From the "Saving us all from impending death" department, reports on the sequencing of 2,000 influenza genomes; understanding why our immune systems overreact to certain infections; and collecting samples from a giant space rock.
From the physics department, Rob Knop asks and answers one of the greatest question in physics: why should inertial and gravitational mass be the same? Slightly less useful, but perhaps more amusing, Coturnix and Chad Orzel report on the physics of cow tipping.
In the area of gender relations, reports that women's work areas are dirtier then men's even though women make better friends. Also, we have a study that correlate anger in women with variations in HTR2C (a serotonin receptor gene) and another that indicate hot tubs lower fertility (regardless of how romantic the situation may be).
Finally, the cool picture from last week: a high-resolution 3-D image of a cell (along with a press release).
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