If you're at work, I hope you have headphones; if you don't, check in once you get home. Here are a couple of audio recordings of good science.
- John Rennie speaks out on stem cells on an Australian program, the Science Show.
- I reviewed her new book a while ago, and now you can hear Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard lecture on basic developmental biology. She has a very nice light German accent that makes it especially pleasant to listen to, I think.
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Yo PZ!
Hope you got the email from Davis Cope, look forward to seeing you in action in September.
Hey, what does all your atheist ranting have to do with science?