An Unconventional Case Study of Neoadjuvant Oncolytic Virotherapy for Recurrent Breast Cancer (h/t Krinn):

Here, we describe the unique case of a 50-year-old self-experimenting female virologist with locally recurrent  muscle-invasive breast cancer who was able to proceed to simple, non-invasive tumour resection after receiving multiple intratumoural injections of research-grade virus preparations, which first included an Edmonston-Zagreb measles vaccine strain (MeV) and then a vesicular stomatitis virus Indiana strain (VSV), both prepared in her own laboratory.

Sound DRAMATICALLY Helps Plants Grow (and why nobody can prove it) — The interpretation here is a little weird, especially his take on the replication crisis, but interesting results.

standardebooks.org — Takes free books and makes them beautiful (and still free).

Lead Poisoning: A Historical Perspective

The Devastating Legacy of Lies in Alzheimer’s Science

Seeds of Science: Bucks for Blogs: Announcing the Subscription Revenue Sharing Program

This Tiny Fish’s Mistaken Identity Halted a Dam’s Construction — Since the boundaries between species aren’t objective, zoologists can say that a small subpopulation of an animal is a “new species”, which then requires conservation because it only lives in one stream/valley/etc. 

SpiRobs: Logarithmic spiral-shaped robots for versatile grasping across scales

First ever (probably) video and audio of a meteorite hitting the ground. 

Water your yard FOR FREE !!! — Not actually (?) illegal, but the right attitude.

Bisphenol A Hormonal Disrupture and Preventive Effect of Rose Water and Clove Oil (h/t Simon Sarris)

The Best Tacit Knowledge Videos on Every Subject

The E.P.A. Promotes Toxic Fertilizer. 3M Told It of Risks Years Ago.

Friend-of-the-blog Lars Doucet on education: Take the pedals off the bike

Association of Prescription H1 Antihistamine Use With Obesity: Results From the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey – Ratliff – 2010 (h/t Lucent)

NikoMcCarty: “The weight of giant pumpkins has increased 20-fold in half a century. Humans are ridiculously good at breeding fruits. Data from the ‘Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off.’”