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Not all animals must have sex with another individual to produce perfectly viable offspring. And neither do humans, thanks to technological breakthroughs in artificial insemination. But what about those critters that do not require masturbation and meat basters to...
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Posted on December 3, 2007 9:00 AM • 9 Comments
What's funnier: being unable to make a proper solution, boiling water pouring out of a large metal drum, or mutating yourself into a cancerous mess?
Posted on December 4, 2006 5:00 PM • 12 Comments
Everyone else is nominating E.O. Wilson for ScienceBlogs Science Laureate. Are there other options? Here's a (somewhat) novel nomination.
Posted on November 22, 2006 12:00 PM • 0 Comments
Sexy pickup lines for scientists? I don't know how sexy these are -- but they may work if you don't get slapped first. Plus, she'll need a good sense of humor . . . or little to no dignity.
Posted on November 16, 2006 9:00 AM • 4 Comments
Rick "Man on Dog" Santorum represents everything wrong with America. He is also one of my representatives in the US Senate.
Posted on November 5, 2006 6:00 PM • 4 Comments
I haven't touched an Ask A ScienceBlogger for a couple of months. This week, the powers that be are asking us: What's the best science TV show of all time? The first show that came to mind was Mr. Wizard....
Posted on October 20, 2006 5:00 PM • 5 Comments
Yes, the rainforests are all gone. Every last one of them. Burnt to the ground by the military industrial complex. Because they hate hippies. Damn hippies. And atheists. And Darwinists. And it's because of your coffee.
Posted on August 23, 2006 8:00 AM • 3 Comments
I am the youngest of the ScienceBlogs bloggers (about as old as the epidemic itself), and I cannot remember a world without AIDS. Aside from not going in without cover, how has the AIDS epidemic changed my behavior? The answer involves both a personal anecdote and some research in my field.
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Posted on August 13, 2006 10:00 AM • 0 Comments
The answer: Real Genius, starring a young Val Kilmer (pre Top Gun) as the hotshot undergrad (Chris Knight) and the annoying EPA agent from Ghostbusters as his slimy advisor. Plus, it's got Uncle Rico as the guy that lives in Knight's closet and Stacey Peralta as, well, I'm not quite sure, but he's listed on the first billing.
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Posted on August 4, 2006 5:30 PM • 1 Comments
I am not a climate scientist, and I don't know enough about viticulture to offer an informed response regarding the effects of temperature changes on grape production. I do know, however, that Napa Valley wines tend to be very generic stereotypes of the European varieties they're imitating.
Posted on July 31, 2006 1:00 PM • 5 Comments
If you could have practiced science in any time and any place throughout history, which would it be, and why? That's what they are asking us this week. And, once again, I'm going to skirt the question. You see, it...
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Posted on July 20, 2006 1:00 PM • 4 Comments
Designing a conservation program around a single species (or any taxon) is misguided. We should be conserving habitats and ecosystems, not species or populations. The question then becomes which habitats should we protect? My answer: those that are under the greatest threat from human disturbance.
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Posted on July 13, 2006 1:00 PM • 3 Comments
Ten years ago, I was in between my sophomore and junior years of high school. At that point, I had taken an introductory biology course my freshman year and would be taking AP Biology in the coming fall. I was hardly in a position to make any predictions regarding the future of cloning. Sure, I understood the basic concepts at work, but the ethical and technical implications were beyond me.
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Posted on July 10, 2006 12:00 PM • 3 Comments
They are asking another question of us. They have also changed their name -- just remember where you first saw that gimmick. Anyway, on to their question: How is it that all the PIs (Tara, PZ, Orac et al.), various...
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Posted on June 16, 2006 2:30 PM • 2 Comments
'Dem fools is asking us this: "Assuming that time and money were not obstacles, what area of scientific research, outside of your own discipline, would you most like to explore? Why?" I guess "novelist" isn't an acceptable answer as it's...
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Posted on June 12, 2006 9:00 AM • 1 Comments
Another week, another question from the Seeders. This week they ask us: Since they're funded by taxpayer dollars (through the NIH, NSF, and so on), should scientists have to justify their research agendas to the public, rather than just grant-making...
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Posted on May 30, 2006 1:45 PM • 0 Comments
We talk about molecular population and evolutionary GENETICS and GENOMICS. You know, the caliper measurement of a gene's evolvability in moles.
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