A fellow ScienceBlogger has suffered a profound loss. Sadly, on Sunday, my blogchild Mark lost his father.
If you like Mark's blog (or even if you don't), please do me a favor and take a moment to read Mark's tribute to his father and offer your condolences. He has mine.
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