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Annalee Newitz wrote In one of those weird moments in corporate science, pharma mega-corp GlaxoSmithKline has funded a Swedish study that looked into the genetic underpinnings of susceptibility to placebos. Turns out that certain people are more easily cured by fake sugar pills
http://io9.com/5101168/ 5:06 PM on December 2, 2008
Annalee Newitz commented on How You'll Get Around in Style After the First Global Superwinter
"@bakana: Well that's why I said "old school Soviets," so we could include all those places where they do say perogi!"
http://io9.com/5101137/#c9221358 4:25 PM on Dec 2
Annalee Newitz commented on On Heroes, Everything Is Back to Normal
"@mactabby: Now he's being non-mute all the time, though."
http://io9.com/5100696/#c9221331 4:23 PM on Dec 2
Annalee Newitz commented on The Fearless Meteorite Hunters of Saskatchewan
"@BrunoLorton: Yay, Saskatoon!"
http://io9.com/5100985/#c9221084 4:11 PM on Dec 2
Annalee Newitz commented on The Fearless Meteorite Hunters of Saskatchewan
"@SybaRat: The meteorite is not a Dalek!"
http://io9.com/5100985/#c9214323 12:11 PM on Dec 2
Annalee Newitz commented on The Fearless Meteorite Hunters of Saskatchewan
"@NefariousNewt: I would hope so."
http://io9.com/5100985/#c9213894 11:57 AM on Dec 2
Annalee Newitz commented on On Heroes, Everything Is Back to Normal
"@Kishi: True."
http://io9.com/5100696/#c9213777 11:52 AM on Dec 2
Annalee Newitz wrote After a 10-ton meteor exploded in a spectacular fireball over the Canadian province Saskatchewan two weeks ago, the hunt was on to find fragments of the space rock. Researchers and local enthusiasts descended on the area around Marsden, Sask,
http://io9.com/5100985/ 11:48 AM on December 2, 2008
Annalee Newitz commented on On Heroes, Everything Is Back to Normal
"@Git Em SteveDave loves this guy->★: I mentioned it in the section on Hiro - he and Claire are time-traveling together."
http://io9.com/5100696/#c9212954 11:22 AM on Dec 2
Annalee Newitz commented on Did We Really Need a Robo-Serial Killer? [NSFW]
"@Acemarauder: As it happens, though, I found this movie in a bargain bin at Amoeba Records."
http://io9.com/5100614/#c9202798 11:06 PM on Dec 1

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