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Biology
The Art of Science: Expressing Gene Expression
I might have had the past month of my life swallowed by writing and editing a paper analyzing a massive…
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Anti-Science
Italian Scientists Convicted for Earthquake Damage, and the Failure of Science Communication
This is a big deal: several Italian scientists were convicted for multiple manslaughter after a 2009 earthquake. And in amongst…
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Uncategorized
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Chocolate and the Nobel Prize
So, this is a goofy paper that just came out in the New England Journal of Medicine: Chocolate Consumption, Cognitive…
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Biology
The Biological (Im)Plausibility of Dragons
So I made an off-handed remark about the biological plausibility of dragons in one of my Game of Thrones posts,…
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Biology
Here’s my paper, accept it maybe?
I spent last week gearing up for and going to the Stanford Genetics department retreat. It’s an almost universal thing…
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Biology
The Genetics of Dance
So, as someone who spends most of her waking hours either doing genetics or dancing (seriously guys this accounts for…
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Biology
What makes a tabby cat tabby?
So, this is probably relevant to a few internet interests. A group of researchers have found a gene responsible for…
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Activities
Scientists and Science Fiction Writers…Talking!
Arizona State University, in collaboration with several science fiction authors including Neal Stephenson and Cory Doctorow, is trying to start…
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