Monday Science Links

Here's this week's:

• Kate at The Anterior Commissure looks at why we bond, especially with strangers (such as, say, adopted children).


• Stefan at Backreaction looks at Mira the marvellous star (yes, we got Phil "BA" Plait's take on it earlier, but Stefan is looking at it from a different perspective - theoretical physics).


• Chris at Northstate Science looks at the problem of isolated artifacts removed from their context and what, if anything, they can tell us.


• Ed at Not Exactly Rocket Science looks at scientists watching free will give way to instinct when danger looms.
  


• John at John Hawks Anthropology Weblog looks at the question of who the five greatest scientists are, but with a twist: who had the greatest impact on human life?

Enjoy!