Tornadoes, Gene Patents, Mermaids, and Brains

Welcome to Double X Science for June 22, 2013. This week's hosts are Adrienne Roehrich, chemistry editor, and Jeff Perkel, tech editor. Our topics cover posts since the end of May: Early Puberty Among Adoptees by Health Editor Tara Haelle http://www.doublexscience.org/adoptees-early-puberty-rates/ Calculating Vaccine Risk by Contributor Alison Hagood http://www.doublexscience.org/calculating-vaccine-risk/ Arousal during rape by Contributor Jenny Morber http://www.doublexscience.org/arousal-during-rape/ Five Reasons Mermaids are Impossible by Editor-in-Chief Emily Willingham http://www.doublexscience.org/five-reasons-mermaids-are-impossible/ On Pacifiers and Breastfeeding by Health Editor Tara Haelle http://www.doublexscience.org/of-pacifiers-and-breastfeeding/ Chasing Tornadoes is an Old Habit by Tech Editor Jeffrey Perkel http://www.doublexscience.org/storm-chasers-colonial-edition/ Sizing Up the Mother in Me by Contributor Joss Fong http://www.doublexscience.org/sizing-up-the-mother-in-me/ He found out he has ovaries by Editor-in-chief Emily Willingham http://www.doublexscience.org/he-found-out-he-has-ovaries/ SCOTUS ruling means cheaper genetic testing by science ed editor Chris Gunter http://www.doublexscience.org/myriad-genetics-ruling/ Shark Clones: A Story of Parthenogenesis http://doublexsciencejr.blogspot.com/2013/06/shark-clones-story-of-parthenogenesis.html Dr. Irene Helen Battle http://doublexsciencejr.blogspot.com/2013/06/dr-helen-irene-battle.html ews of the week was about the Big Brain Project. http://www.nature.com/news/whole-human-brain-mapped-in-3d-1.13245?WT.mc_id=PIN_NatureNews Thank you for listening. Please subscribe via iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/double-x-science/id604770613) or your favorite pod catcher (http://feeds.feedburner.com/doublexscience). Please leave us positive ratings and reviews to bring science to more people.