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Seed’s Daily Zeitgeist: 2/12/2009

February 12, 2009

Sixty percent of Neanderthal genome sequenced, how to get a theorem named after you, cotton candy may help grown human tissue, video of mass Aztec warrior grave...

First draft of Neanderthal genome
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute have sequenced 60% of our closest evolutionary relatives’ genome. Turns out, they may have been able to speak.
The Arbesman Limit
Ever wish you had a formula named after you? A universal constant? Samuel Arbesman, a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard Medical School, shows readers the way to get their names plastered on everything from theorems, to laws, to limits.
Cotton candy may help grow human tissue
The beloved cavity causer also proves useful for creating blood vessels in laboratory-grown tissue.
VIDEO: 49 Aztec Warriors in Mass Graves
Archaeologists have uncovered a mass grave believed to contain the remains of some of the last warriors to resist the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés in 1591.
Scientists read minds with infrared scan
Researchers were able to decode a person’s preference for one of two drinks with 80% accuracy in one study, by measuring the intensity of near-infrared light absorbed in brain tissue. Can these scans give a voice to children who lack the ability to speak?

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