an honorary east-coaster (I'm from Missou...</description> <pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 04:38:29 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/earthquakes_and_social_media</guid> <dc:date>2011-09-02T04:38:29Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Artificial Photosynthesis: Adapting Nature&amp;#8217;s Energy Production for Our Own</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/artificial_photosynthesis_adapting_nature8217s_energy</link> <description>During our generation and after, the issue of energy sustainability will be of p...</description> <pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 16:13:49 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/artificial_photosynthesis_adapting_nature8217s_energy</guid> <dc:date>2011-08-23T16:13:49Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Butterflies Prevent Forgery?</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/butterflies_prevent_forgery</link> <description>The iridescence seen in butterflies and other animals is, without a doubt, one o...</description> <pubDate>Sun, 21 Aug 2011 05:22:51 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/butterflies_prevent_forgery</guid> <dc:date>2011-08-21T05:22:51Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Fluid Dynamics from Felis catus</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/fluid_dynamics_from_felis_catus</link> <description>This biomimicry-themed blog post is brought to us by guest blogger Tianyou Xu, a...</description> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 03:57:06 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/fluid_dynamics_from_felis_catus</guid> <dc:date>2011-08-10T03:57:06Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Keeping Cool with Biomimicry</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/keeping_cool_with_biomimicry</link> <description>Last month a sweltering heat wave hit the US, with national temperatures rising ...</description> <pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 01:44:13 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/keeping_cool_with_biomimicry</guid> <dc:date>2011-08-09T01:44:13Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>The Age of Mind-Controlled Computers</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/the_age_of_mindcontrolled_computers</link> <description>A guest post from new blogger Simon Oxenham. Help me to welcome Simon onto SV! ...</description> <pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 20:54:01 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/the_age_of_mindcontrolled_computers</guid> <dc:date>2011-08-04T20:54:01Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>In athletics, a technological arms race</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/in_athletics_a_technological_arms</link> <description>Professional athletes will do whatever it takes to get the edge over their compe...</description> <pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:58:15 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/in_athletics_a_technological_arms</guid> <dc:date>2011-08-04T14:58:15Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Getting in Shape to Go into Space</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/getting_shape_to_go_into</link> <description>Astronauts have to be the fittest and healthiest they can be in order to endur...</description> <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 14:43:30 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/getting_shape_to_go_into</guid> <dc:date>2011-07-12T14:43:30Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Of Biomimicry and Learning From Ants</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/of_biomimicry_and_learning_from</link> <description>Biomimicry , a term originating from the word roots bios (life), and mimesis ...</description> <pubDate>Sat, 09 Jul 2011 01:06:32 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/of_biomimicry_and_learning_from</guid> <dc:date>2011-07-09T01:06:32Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Of Love Handles and Losing Weight</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/of_love_handles_and_losing</link> <description>Summer is officially here, which means warm days at the beach, two-piece bathing...</description> <pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 13:29:29 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/of_love_handles_and_losing</guid> <dc:date>2011-07-07T13:29:29Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Guest Post: Synthetic Biology Gets More Digital</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/guest_post_synthetic_biology_gets</link> <description>Can you imagine living cells using digital signals? A recent report from a team ...</description> <pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 02:44:59 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/guest_post_synthetic_biology_gets</guid> <dc:date>2011-06-28T02:44:59Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Inspirational Research Has Re-opened My Eyes</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/inspirational_research_has_reopened_my</link> <description>In the midst of my day-to-day research &amp;#8212; generally transferring small amounts of...</description> <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 20:43:42 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/inspirational_research_has_reopened_my</guid> <dc:date>2011-06-24T20:43:42Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Smelly Hangups for Mosquitoes... and Bedbugs?</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/smelly_hangups_for_mosquitoes_and</link> <description>It works against mosquitoes... can it work against bedbugs? A study in Nat...</description> <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 15:55:02 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/smelly_hangups_for_mosquitoes_and</guid> <dc:date>2011-06-17T15:55:02Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>To Use or Not to Use: Cellphones and Health</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/to_use_or_not_to</link> <description>In Egypt, moms tend to have two very special traits: being overprotective and be...</description> <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 20:33:46 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/to_use_or_not_to</guid> <dc:date>2011-06-10T20:33:46Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Nutrition Guidelines: From Pyramid to &amp;#8216;Pie&amp;#8217;</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/nutrition_guidelines_from_pyramid_to</link> <description>Last week, on Thursday morning, MyPlate arrived on the table, the United States ...</description> <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 17:00:33 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/nutrition_guidelines_from_pyramid_to</guid> <dc:date>2011-06-09T17:00:33Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Gas Hub Threatens Dinosaur Footprints</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/gas_hub_threatens_dinosaur_footprints</link> <description>Broome, Western Australia. It's home to fabulous Cable Beach, a seemingly endl...</description> <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 18:53:29 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/gas_hub_threatens_dinosaur_footprints</guid> <dc:date>2011-06-02T18:53:29Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>An X-Ray of the Sky</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/an_xray_of_the_sky</link> <description>When you look up at the night sky, you're only seeing a tiny percentage of the l...</description> <pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 18:45:44 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/an_xray_of_the_sky</guid> <dc:date>2011-05-26T18:45:44Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>What Google's Chromebook Means To Education</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/what_googles_chromebook_means_to</link> <description>Last week Google announced the impending launch of its laptop . In one month's...</description> <pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 16:00:17 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/what_googles_chromebook_means_to</guid> <dc:date>2011-05-16T16:00:17Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Richard Branson: Noble Conservationist or Meddling Entrepreneur?</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/richard_branson_noble_conservationist_or</link> <description>The interest of Sir Richard Branson , chairman of Virgin Group , seems to have...</description> <pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 15:40:56 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/richard_branson_noble_conservationist_or</guid> <dc:date>2011-04-26T15:40:56Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>New Particle Could Signal End of Standard Model</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/a_new_particle_could_spell</link> <description>There has been a lot of excitement in the particle physics world lately. Tevatr...</description> <pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 18:33:53 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/a_new_particle_could_spell</guid> <dc:date>2011-04-21T18:33:53Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Melbourne Says No to Medical Research Funding Cuts</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/melbourne_says_no_to_medical</link> <description>The day didn't start off too great here in Melbourne. It was raining and cold th...</description> <pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 13:32:47 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/melbourne_says_no_to_medical</guid> <dc:date>2011-04-12T13:32:47Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Some Like It Very, Very Hot</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/some_like_it_very_very</link> <description>Organisms living in habitats that no sane person would call comfortable have fas...</description> <pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 15:20:38 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/some_like_it_very_very</guid> <dc:date>2011-03-31T15:20:38Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Big Crayfish Could Be Key to Population Stability</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/big_crayfish_could_be_key</link> <description>Any respectable Cajun restaurant in the United States serves crayfish (although ...</description> <pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 14:15:39 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/big_crayfish_could_be_key</guid> <dc:date>2011-03-29T14:15:39Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Left-Hand Man</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/lefthand_man</link> <description>Recently, I watched The King's Speech , the Academy Award-winning biopic starri...</description> <pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 16:01:30 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/lefthand_man</guid> <dc:date>2011-03-24T16:01:30Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>The Unchanging Face of Drug Discovery</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/the_unchanging_face_of_drug</link> <description>Big pharma has seen better days. Pfizer recently closed its research site in Ken...</description> <pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 20:51:30 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/the_unchanging_face_of_drug</guid> <dc:date>2011-03-22T20:51:30Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>The Rise and Fall of Helium</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/the_rise_and_fall_of</link> <description>The news is awash with reports of our decreasing natural resources. We&amp;#8217;re runnin...</description> <pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 20:32:19 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/the_rise_and_fall_of</guid> <dc:date>2011-03-17T20:32:19Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>The Sound of Epigenetics</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/the_sound_of_epigenetics</link> <description>A discussion of nature versus nurture wouldn&amp;#8217;t be complete without an explanatio...</description> <pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 15:30:24 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/the_sound_of_epigenetics</guid> <dc:date>2011-03-16T15:30:24Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>The False Dichotomy Of the Nature-Nurture Debate</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/the_false_dichotomy_of_the</link> <description>Every few months, scientific press releases with headlines more eye-catching tha...</description> <pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 18:53:38 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/the_false_dichotomy_of_the</guid> <dc:date>2011-03-15T18:53:38Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>The Tangle of the Nature-Nurture Debate</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/the_tangle_of_the_naturenurture</link> <description>Nature and nurture. We hear the phrase over and over and take as self-evident th...</description> <pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 15:59:18 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/the_tangle_of_the_naturenurture</guid> <dc:date>2011-03-10T15:59:18Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Rave Culture: Correlation Doesn't Equal Causation</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/rave_culture_correlation_doesnt_equal</link> <description>Synonymous with techno music, empathic love-ins and undue levels of affection, e...</description> <pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2011 21:39:32 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/rave_culture_correlation_doesnt_equal</guid> <dc:date>2011-03-08T21:39:32Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>The End of the Shuttle Era</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/the_end_of_the_shuttle</link> <description>Discovery, one of the NASA space shuttles, was launched for the final time on Fe...</description> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 15:17:17 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/the_end_of_the_shuttle</guid> <dc:date>2011-03-03T15:17:17Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>The Cocaine Vaccine</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/the_cocaine_vaccine</link> <description>You may have heard about the MMR vaccine or the polio vaccine. But have you hear...</description> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 17:06:26 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/the_cocaine_vaccine</guid> <dc:date>2011-03-01T17:06:26Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Engineering Solar Bacteria</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/engineering_solar_bacteria</link> <description>Wouldn't life be so much easier if we didn't have to regularly eat food, absorbi...</description> <pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 01:33:40 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/engineering_solar_bacteria</guid> <dc:date>2011-02-16T01:33:40Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>The Importance of Translation</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/the_importance_of_translation</link> <description>Richard Feynman is one of the most quoted figures in physics. Quotes like "Scie...</description> <pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 13:30:03 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/the_importance_of_translation</guid> <dc:date>2011-02-10T13:30:03Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Guest Post: The World Through Wired Eyes</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/guest_post_the_world_through</link> <description>If any masthead defines the culture of tech-geek-cool, it's Wired . For the s...</description> <pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 21:41:24 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/guest_post_the_world_through</guid> <dc:date>2011-02-08T21:41:24Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Earth Calling Space</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/earth_calling_space</link> <description>Smartphones pack a lot more punch than their predecessors used to. Gone are the ...</description> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 18:55:00 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/earth_calling_space</guid> <dc:date>2011-02-03T18:55:00Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Pandas Need More Than Just Shoots and Leaves</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/beyond_bamboo_pandas_need_more</link> <description>Pandas eat bamboo. Duh, you say, that's something everyone knows. The giant fl...</description> <pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 18:01:09 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/beyond_bamboo_pandas_need_more</guid> <dc:date>2011-01-28T18:01:09Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Blaming Ourselves</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/blaming_ourselves</link> <description>Andrew Wakefield, a former British surgeon and medical researcher, was recently ...</description> <pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 21:39:45 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/blaming_ourselves</guid> <dc:date>2011-01-25T21:39:45Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Still Don't Drink the Water?</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/still_dont_drink_the_water</link> <description>During our water series last year, Student Voices bloggers wrote about World ...</description> <pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 20:09:28 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/still_dont_drink_the_water</guid> <dc:date>2011-01-20T20:09:28Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>The Forgotten Fathers</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/the_forgotten_fathers</link> <description>Recently, Yale law professor Amy Chua published an article in the Wall Street J...</description> <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 16:13:10 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/the_forgotten_fathers</guid> <dc:date>2011-01-18T16:13:10Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Not Mentally Crazy</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/not_mentally_crazy</link> <description>The shooting in Arizona on Saturday that killed six people, including a nine-yea...</description> <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 13:45:55 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/not_mentally_crazy</guid> <dc:date>2011-01-11T13:45:55Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Storytime</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/storytime</link> <description>I'm always a fan of didactic pieces, and this time I thought I'd come out of blo...</description> <pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 16:27:20 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/storytime</guid> <dc:date>2011-01-04T16:27:20Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Artificial Human Ovary</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/artificial_human_ovary</link> <description>New technologies always fascinate me. But it's not often you read about somethi...</description> <pubDate>Wed, 29 Dec 2010 02:20:58 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/artificial_human_ovary</guid> <dc:date>2010-12-29T02:20:58Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>The Debate Around IVF</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/ivf_why_were_making_the</link> <description>One of the nice things about being a graduate is that your old university likes ...</description> <pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2010 14:45:30 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/ivf_why_were_making_the</guid> <dc:date>2010-12-21T14:45:30Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Guest Post: Engineering the Science of Today</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/guest_post_engineering_the_science</link> <description>I've been a regular reader of Student Voices for a while now and I'm fascinate...</description> <pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2010 20:56:16 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/guest_post_engineering_the_science</guid> <dc:date>2010-12-17T20:56:16Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Such Great Heights</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/such_great_heights</link> <description>Upon graduating college last year, I was awarded a traveling fellowship that off...</description> <pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 15:17:13 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/such_great_heights</guid> <dc:date>2010-12-14T15:17:13Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Pregnant While Already Pregnant</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/pregnant_while_already_pregnant</link> <description>Ladies, lo and behold, here come the super-mothers! A study recently published i...</description> <pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 14:21:19 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/pregnant_while_already_pregnant</guid> <dc:date>2010-12-07T14:21:19Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Barcoding Guts</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/barcoding_guts</link> <description>The European eel is one slippery invertebrate &amp;#8212; not just physically, but scien...</description> <pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 14:04:34 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/barcoding_guts</guid> <dc:date>2010-12-03T14:04:34Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Genomic Sequencing and Information Bottleneck</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/the_age_of_genomic_sequencing</link> <description>As of now, we have 1,349 microbial and 40 eukaryotic genomes completely sequence...</description> <pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 18:51:48 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/the_age_of_genomic_sequencing</guid> <dc:date>2010-11-30T18:51:48Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>An Interview with Melinda Wenner Moyer</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/interviewing_science_writers_melinda_wenner</link> <description>Melinda is a freelance science writer based in Brooklyn, New York. She has writt...</description> <pubDate>Thu, 25 Nov 2010 16:24:46 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/interviewing_science_writers_melinda_wenner</guid> <dc:date>2010-11-25T16:24:46Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Guest Post: A Year in Neuroscience</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/guest_post_a_year_in</link> <description>Studying the mammalian brain system was never part of my so-called "academic pla...</description> <pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 20:24:32 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/guest_post_a_year_in</guid> <dc:date>2010-11-22T20:24:32Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Lessons from the Dam</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/dam</link> <description>The toxic spill in Hungary on October 4th, 2010 was a catastrophe of devastatin...</description> <pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 14:11:26 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/dam</guid> <dc:date>2010-11-18T14:11:26Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>An Interview with Ferris Jabr</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/interviewing_science_writers_ferris_jabr</link> <description>Ferris Jabr is a writer and journalist currently based in New York City. He is e...</description> <pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2010 15:38:01 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/interviewing_science_writers_ferris_jabr</guid> <dc:date>2010-11-16T15:38:01Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>The Architecture of Choice</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/the_architecture_of_choice</link> <description>How on Earth are we going to get Johnny to eat his veggies? With behavioral psyc...</description> <pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 13:44:30 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/the_architecture_of_choice</guid> <dc:date>2010-11-11T13:44:30Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Guest Post: Learning from the Luminaries</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/guest_post_learning_from_the</link> <description>This weekend, New Haven, Connecticut, glowed with the wordy and nerdy luminaries...</description> <pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 16:36:14 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/guest_post_learning_from_the</guid> <dc:date>2010-11-09T16:36:14Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Cracking the Turing Test</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/turing_test_cracked_by_a</link> <description>In 1950, the mathematician Alan Turing wrote a paper entitled "Computing Machine...</description> <pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2010 18:25:27 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/turing_test_cracked_by_a</guid> <dc:date>2010-11-04T18:25:27Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Can miRNA Cure Cocaine Addiction?</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/can_microrna_cure_cocaine_addiction</link> <description>My only experience with cocaine has been through watching episodes of The Wire ...</description> <pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 13:56:46 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/can_microrna_cure_cocaine_addiction</guid> <dc:date>2010-11-02T13:56:46Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>If You're Reading This, You're Probably Weird</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/if_youre_reading_this_youre</link> <description>What do I mean by weird? Put simply, Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich and...</description> <pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 19:23:16 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/if_youre_reading_this_youre</guid> <dc:date>2010-10-28T19:23:16Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Lindau Meetings: Hamilton Smith on Miniature Robots</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/lindau_meetings_hamilton_smith_on</link> <description>A good brain has a long shelf life. Hamilton Smith is one of the brains behind J...</description> <pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:09:19 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/lindau_meetings_hamilton_smith_on</guid> <dc:date>2010-10-26T17:09:19Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Lindau Meetings: Francoise Barre-Sinoussi on the HIV pandemic</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/lindau_meetings_francoise_barresinoussi_on</link> <description>A Frenchwoman talking about sex education? Didn't take much for me to click "p...</description> <pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:08:15 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/lindau_meetings_francoise_barresinoussi_on</guid> <dc:date>2010-10-26T17:08:15Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>World Statistics Day</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/world_statistics_day</link> <description>Did you know that 20 th October 2010 or 20.10 2010 is World Statistics Day , a...</description> <pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2010 14:46:47 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/world_statistics_day</guid> <dc:date>2010-10-20T14:46:47Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>The Golgi Apparatus</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/the_golgi_apparatus</link> <description>And now, a Petrarchan sonnet: In eighteen ninety-seven, Golgi saw A strang...</description> <pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 16:32:32 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/the_golgi_apparatus</guid> <dc:date>2010-10-15T16:32:32Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Lindau Meetings: Jack Szostak on the Origin of Life</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/lindau_meetings_jack_szostak_on</link> <description>There's a big bonus in this video: an &amp;#224;-la-Star-Wars animation of the 1980s show...</description> <pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2010 17:26:02 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/lindau_meetings_jack_szostak_on</guid> <dc:date>2010-10-12T17:26:02Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Mighty Mitochondria</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/mighty_mitochondria</link> <description>I haven't always loved mitochondria. There was once a time, specifically the we...</description> <pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 18:38:55 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/mighty_mitochondria</guid> <dc:date>2010-10-07T18:38:55Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Lindau Meetings: Tim Hunt on Systems Biology</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/lindau_meetings_the_systems_skeptic</link> <description>As I'm typing this blog post, the 2010 Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology ha...</description> <pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 16:44:06 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/lindau_meetings_the_systems_skeptic</guid> <dc:date>2010-10-04T16:44:06Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>A Long Wait in the Que</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/a_long_wait_in_the</link> <description>Possibly the question that the average physicist dislikes the most is "so what's...</description> <pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 14:12:43 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/a_long_wait_in_the</guid> <dc:date>2010-10-01T14:12:43Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>My ER Play</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/organelle_series_my_er_play</link> <description>Ever since I was nine, the endoplasmic reticulum has been my favourite organelle...</description> <pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 12:34:56 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/organelle_series_my_er_play</guid> <dc:date>2010-09-27T12:34:56Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Cell Bio at Scitable is Coming!</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/cell_bio_at_scitable_is</link> <description>When I joined Student Voices a little more than a year ago, Scitable covered a l...</description> <pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2010 12:32:07 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/cell_bio_at_scitable_is</guid> <dc:date>2010-09-21T12:32:07Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Stem Cells, Please?</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/stem_cells_please</link> <description>Just as in the entertainment industry there are superstars, in research science ...</description> <pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:26:57 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/stem_cells_please</guid> <dc:date>2010-09-10T16:26:57Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>An Eye for an Eye?</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/an_eye_for_an_eye</link> <description>Curing blindness has often held a certain fascination for humankind. Mythologica...</description> <pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:22:09 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/an_eye_for_an_eye</guid> <dc:date>2010-08-30T18:22:09Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Under the Scalpel</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/under_the_scalpel</link> <description>Dissecting the lives of hospital workers and patients. &#xD; &#xD; This past Thursda...</description> <pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:01:02 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/under_the_scalpel</guid> <dc:date>2010-08-24T16:01:02Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Color and Depression in the Eye of the Beholder</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/color_and_depression_in_the</link> <description>As humans we&amp;#8217;ve always had the tendency to associate specific colors with emotio...</description> <pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:13:02 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/color_and_depression_in_the</guid> <dc:date>2010-08-18T19:13:02Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Guest Post: If You Build It, They Will Come</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/guest_post_if_you_build</link> <description>Our California backyard used to be a flat, denuded expanse of hard&amp;#8208;packed soil s...</description> <pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 15:25:29 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/guest_post_if_you_build</guid> <dc:date>2010-08-10T15:25:29Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Guest Post: Assessing the Risks of Personal Genetic Testing</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/guest_post_assessing_the_risks</link> <description>Decoding the human genome in recent years has brought us closer than ever before...</description> <pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 13:37:42 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/guest_post_assessing_the_risks</guid> <dc:date>2010-08-06T13:37:42Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Guest Post: The Limits of Science in Medicine and Life</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/guest_post_the_limits_of</link> <description>I just finished an interesting book on medical ethics, Robert Martensen's A Li...</description> <pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 13:24:48 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/guest_post_the_limits_of</guid> <dc:date>2010-08-05T13:24:48Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Guest Post: Introduction to Terry</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/guest_post_introduction_to_terry</link> <description>My name's Elysa and I'm a student, blogging for a living. Literally. I also do r...</description> <pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 17:22:15 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/guest_post_introduction_to_terry</guid> <dc:date>2010-08-04T17:22:15Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>A Whiff of Bee Evolution</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/a_whiff_of_bee_evolution</link> <description>There is a whole network out there that goes undetected by our eyes, ears, or ev...</description> <pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:08:13 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/a_whiff_of_bee_evolution</guid> <dc:date>2010-07-30T13:08:13Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Naturally Obsessed: The Making of a Scientist</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/naturally_obsessed_the_making_of</link> <description>Recently, I saw a documentary entitled Naturally Obsessed: The Making of A Scie...</description> <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:11:55 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/naturally_obsessed_the_making_of</guid> <dc:date>2010-07-27T15:11:55Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>When We Share Ideas, We All Get More</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/when_we_share_ideas_we</link> <description>We're all aware of those depressing headlines that bombard us day after day &amp;#8212; &amp;#8220;C...</description> <pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:58:46 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/when_we_share_ideas_we</guid> <dc:date>2010-07-15T20:58:46Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Bee Happy?</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/bee_happy</link> <description>You may have heard the phrase "bee happy," but are bees actually happy? In recen...</description> <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:17:52 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/bee_happy</guid> <dc:date>2010-07-13T16:17:52Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Of Exams and World Cup</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/of_exams_and_world_cup</link> <description>I don't think I need to cite any Nature paper to say that nobody likes exams. ...</description> <pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 17:28:03 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/of_exams_and_world_cup</guid> <dc:date>2010-07-02T17:28:03Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Summer Science Fiction</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/summer_science_fiction</link> <description>Summer is here and with it has come a few hot months, perfect for lounging in th...</description> <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 19:26:39 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/summer_science_fiction</guid> <dc:date>2010-06-23T19:26:39Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>The Colorful Life of the Rainbow Eucalyptus</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/the_colorful_life_of_the</link> <description>Ever heard of the coveted blue rose? There's no such thing &amp;#8212; at least without so...</description> <pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 15:23:11 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/the_colorful_life_of_the</guid> <dc:date>2010-06-14T15:23:11Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Oil and Water</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/oil_and_water</link> <description>On April 20, 2010, British Petroleum (BP) &amp;#8212; a gas company and lease operator &amp;#8212; ...</description> <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 16:33:38 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/oil_and_water</guid> <dc:date>2010-06-07T16:33:38Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>A Science Student's Typical Day: Colombian Edition</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/a_science_students_typical_day</link> <description>Being a science student in Medell&amp;#237;n, Antioqu&amp;#237;a, Colombia is quite an experience...</description> <pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 18:54:32 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/a_science_students_typical_day</guid> <dc:date>2010-06-04T18:54:32Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>The Art of the Sloth</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/the_art_of_the_sloth</link> <description>Welcome to the world of the sloth! These furry folivores spend most of their day...</description> <pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 20:05:53 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/the_art_of_the_sloth</guid> <dc:date>2010-05-24T20:05:53Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Synthetic Life and Other News</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/synthetic_life_and_other_news</link> <description>News that Venter et al. have succeeded in creating the first synthetic life di...</description> <pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 18:43:26 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/synthetic_life_and_other_news</guid> <dc:date>2010-05-21T18:43:26Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Guest Post: Scary Diseases Part 3</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/guest_post_scary_diseases_part</link> <description>Can you write "sleep" and "sickness" in the same sentence and not think it's wei...</description> <pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 15:32:46 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/guest_post_scary_diseases_part</guid> <dc:date>2010-05-17T15:32:46Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Guest Post: Matt Schiller of the AMSJ</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/guest_post_matt_schiller_of</link> <description>Undergraduate medical and biomedical students: lo and behold, there is reason fo...</description> <pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 20:45:54 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/guest_post_matt_schiller_of</guid> <dc:date>2010-05-07T20:45:54Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Get Contaminated</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/get_contaminated</link> <description>It was the final practical exam in Microbiology. But the real drama happened aft...</description> <pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:41:33 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/get_contaminated</guid> <dc:date>2010-04-29T15:41:33Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Learning without Brains?</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/learning_without_brains</link> <description>When we think of learning, we usually assume the involvement of a brain or neura...</description> <pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 19:25:32 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/learning_without_brains</guid> <dc:date>2010-04-22T19:25:32Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Goes Down the Drain</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/goes_down_the_drain</link> <description>Whenever we're doing the dishes in the kitchen sink, flushing the toilet, or emp...</description> <pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 15:37:39 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/goes_down_the_drain</guid> <dc:date>2010-04-15T15:37:39Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Don't Drink The Water?</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/dont_drink_the_water</link> <description>With statesacross the United States experiencing severe budget shortfalls, repor...</description> <pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 15:29:42 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/dont_drink_the_water</guid> <dc:date>2010-04-08T15:29:42Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Deciphering Water</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/deciphering_water</link> <description>As a New England resident, I'm probably unfairly biased against water, especiall...</description> <pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 15:10:54 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/deciphering_water</guid> <dc:date>2010-04-06T15:10:54Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>The Water Series</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/the_water_series</link> <description>Life starts with water. We are 90% water. We were in a water solution while in o...</description> <pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 19:31:47 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/the_water_series</guid> <dc:date>2010-03-31T19:31:47Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Predicting Upsets</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/predicting_upsets</link> <description>In one of the first upsets of 2010's NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, Old Domin...</description> <pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:03:20 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/predicting_upsets</guid> <dc:date>2010-03-29T19:03:20Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Miraculous Miraculin</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/miraculous_miraculin</link> <description>Have you heard of miracle berries? When eaten, these almond-shaped crimson berr...</description> <pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 18:59:25 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/miraculous_miraculin</guid> <dc:date>2010-03-25T18:59:25Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>3.14159 . . . Day</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/314159_day</link> <description>Last Sunday was one of my closest friend's birthday. You can imagine the partyin...</description> <pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:25:01 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/314159_day</guid> <dc:date>2010-03-16T21:25:01Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Working "5 to 9"</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/working_5_to_9</link> <description>The Monday after Valentine's Day, Fox's critically acclaimed House, M.D. aired...</description> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:58:12 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/working_5_to_9</guid> <dc:date>2010-03-12T18:58:12Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>The Mathematics and Neurology of Wonderland</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/the_mathematics_and_neurology_of</link> <description>Tim Burton's highly stylized Alice in Wonderland brings to life Lewis Carroll'...</description> <pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:37:02 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/the_mathematics_and_neurology_of</guid> <dc:date>2010-03-05T15:37:02Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Whitney's Favorite Links</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/whitneys_favorite_links</link> <description>When I'm surfin' the net for infotainment most of the time, I visit blogs that p...</description> <pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:24:57 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/whitneys_favorite_links</guid> <dc:date>2010-02-26T16:24:57Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Khalil's Favorite Links</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/khalils_favorite_links</link> <description>I first started writing about science topics when I was twelve or thirteen, I ca...</description> <pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:05:38 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/khalils_favorite_links</guid> <dc:date>2010-02-23T19:05:38Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Justine's Favorite Links</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/justines_favorite_links</link> <description>Wired News: http://www.wired.com/ Concise, well-written posts on some of the ...</description> <pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:19:40 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/justines_favorite_links</guid> <dc:date>2010-02-19T14:19:40Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Tara's Favorite Links</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/taras_favorite_links</link> <description>While my academic background designates me as a scientist, I spend most of my on...</description> <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:55:44 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/taras_favorite_links</guid> <dc:date>2010-02-16T15:55:44Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Film and Flora</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/film_and_flora</link> <description>I remember learning about photosynthesis from an illustration of a flower emitti...</description> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:33:10 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/film_and_flora</guid> <dc:date>2010-02-12T15:33:10Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Are We Friends with Them?</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/are_we_friends_with_them</link> <description>In university, it is not uncommon to be able to match different students to thei...</description> <pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:37:43 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/are_we_friends_with_them</guid> <dc:date>2010-02-08T21:37:43Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Of Gorgeous Sceneries and Giant Lizards</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/of_gorgeous_sceneries_and_giant</link> <description>( Spoiler alert from Khalil : Do not read this post if you haven't watched Avata...</description> <pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:48:37 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/of_gorgeous_sceneries_and_giant</guid> <dc:date>2010-02-01T18:48:37Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>R2D2 Go; 3D2 Stay?</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/r2d2_go_3d2_stay</link> <description>Will 3-D revolutionize the canvas of science fiction movies? A bullet whizze...</description> <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:29:07 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/r2d2_go_3d2_stay</guid> <dc:date>2010-01-25T18:29:07Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>&lt;i&gt;Avatar&lt;/i&gt;: Power in Surrender</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/iavatari_power_in_surrender</link> <description>There were gaping holes in the science behind Avatar , but it wasn't a scientif...</description> <pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:48:11 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/iavatari_power_in_surrender</guid> <dc:date>2010-01-20T17:48:11Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>&lt;i&gt;Avatar&lt;/i&gt; in Review</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/iavatari_in_review</link> <description>Have you seen Avatar yet? In 3-D? Science enthusiasts everywhere have weighed ...</description> <pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:33:20 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/iavatari_in_review</guid> <dc:date>2010-01-20T14:33:20Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Prize Fight</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/prize_fight</link> <description>Every student during the course of an academic career must participate in a grou...</description> <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:47:27 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/prize_fight</guid> <dc:date>2010-01-11T16:47:27Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Copenhagen: Far from the End</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/copenhagen_far_from_the_end</link> <description>A quick search online for information about the climate change debate yields end...</description> <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:03:42 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/copenhagen_far_from_the_end</guid> <dc:date>2010-01-08T14:03:42Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Getting It Write</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/getting_it_write</link> <description>As a science student sometimes I feel caught between absorbing a deluge of class...</description> <pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:00:06 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/getting_it_write</guid> <dc:date>2010-01-07T14:00:06Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>What Would Jesus Do?</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/what_would_jesus_do</link> <description>It is ironic that the Catholic Health Association of the United States (CHAUSA) ...</description> <pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:07:24 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/what_would_jesus_do</guid> <dc:date>2009-12-30T20:07:24Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Finals: The Real Grinch</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/finals_the_real_grinch</link> <description>While most of America rushes to the malls this time of year, college students ar...</description> <pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:13:54 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/finals_the_real_grinch</guid> <dc:date>2009-12-21T19:13:54Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Let It Snow</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/let_it_snow</link> <description>'Tis the season for wintry weather, but at the Purdue Climate Change Research ...</description> <pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:14:01 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/let_it_snow</guid> <dc:date>2009-12-14T21:14:01Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>The Mouse Is Mightier, or Is It?</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/the_mouse_is_mightier_or</link> <description>The attitude these days seems to be that relying on computers instead of people ...</description> <pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:45:23 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/the_mouse_is_mightier_or</guid> <dc:date>2009-12-07T16:45:23Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Chemistry Magic</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/chemistry_magic</link> <description>I haven't done much pure chemistry in university. I did some of the basic physic...</description> <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:44:12 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/chemistry_magic</guid> <dc:date>2009-11-30T17:44:12Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Stupak, or a Step Back?</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/stupak_or_a_step_back</link> <description>This past Wednesday a rally of college students gathered in Harvard Square beari...</description> <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:37:50 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/stupak_or_a_step_back</guid> <dc:date>2009-11-24T14:37:50Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Creative science photography</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/beautiful_creative_science_photography</link> <description>Photography in science is a tricky business. Andrew Williston, curatorial a...</description> <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:49:40 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/beautiful_creative_science_photography</guid> <dc:date>2009-11-04T12:49:40Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Pre-med Don't Ask, Dont Tell</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/pre_med_don_t_ask</link> <description>The pre-med: an organism known for its ruthless competitiveness, its obsessive s...</description> <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:10:05 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/pre_med_don_t_ask</guid> <dc:date>2009-10-29T11:10:05Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Memorizing techniques from around the world</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/memorizing_techniques_from_around_the</link> <description>While students in UK or US universities have only just started their new academi...</description> <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:28:36 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/memorizing_techniques_from_around_the</guid> <dc:date>2009-10-27T13:28:36Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>How to Make a Scitable Classroom</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/how_to_make_a_scitable</link> <description>A change in theme for this blog today: a number of people have been asking for g...</description> <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:00:40 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/how_to_make_a_scitable</guid> <dc:date>2009-10-22T17:00:40Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>An Interview with Nobel Prize Winner Dr. Carol Greider</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/an_interview_with_nobel_prize</link> <description>In my last blog post ( Three's Company: A Trio of Americans Wins the Nobel Prize...</description> <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:10:27 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/an_interview_with_nobel_prize</guid> <dc:date>2009-10-15T13:10:27Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Songs for a New Age</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/songs_for_a_new_age</link> <description>Is making music something that is uniquely human? Are our musical tastes too com...</description> <pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:17:15 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/songs_for_a_new_age</guid> <dc:date>2009-10-14T20:17:15Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>An Interview with Jorge Cham</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/an_interview_with_jorge_cham</link> <description>Jorge Cham started drawing the comic Piled Higher and Deeper ( PhDComics ) in...</description> <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:08:37 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/an_interview_with_jorge_cham</guid> <dc:date>2009-10-13T13:08:37Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Three's Company: A Trio of Americans Wins the Nobel Prize</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/three_s_company</link> <description>Three Americans have been awarded the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for ...</description> <pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:14:44 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/three_s_company</guid> <dc:date>2009-10-07T00:14:44Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Scary diseases Part 2: Fatal Familial Insomnia (FFI)</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/scary_diseases_part_2_fatal</link> <description>When I was still in primary school, my parents would shove me in bed at 9 p.m sh...</description> <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:38:52 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/scary_diseases_part_2_fatal</guid> <dc:date>2009-09-30T21:38:52Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>A New Perspective on Vision</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/a_new_perspective_on_vision</link> <description>In the early 1960s, Hubel and Wiesel, two of the grandfathers of modern neurosci...</description> <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:44:23 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/a_new_perspective_on_vision</guid> <dc:date>2009-09-23T18:44:23Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>&amp;#8220;I See,&amp;#8221; Said the Color Blind Man</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/8220_i_see_8221_said</link> <description>Do you remember your friend who couldn't hack it at "Stop and Go," claiming he d...</description> <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 02:23:02 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/8220_i_see_8221_said</guid> <dc:date>2009-09-23T02:23:02Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>A typical day of a Science Student in Malaysia</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/a_typical_day_of_a</link> <description>Malaysians are never late for classes. Mauritians always are and I'm&#xD; a Mauritia...</description> <pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:22:22 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/a_typical_day_of_a</guid> <dc:date>2009-08-25T17:22:22Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>The Write Choice</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/the_write_choice</link> <description>At a time when most seniors are agonizing over their futures and last year of co...</description> <pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:32:31 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/the_write_choice</guid> <dc:date>2009-08-20T11:32:31Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Scary Diseases Part I: PAM</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/scary_diseases_part_i_pam1</link> <description>Students enrolled in Medicine classes can get very weird after a couple of semes...</description> <pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:38:04 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/scary_diseases_part_i_pam1</guid> <dc:date>2009-08-19T12:38:04Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Chasing the Red Queen in Academia</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/alice_through_the_ivory_tower</link> <description>It's that time of year again; the time when everything seems a little slower and...</description> <pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:25:31 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/alice_through_the_ivory_tower</guid> <dc:date>2009-08-18T14:25:31Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Debunking Biofuels (or not): Part 3</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/debunking_biofuels_or_not_part</link> <description>For the past month, I've been bashing biofuels. Corn energy crops lead to expand...</description> <pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:18:26 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/debunking_biofuels_or_not_part</guid> <dc:date>2009-08-11T18:18:26Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Debunking Biofuels: Part 2</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/debunking_biofuels_part_2</link> <description>In a previous blog post, I had described the downside of corn-derived ethanol fo...</description> <pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:33:16 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/debunking_biofuels_part_2</guid> <dc:date>2009-08-04T18:33:16Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Patience with Patients</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/patience_with_patients</link> <description>The presiding doctor scrawled medical terms all over the white board, the sticky...</description> <pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:05:14 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/patience_with_patients</guid> <dc:date>2009-07-31T18:05:14Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>iEureka</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/ieureka</link> <description>It might seem pretentious, but notepads are essentials of the trade for any "ser...</description> <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:37:45 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/ieureka</guid> <dc:date>2009-07-29T17:37:45Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Debunking Biofuels: Part I</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/test_post</link> <description>In the 2009 Geneva Auto Show in January, the luxury car company Bentley unveiled...</description> <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:44:23 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/test_post</guid> <dc:date>2009-07-23T17:44:23Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Brain Games: Part II</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/brain_games_part_ii</link> <description>In Part I , I discussed the exciting medical innovations that brain-computer in...</description> <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:37:15 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/brain_games_part_ii</guid> <dc:date>2009-07-22T16:37:15Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Genetics Fail</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/genetics_fail</link> <description>There's ignorance, and then there's horrifying misconception. And individuals li...</description> <pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:25:34 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/genetics_fail</guid> <dc:date>2009-07-15T21:25:34Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Undoing pollution with plants</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/undoing_pollution_with_plants</link> <description>In abandoned explosives testing areas and mining sites now reduced to rubble, on...</description> <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:52:52 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/undoing_pollution_with_plants</guid> <dc:date>2009-07-14T19:52:52Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Sofasaurus Rex: King of the Prehistoric Jungle</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/sofasaurus_rex_king_of_the</link> <description>When I hear the word dinosaur, the movie Jurassic Park instantly pops up in my h...</description> <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:15:40 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/sofasaurus_rex_king_of_the</guid> <dc:date>2009-07-13T21:15:40Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Pass me that cheeseburger -- and a shake!</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/pass_me_that_cheeseburger_and</link> <description>There is a myth out there that food items with the words "fat-free" on the label...</description> <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:59:02 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/pass_me_that_cheeseburger_and</guid> <dc:date>2009-07-10T00:59:02Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Brain Games: Part I</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/brain_games_part_i</link> <description>A recent Ask the Experts question on brain-computer interfaces (BCI)&#xD; got me c...</description> <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:05:32 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/brain_games_part_i</guid> <dc:date>2009-07-07T17:05:32Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>The toxic underbelly of green lightbulbs</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/the_toxic_underbelly_of_green1</link> <description>Want to reduce energy consumption and expense? Change your light bulbs-all of th...</description> <pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:41:16 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/the_toxic_underbelly_of_green1</guid> <dc:date>2009-07-06T18:41:16Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>To Drink or Not to Drink? First, Ask the Right Question</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/to_drink_or_not_to</link> <description>Love drinking that cold beer after work? Think we should replace the old adage "...</description> <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:03:00 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/to_drink_or_not_to</guid> <dc:date>2009-06-29T19:03:00Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>A Squid Named Ishmael</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/a_squid_named_ishmael</link> <description>Rachel Davis's recent Scitable Blog post about bacterial communication, biolumin...</description> <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:37:21 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/a_squid_named_ishmael</guid> <dc:date>2009-06-26T18:37:21Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Nanoparticle Concerns Getting Under Your Skin?</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/nanoparticle_concerns_getting_under_your1</link> <description>Consider this scenario: Industrial secrets are kept under tight lock and key. Sc...</description> <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:31:40 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/nanoparticle_concerns_getting_under_your1</guid> <dc:date>2009-06-25T14:31:40Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>E pluribus unum: out of many, one</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/e_pluribus_unum_out_of</link> <description>Dr. Bonnie Bassler of Princeton University believes that bacterial communication...</description> <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 07:13:46 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/e_pluribus_unum_out_of</guid> <dc:date>2009-06-25T07:13:46Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>A twisted tango: the falsification of research information and the due diligence necessary to catch it</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/a_twisted_tango_the_falsification</link> <description>In any human society, the activities of the rule-breakers are controlled by a sy...</description> <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:30:41 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/a_twisted_tango_the_falsification</guid> <dc:date>2009-06-11T17:30:41Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Of mice and men: recent developments in the field of transgenic research</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/of_mice_and_men_recent</link> <description>The mouse is the workhorse of experimental biomedical research. The mouse geneti...</description> <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 21:59:12 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/of_mice_and_men_recent</guid> <dc:date>2009-05-28T21:59:12Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Nonprofit harnesses business strategy to cure disease</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/nonprofit_harnesses_business_strategy_to</link> <description>Amyotropic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a debilitating disease that kills most pat...</description> <pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 13:46:20 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/nonprofit_harnesses_business_strategy_to</guid> <dc:date>2009-05-26T13:46:20Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>One reason for decreased cancer incidence among people with Down syndrome</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/one_reason_for_decreased_cancer</link> <description>An extra copy of chromosome 21 causes the developmental disabilities associated ...</description> <pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 13:25:49 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/one_reason_for_decreased_cancer</guid> <dc:date>2009-05-26T13:25:49Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Sticky situation reveals part of our evolutionary history</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/sticky_situation_reveals_part_of</link> <description>During the Eocene period, the swamp may have scared away most critters. Those th...</description> <pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 20:59:02 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/sticky_situation_reveals_part_of</guid> <dc:date>2009-05-21T20:59:02Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Fractions of a second can ruin a well-developed poker face</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/fractions_of_a_second_can</link> <description>Psychologists will tell you that the question they are most frequently asked is,...</description> <pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 13:24:36 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/fractions_of_a_second_can</guid> <dc:date>2009-05-21T13:24:36Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Blood cells in the right place at the right time</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/blood_cells_in_the_right</link> <description>Just like in any good murder mystery, information about where and when hematopoi...</description> <pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 17:54:15 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/blood_cells_in_the_right</guid> <dc:date>2009-05-18T17:54:15Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>America, where the streets are paved with thermal cyclers</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/america_where_the_streets_are</link> <description>Once symptoms develop, you can diagnose yourself on the web. Before that point, ...</description> <pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 14:19:32 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/america_where_the_streets_are</guid> <dc:date>2009-05-15T14:19:32Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>We got the beat! (and so do they.)</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/we_got_the_beat_and</link> <description>The ability to rock out was thought to be exclusively human. A video showcasing ...</description> <pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 13:13:21 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/we_got_the_beat_and</guid> <dc:date>2009-05-14T13:13:21Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Milk: it does some bodies good</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/milk_it_does_some_bodies</link> <description>When I was little, I watched the movie Annie over and over. Since we had recor...</description> <pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 14:26:19 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/milk_it_does_some_bodies</guid> <dc:date>2009-05-13T14:26:19Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>When marketing campaigns direct scientific research</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/when_marketing_campaigns_direct_scientific</link> <description>I see the Vitamin Water in the store. I know it won't really give me balance, fo...</description> <pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 13:16:22 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/when_marketing_campaigns_direct_scientific</guid> <dc:date>2009-05-12T13:16:22Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Don&amp;#8217;t count your chickens before they hatch: the road to a new flu vaccine</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/don_8217_t_count_your</link> <description>For epidemics over recent years, the U.S. and Britain have worked together to ma...</description> <pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 13:25:04 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/don_8217_t_count_your</guid> <dc:date>2009-05-08T13:25:04Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>In search of a one-track mind</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/in_search_of_a_one</link> <description>I had to drag my friends to see Disney's Earth, a film currently in theaters tha...</description> <pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 18:57:29 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/in_search_of_a_one</guid> <dc:date>2009-05-06T18:57:29Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Botox for the brain</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/botox_for_the_brain</link> <description>Richard Dawkins promoted the idea of an "extended phenotype." He tried to convin...</description> <pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 13:23:19 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/botox_for_the_brain</guid> <dc:date>2009-05-01T13:23:19Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Some flu facts in the midst of a media frenzy</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/some_flu_facts_in_the</link> <description>The million dollar question: should I cancel that vacation to Mexico or not? We ...</description> <pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:49:09 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/some_flu_facts_in_the</guid> <dc:date>2009-04-28T13:49:09Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Are sharp teeth necessary to survive the rat race?</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/are_sharp_teeth_necessary_to</link> <description>Two warm-blooded mammal species have triumphed in the fast-paced environment of ...</description> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 20:21:40 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/are_sharp_teeth_necessary_to</guid> <dc:date>2009-04-08T20:21:40Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Fighter or forager? It depends on a brain gene.</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/fighter_or_forager_it_depends</link> <description>Ants, always so busy and efficient, divide labor in their communities. Generally...</description> <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 21:56:40 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/fighter_or_forager_it_depends</guid> <dc:date>2009-04-07T21:56:40Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Ants change the rules of an evolutionary arms race</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/ants_change_the_rules_of</link> <description>When I was told that I shared 50% genetic similarity with my siblings, I was agh...</description> <pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:35:22 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/ants_change_the_rules_of</guid> <dc:date>2009-04-06T17:35:22Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Gender ratios around the globe</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/gender_ratios_around_the_globe</link> <description>Nature Education Guest Writer Philip Duffy, PhD Post-doctoral Fellow, S...</description> <pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 03:16:06 GMT</pubDate> <guid>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/gender_ratios_around_the_globe</guid> <dc:date>2009-04-03T03:16:06Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Pheromones: the key ingredient missing from on-line communication</title> <link>http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/student-voices/pheromones_the_key_ingredient_missing</link> <description>I have always believed in a sort of sixth sense. 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