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By tsmith on March 15, 2007.

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Educated Skeptics

A brilliantly written Skeptics Circle #56 is up on Scientia Natura The Carnival Of Education: Week 110 is up on Education Wonks.

Inner Life of a Cell

Courtesy of BioVisions at Harvard University. [link via Scientia Natura. Thanks Janny]. Beautifully done. After watching the video I wondered if I could get some explanations on what I saw. I vaguely recognised in the video the cellular machinery that build and dismantle all the cell structures.…

Hi Tara.
Hope you're well, and just busy with scholarly pursuits.
-LL

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