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It generated enough attention that both Nature and Scientific American posted about it.
Now Nature's blogger reported on the issue as follows:
A few days ago Shelley Batts at Retrospectacle reviewed a paper about treating fruit with natural volatile compounds to make it last longer.
She included a figure and chart from the paper (the source was cited).
Sounds reasonable.
Identify blogger and blog name, begin to describe what happened.
But Scientific American's blogger, Nikhil Swaminathan, was not content to merely mention Shelley and her blog.
No, instead, we get this:
Anyway, on Tuesday, over at the ScienceBlog Retrospectacle, neuroscience PhD student Shelley Batts (who based on her pictures alone seems to be both attractive and avian-friendly) posted an analysis of a study appearing in the Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, which suggested that the antioxidants properties in fruits were boosted by alcohol.
Excuse me?
"Seems to be attractive"?
WTF?
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I mean, what the f*ck does that have to do with anything in the story?
Why the gratuitous mention of Shelley's appearance?
Oh, I know why.
Because she's a WOMAN.
And women, at all times, you must remember that you are women first and foremost.
Your appearance is ever and always an issue, and no matter what the hell you are ever doing - be it analyzing a gel, delivering a talk, or taking on a publishing giant in the blogosphere - how you look will be an important ...
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