Vaccination Decisions and Mathy Ladies

Welcome to Double X Science for April 27, 2013. This week's hosts are Adrienne Roehrich, chemistry editor, and Jeanne Garbarino, biology editor. Our topics cover posts of the week, including a two-part series on vaccination decisions, the cinnamon challenge, the DSM-V and autism, murder mysteries and chemistry, and seeking counseling as a part of our I Am Mental Illness series. We also covered Double X Science Jr posts about Eurazhdarcho langendorfensis and some scientists. News of the week was about the President Obama's pledge of $3 billion for STEM education and Mathy Ladies on Twitter. You can find this week's posts at: http://www.doublexscience.org/vaccination-attitudes-are-contagious/ http://www.doublexscience.org/the-fear-factor-in-vaccination-decisions/ http://www.doublexscience.org/dont-take-the-cinnamon-challenge/ http://www.doublexscience.org/autism-and-the-dsm-5/ http://www.doublexscience.org/of-walnuts-and-world-book-night/ http://www.doublexscience.org/the-things-we-never-leave-behind/ http://doublexsciencejr.blogspot.com/2013/04/eurazhdarcho-langendorfensis.html http://doublexsciencejr.blogspot.com/2013/04/my-favourite-scientists.html Our news stories can be found at: http://ivn.us/2013/04/22/obama-administration-commits-3-1-billion-to-stem-education/ http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/roots-of-unity/2013/04/24/mathy-ladieson-twitter/ 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.