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Posted on November 22, 2006 02:54 PM • 0 Comments •
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Posted on November 6, 2006 03:39 PM • 0 Comments •
Time is running out in Tripoli for six nurses and one doctor, under sentence of death.
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Posted on October 16, 2006 07:53 PM • 0 Comments •
Mendel's garden in Bruno, CZ, may be too far for physical travel, but you can still imagine what Mendel might have thought if he'd gotten a look at this version of his vision. Maybe I'm taking alliteration a little too...
Posted on October 9, 2006 09:15 PM • 0 Comments •
This may seem strange to anyone who hasn't lived in Minnesota, but when I was a child, kids in my elementary school used to have fist fights when it came to the question of which famous European discovered America....
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Posted on October 4, 2006 04:38 PM • 1 Comments •
Like computers? Like biology? Want to find a way to combine the two worlds? Bio::Blogs, a carnival at the intersection of biology, computing, and math, will be hosted here October 1st. For those of you who are wondering what this...
Posted on September 25, 2006 12:59 PM • 0 Comments •
"And it's a hard, and it's a hard, it's a hard, and it's a hard, And it's a hard rain's a-gonna fall. " - BoB Dylan Tired of Simpson reruns and the exploits of Friends? [From the WSTA] NOVA is...
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Posted on September 9, 2006 05:25 PM • 0 Comments •
Do you ever imagine the presidential advisors doing the Basil Fawlty silly walk, looking crazed and confused, and quoting John Cleese whenever there's been a bad day in the Middle East? I do. And this mental picture makes me think...
Posted on September 6, 2006 11:33 AM • 0 Comments •
or, better yet, enjoy the fine selection of summer carnivals....
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Posted on September 4, 2006 03:04 PM • 0 Comments •
August is the time when gardens look their best. Fruit becomes showy, flowers abound, and plants are large and plentiful. Mendel's Garden #4, currently blooming at The Inoculated Mind, is no exception. Evolgen pointed this out, so I had to...
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Posted on August 20, 2006 03:21 PM • 1 Comments •
Bio::Blogs#2 is been out for a few days but it's certainly not out of interesting ideas and things to read. There is some interesting stuff about Brisbane. Queensland looks like a lovely place and much different than my mental images...
Posted on August 10, 2006 09:00 PM • 0 Comments •
One of my favorite experiments, in our biotech program at Seattle Central Community College, was when my students sequenced promoters that they had cloned from E. coli . I liked this activity because it pulled lots of pieces together and...
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Posted on July 25, 2006 08:00 AM • 0 Comments •
Mendel's Garden, that is. Enjoy a quiet mental stroll among the shady trees where Hsien Hsien Lei from Genetics and Health has compiled perennial favorites and annual suprises. Even though the season is young, Mendel's Garden is clearly growing. This...
Posted on July 2, 2006 01:17 PM • 1 Comments •
Pedro Beltao, of Public Rambling, has started a bioinformatics blogs carnival named Bio::Blogs. The first edition is up and ready to be read. This looks like a promising collection. technorati tags: carnival, bioinformatics...
Posted on July 1, 2006 05:12 PM • 0 Comments •
This summer I have a high school teacher working with me as an intern, because of an RET (Research Experience for Teachers) grant from the National Science Foundation. Yesterday, he told me a story about the science activity that really...
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Posted on July 1, 2006 01:24 PM • 0 Comments •
Two new carnivals were posted recently that you may want to investigate. The latest edition of the pediatric grand rounds is up. You will laugh, you will cry, and you WILL enjoy it. There's also a new carnival on genetics...
Posted on June 19, 2006 01:37 PM • 0 Comments •