This one you've heard of, and maybe more of you subscribe to: the Dec/Jan issue of Seed. In addition to an article on Dark Energy, a review of the Year in Science, stories about Angela Merkel and Stephen Colbert and James Hansen, there's the infamous feature on us sciencebloggers, and the very first entry in my new column. You've got to love a magazine that intersperses its articles with full-page photographs of venomous jellyfish. All they need now is a cephalopod centerfold, and the magazine will be perfect!
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Congratulations on the new column. I read and enjoyed your piece. And to think I knew you back when you were just a blogger.....
Isn't that what WorldNet Daily does?
So if I understood your column correctly, cave fish chase after hedgehogs and their sharp pointy needle-backs pop out the fish's eyes and they go blind.
Did I miss something?
Seriously, great column. I always thought the explanation was the first one you addressed, the notion of economy, of not bothering to produce something that didn't have practical utility. As usual, the real answer is more subtle, more interesting, and more awe-inspiring. Thanks.
Awesome! Rock on, PZ! :)
Indeed. This gives me additional incentive to read Seed.
Congratulatations!...SH
I just received this months Seed magazine (here in the UK) and proceeded straight to the PZ column. Too cool! Any hints as to what might be featured in future columns?
...full-page photographs of venomous jellyfish.
That clinches it - I'm picking up the new Seed as soon as I see it.
Genetic assimilation, then something general on signal transduction, I think. And in the fuzzier future, beetle testicles.
But then something cool could come up, and I might flit off to a completely different topic.
So, I am confused. In order to read your column we have to "BUY" the magazine?
And I have been so loyal, too.
Hey, it's not as if I gave up on posting here.
Cephalopod of the Month... mmm....
Congratulations on the new column, PZ! You're off to a great start. I'm looking forward to reading your future articles.
Well, you know what they say...."Ask and ye shall receive."
Just remember to be thankful, like that kid in "Animal House"....I'm sorry to say there are no staples!
SH