Previously on the Bayblab:
I was informed that sunscreen was bad for coral reefs. However no explanation was given.
Very recently a lucky group of researchers in Italy who presumably get sunburned and get to snorkel around coral reefs have figured out at least part of the story.
It appears that exposure to common active ingredients in sunscreen activate latent lytic viruses within the symbiotic algae of coral reefs inducing the observed coral bleaching.
Heres the open access paper.
Embarrassingly I ran across this on digg.com Not surprisingly the comments suck there, as usual. The best being, " Why does science hate us?"
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The worst is that on the digg frontpage with over 3000 diggs , is a story which suggest that pills have been develop which can trigger autism and then change you back. The work cited is actually a ko mouse model. It's a contender for the worst science story award!
We should make a bayblab award for worst science blogging.
You mean that the autistic story isn't true ?
Damnit, i was actually interested in that one :)
Concentration in a pill, I'm in !
I'm afraid no pill can cure you and your unusually large head...
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