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Words of wisdom from Steve Coleman.
Posted by Alex Palazzo at 9:05 AM • 0 Comments •
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From the bench top to the public square.
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Alex Palazzo is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biochemistry at The University of Toronto.
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Quick message from a new father whom is slowly emerging from a self-imposed seclusion.
Category: Misc
Monday, our son Xander was born. Since then I've been getting to know who this new human being is. I've been taking care of most of his, and my wife's, needs. We've shared many moments and lived a life without...
Posted by Alex Palazzo at 11:59 AM • 21 Comments •
Quote of the day
Category: Science & Society
Today's quote is from the first two lines of a research manuscript about the neuroscience of Schadenfreude that appeared in a recent issue of Science. Envy is one of the seven biblical sins, the Shakespearian "green-eyed monster," and what Bertrand...
Posted by Alex Palazzo at 3:32 PM • 2 Comments •
Tid Bits, Downtime Edition
Category: Tib Bits
Some random websites to help kill time as you wait for the restriction enzymes to finish digesting your PCR product.
Posted by Alex Palazzo at 11:06 AM • 1 Comments •
Quote of the day
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In theory there is no difference between theory and practice but in practice, there is. - Yogi Bera (also attributed to Jan L. A. van de Snepscheut and Chuck Reid according to Wikiquote)...
Posted by Alex Palazzo at 7:26 PM • 0 Comments •
On this, the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth
Category: Science & Society
... I have two simple requests:
Posted by Alex Palazzo at 9:29 AM • 6 Comments •
Gwynne Dyer on Humanity's Upcoming Crisis
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The rate of climate change is very fast, the development of technology (good and bad) may be even faster, but the rate of cultural change needed to accommodate these developments is slow. Dyer examines how these developments will affect the geopolitical landscape.
Posted by Alex Palazzo at 11:33 AM • 5 Comments •
Weird International Family Chat
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Yesterday, I was diligently working on my computer when my brother suddenly appeared on MSN's instant messenger. His engineering firm had recently sent him to Doha, Qatar, to work on a new factory being built near the harbor and I...
Posted by Alex Palazzo at 2:47 PM • 1 Comments •
My Year in a Picture
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This has become a yearly tradition. I usually posted near the end of the year, but this time around I had many "distractions". Better late then never: Click here for a full size version. Previous years: 2007 2006...
Posted by Alex Palazzo at 8:33 AM • 4 Comments •
Quick Message
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Hello world. Once upon a time, I had a laptop. As time went on, its hard drive filled up with pdfs, music files and an enormous (well, relatively enormous) operating system. This pattern of exponential expansion continued for a few...
Posted by Alex Palazzo at 12:44 PM • 6 Comments •
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