This wasn't in the lab, but it was an accident, and it was funny later on. Normally, I wouldn't think twice about storing bacterial cultures in a refrigerator. After all, bacteria on a petri plate, inside of a plastic bag, are kind of stuck. They can't get out of the plates, and even if they did, they certainly can't crawl...
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Posted on December 24, 2007 10:00 AM • 10 Comments •
The Ask a Science Blogger question of the week asks if organic foods are really worth the hype. I'm afraid my answer can't fit into one blog post. Let me start by telling you about my garden. This year my garden has been a home to local wildlife, but during the years that I do garden, I have a semi-organic...
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Posted on September 12, 2006 7:30 AM • 4 Comments •
We heard quite a bit about rainforest destruction in the 80's and 90's. Even the Grateful Dead joined the efforts to raise awareness and gather support for rain forest preservation. In the past, the Dead stayed away from political activism because (quoting Jerry Garcia): Power is a scary thing. When you feel that you are close to it, you want...
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Posted on August 23, 2006 12:52 PM • 2 Comments •
But that hasn't always been true. When I was in college, I had part-time jobs drawing blood from patients in the university hospital and as a phlebotomist at local plasma center. Plus, I was a volunteer EMT on an ambulance crew. Needless to say, I saw plenty of blood. And those were the days when no one wore gloves. We...
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Posted on August 14, 2006 4:40 PM • 4 Comments •
I mean phone call. Because, if I thought he remembered me, I would call and say "thank you." Because of the time I spent in his lab, I know that cloning started long before Dolly. The first vertebrate animal was cloned over 50 years ago. And it wasn't a sheep....
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Posted on July 8, 2006 9:09 PM • 3 Comments •
Science Blogs has asked: What makes a good science teacher? Many of the science teachers that I've met can't really be described by the adjective "good." The better fitting words are: great, marvelous, inspiring, and fantastic. But, SBer's want to know, "what makes them so great?" Right? I've compiled a list of characteristics that I've seen all great science teachers...
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Posted on June 22, 2006 8:00 PM • 1 Comments •
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