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Go forth and replicate: excellent essay on the replication crisis in science https://undark.org/article/replication-crisis-funding/ … @undarkmag by @OSFramework @BrianNosekpic.twitter.com/50v6rO18F6

Response to critique now up @biorxivpreprint http://www.biorxiv.org/content/early/2017/09/11/187542.1 … by @LippertChr @JCVenterpic.twitter.com/lfQ3oD6cG8

Sitting—especially prolonged, uninterrupted bouts—correlates with heightened all-cause mortality @AnnalsofIM http://annals.org/aim/article/2653704/patterns-sedentary-behavior-mortality-u-s-middle-aged-older-adults …pic.twitter.com/Vs2zDZEG56

2 new @PNAS studies link the gut #microbiome with multiple sclerosis #MS http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2017/09/05/1711235114 … http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2017/09/05/1711233114 …pic.twitter.com/9Wq3tnuC8q

A systematic assessment of spin—the distortion of biomedical research findings http://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.2002173&type=printable … @PLOSBiologypic.twitter.com/JmYnMCmSVa

Hidden heritability across populations related to gene X environment and Δ phenotypic definition https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-017-0195-1 … @NatureHumBehavpic.twitter.com/suCnC8nGeQ

Sorting out the functional drivers of inflammatory bowel disease #IBD http://www.nature.com/ng/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/ng.3947.html … @NatureGenet @IcahnInstitutepic.twitter.com/prKe9sHSgH

The cost of developing a new #cancer drug may be a fraction of what companies claim http://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2653012 … @JAMAInternalMed @VinayPrasad82pic.twitter.com/jPDsLjPjsN

Our digital times :-)pic.twitter.com/hHS6ZNABIk

The irony of tech titans promoting our individuality, when they're not. Insightful, by @FranklinFoer https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/how-silicon-valley-is-erasing-your-individuality/2017/09/08/a100010a-937c-11e7-aace-04b862b2b3f3_story.html?hpid=hp_no-name_opinion-card-d%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.9b7bab41f396 … @PostOpinionspic.twitter.com/NS2muEzMKv

Very smart piece on @amazonecho and #AI chatbots by @roughtype @nytopinion https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/09/opinion/sunday/household-robots-alexa-homepod.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fopinion-contributors&action=click&contentCollection=contributors&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=sectionfront&_r=0 …pic.twitter.com/xa7qI1TmlL

Related: "Goldilocks" lungs: a fine balance between inflammation and immunity http://science.sciencemag.org/content/357/6355/973 … @sciencemagazinepic.twitter.com/nIWy5t3VMy

This is cool: smartphone sampling + machine learning for air quality http://www.nature.com/lsa/journal/v6/n9/full/lsa201746a.html … #OA @LightSciAppl #AI ✓: @flyLAXairportpic.twitter.com/57Roil3GHZ

No wonder why #asthma can be so difficult-to-treat, as this algorithm alone conveys (from a super review @NEJM) http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMra1608969 …pic.twitter.com/NiFPg6DmN1

The case for why genomics isn't enough to guide effective #cancer treatment http://www.nature.com/nm/journal/v23/n9/full/nm.4389.html … by @DrTonyLetai @NatureMedicinepic.twitter.com/501EAuECav

A text biopsy of liquid biopsy for #cancer @JAMA_current http://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2653952 …pic.twitter.com/YTXbFurqXg

Looks like @biorxivpreprint is becoming the official hub for refuting controversial papers https://www.statnews.com/2017/09/08/crispr-embryo-mitalipov/?s_campaign=stat:rss&utm_source=STAT+Newsletters&utm_campaign=f05f76da02-STAT_Plus&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_8cab1d7961-f05f76da02-118704797 … http://www.nature.com/news/geneticists-pan-paper-that-claims-to-predict-a-person-s-face-from-their-dna-1.22580 …pic.twitter.com/q2fV2l7hZ3

Connexins are connected with a diverse set of diseases; here's a nice #OA infographic that summarizes the field http://www.cell.com/cell/pdf/S0092-8674(17)30992-3.pdf …pic.twitter.com/S1WJkejugE

What a treat to discuss the future of neuroscience w/ the brilliant @eboyden3, a pioneer of #optogenetics http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/885098 … @Medscapepic.twitter.com/GL51Gq8rqF