links for 2011-02-04

• The Great Beyond: Picture post: world map of scientific collaboration
  The world is spiky. And science is a northern endeavor.
  (tags: visualization maps science collaboration molecularist)
• Transgenic bacterium sparks row in French schools : Nature News
  "A row has broken out in France over whether 15- and 16-year-olds should be allowed to create transgenic Escherichia coli bacteria in the classroom."
  (tags: molecularist diybio science biology education transgenics)