Linksk for 3-11-16

Death of Baby from Meningitis

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/naturopath-says-collet-stephan-asked-for-something-for-meningitis-1.3484501

http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2016/03/09/another-child-dead-from-quackery/

Octopus!

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/explorations/ex1603/logs/mar2/mar2.html

http://smithsonianscience.si.edu/2016/03/ghost-octopod-shows-little-know-deep-sea-life/

Popcorn!

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/ancient-popcorn-unearthed-in-peru-81304339/

http://newsdesk.si.edu/releases/ancient-popcorn-discovered-peru

http://www.pnas.org/content/109/5/1755.full

Japanese Great Tits

http://www.biosphereonline.com/2016/03/09/syntax-discovered-in-bird-song/

http://www.sci-news.com/biology/japanese-tits-parus-minor-speak-in-phrases-03685.html

Splenda/Sucralose

http://www.forbes.com/sites/emilywillingham/2016/03/10/splenda-reduces-cancer-rates-in-some-mice/#6a6ffb831e57

http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2016/03/11/Study-links-Splenda-to-higher-risk-of-leukemia/3741457711872/

Hominid Eating Habits

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/03/how-sliced-meat-drove-human-evolution?

Desert Tortoises

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/marine-corps-airlifting-1185-desert-tortoises-new-training-grounds-180958315