Medievalist Robin Fleming of Boston College winds MacArthur Award

Working on the period between the fall of Rome and the early middle ages, Fleming focuses on material remains, from skeletons to fashion knockoffs (I didn't realize that fashion knockoffs were period but, then, isn't just about everything period?) s
http://www.macfound.org/fellows/891/

Sheila Niremberg wins MacArthur Award for research on how the brain encodes visual information

Am I the only one who is wondering how they get the mice to wear those Jordie-like glasses?
http://www.macfound.org/fellows/899/