SEA MONSTER: Giant oarfish (Regalecus glesne) rarely wash up as intact as this 18-foot male that was found in October off of Santa Catalina Island in California.CATALINA ISLAND MARINE INSTITUTE
—Russ Vetter, director of the Fisheries Resources Division of the Southwest Fisheries Science Center, on studying (and barbecuing) the rarely seen giant oarfish recently collected off the California coast (Nature, October 29)
—Neuroscientist Joseph Schroeder of Connecticut College, talking to NBC News about his recent study, which found that the cookies activated more neurons in the pleasure centers within rat brains than did drugs like cocaine and morphine (October 15)
—A Nature editorial, published in the wake of sexual harassment allegations levied against Scientific American blogs editor Bora Zivkovic, who has since resigned (October 22)
—Computer programmer Harper Reed, who served as Barack Obama’s chief technology officer during his 2012 presidential campaign, in a keynote address at the start of the Critical Issues in Higher ...
