TWIS Minion 9.11.14

1 – Plate tectonics found on Europa
http://www.nature.com/news/plate-tectonics-found-on-europa-1.15851

2 – Intervention in 6-month-old with autism eliminates symptoms, development delay
http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/publish/news/newsroom/9182

3 – Fake, bias & poorly researched studies being published
a. Fake News – ‘Ruins of Ancient City Discovered in Australian Desert’ http://www.hoax-slayer.com/fake-news-ancient-city-found-australian-desert.shtml

b. Warning: wild extrapolation – a classification system for science news (needed but not bloody likely).
http://www.theguardian.com/science/brain-flapping/2014/sep/10/wild-extrapolation-classification-system-science-media-scepticism?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pulsenews

4 – Female baboons with male companions live longer
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-09/du-lbw090914.php

5 – Map of body’s protein-folding machinery wins major prize
http://www.nature.com/news/map-of-body-s-protein-folding-machinery-wins-major-prize-1.15887

6 – Sir John Franklin: Fabled Arctic ship found
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-29131757

7 – Solid light could compute previously unsolvable problems
http://www.princeton.edu/engineering/news/archive/?id=13459

8 – NASA Launches New Era of Earth Science from Space Station
http://www.nasa.gov/press/2014/september/nasa-launches-new-era-of-earth-science-from-space-station/#.VBEPdPldWSo