A new blogSci feature.

While procrastinating keeping up with scientific breakthroughs, I come across several little interesting tidbits that I note but never get round to fully posting about. So I decided to blog about them, but instead of dedicating a full post for each little thing, I'll just collect them all in one go.

This will be a regular feature here, and the collections will be called 'newscis', which is supposed to be the clever derivation of 'news of science' to rhyme with 'blogSci'.

So without further ado, the first newsci roundup:

• What's in a tear? Scientists are surprised when they identify the components of tears.
• Why aren't airlines fighting emission controls? It's all about money, really.
• Where do sloths get their name from? Well, they don't move much, even in the pursuit of science!
• Yorkshiremen out of Africa. A very cool genetic study finding African-specific Y-chromosome markers deep in the north of England. Just shows how intermixed human populations can be.
• What happens to water when it touches a hydrophobic surface? The science has been elusive, but now synchrotron x-ray reflectivity measurements reveal all.

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