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ScienceSeeker Editor's Selections: Smokers, Dyslexia, and A Neuroscience Revolution

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Here are my Science Seeker Editor's Selections for the past week:

At Addiction Inbox, Dirk Hanson makes a bold statement: "It’s getting harder to interpret genetics studies, and that’s a good thing." Find out why: High-Risk Haplotypes in Smokers.

G r e a t e r / l e t t e r / s p a c i n g / helps reading in dyslexia. So says The Neurocritic. And there's even an iOS app!


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At the always excellent blog, Last Word on Nothing, Virginia Hughes ponders whether more women are starting to hold top-level positions in neuroscience: Women's Work

Jason G. Goldman is a science journalist based in Los Angeles. He has written about animal behavior, wildlife biology, conservation, and ecology for Scientific American, Los Angeles magazine, the Washington Post, the Guardian, the BBC, Conservation magazine, and elsewhere. He contributes to Scientific American's "60-Second Science" podcast, and is co-editor of Science Blogging: The Essential Guide (Yale University Press). He enjoys sharing his wildlife knowledge on television and on the radio, and often speaks to the public about wildlife and science communication.

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