@hellomlau

Science writer, neuroscience PhD, and sushi fiend. All about #scicomm, yoga, and Earl Grey tea. Former @AAASMassMedia fellow, also tweets @benchling.

 San Francisco, CA
melissallau.com/
Joined June 2012
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nxthompson
@nxthompson3 Jul 2017
At a time of deep division, I hope we can all come together this July 4th and agree that this is awesome.
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This is your daily reminder that the brain is a complex molecular machine, not just a collection of easily simulated neurons xitter.cf/neuroecology/status/87…
Adam J Calhoun
@neuroecology22 Jun 2017
The "space between neurons" (extracellular matrix) is needed for auditory fear learning (!!!) cell.com/neuron/fulltext/S08…
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When you're at a microbiology conference and you suspect that you've been bought a pint of LB
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This lede is my morning gift to you theatlantic.com/science/arch…
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Melissa Lau retweeted
Benchling
@benchling7 Apr 2017
Just when you thought octopuses couldn't get any cooler, you find out that they can *edit* their own RNA!?!?! theatlantic.com/science/arch…

Octopuses Do Something Really Strange to Their Genes

It might be connected to their extraordinary intelligence.

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This, from @cragcrest. is one of the most important things that science journalists have to get better at. theatlantic.com/science/arch…
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Melissa Lau retweeted
nxthompson
@nxthompson3 Apr 2017
A 67-year-old retiree solved one of math's hardest problems, typed it up in MS word, and posted online. bit.ly/2or5zw1
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Still better than a LinkedIn request: Caterpillars recruit friends with anal scraping blogs.discovermagazine.com/i…
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We don't even need a disney remake of Mulan. Look at this.
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Melissa Lau retweeted
alice@kangaru21 Mar 2017
He knows Oriental isn't the right word, but uses it anyway & it's the word that comes to his mind. Says a lot about why IF is so problematic xitter.cf/JarettSays/status/8442…
Jarett Wieselman
@JarettSays21 Mar 2017
Oh good, while talking about cultural appropriation, the original creator of #IronFist found a way to make it worse inverse.com/article/29155-ir…
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A+ lede work: nytimes.com/2017/03/17/world… @nytimes
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I've never read a more beautiful description of evolution than by @andersen in this @TheAtlantic masterpiece theatlantic.com/magazine/arc…
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Geneticists find out who shot a dog by sequencing the hairs of *the wild boar that the bullet first passed through* theatlantic.com/science/arch…
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Melissa Lau retweeted
NPRFood@NPRFood8 Mar 2017
Italy's Feminist Holiday, Served With A Slice Of Cake n.pr/2mGU4zh
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Love this map of how nearly every European country named syphilis after a neighbor they disliked: reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comment…
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Ursula Le Guin turns down an offer to blurb an all-male sci-fi anthology. #InternationalWomensDay bit.ly/1LLC0t8
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Temple-Wood has written approximately one Wikipedia article every ten days since she was 12. #InternationalWomensDay m.nautil.us/blog/this-colleg…
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Day brightener, from Dolores Park in San Francisco's Mission District. xitter.cf/AlyshaTsuji/status/836…
alysha@AlyshaTsuji27 Feb 2017
Serena played tennis in boots with these 2 guys she saw on a court while she was out on a walk last night. IMAGINE.
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Apropos of nothing in particular, enjoy this photo of the guts of Curiosity. Just a few wires and electronics boxes packed in there.
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"While we know that Justice is supposed to be blind, is she also ripped?" politico.com/magazine/story/…
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