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  • Sticky Notes

    Sticky Notes

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    I don’t have the brainpower for a real blog, so instead you get to see what I’ve got stuck up as reminders for various classes and reading. Transgenic Plants The alteration of crops to improve their production was performed through the basis of selection before the creation of transgenics. This selection has been going on…

  • Mad Scientist’s Apprentice: Math

    Mad Scientist’s Apprentice: Math

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    Sorry, there will be a delay with this week’s Eat This While you Read That! because I just ran out of time. I have the photos, but they need edited and the recipes need written out and well it has been crazy here. So! Instead you get an essay I had to write for math…

  • Rain Falling

    Rain Falling

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    There is a sort of peacefulness to being indoors with the rain falling down safely out of doors. A warm cup of coffee, a list of tasks which may be completed without stepping foot out of the house… it’s all good. I was baking yesterday and am doing more today, as I work on another…

  • Little Pluto

    Little Pluto

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    The littlest planet, which has inspired so much science fiction, is finally entering science fact. This morning (EST) the closest flyby ever captured images of the airless world. Those images won’t be available until tomorrow, but in the meantime, here are a couple lovely portraits. As with the comet lander Philae, this project amazes me.…

  • Question Especially Yourself

    Question Especially Yourself

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    Human nature is not built for scientific research. We have innate curiosity, no doubt about it, and we have pattern-recognition and narrative-forming abilities (and how). But what doesn’t come naturally is organized suspicion of our own convictions. That has to be learned, and relearned. In this line of work, the tuition can get expensive. —Derek…

  • Celebrity Science

    Celebrity Science

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    Ever hear one of your favorite stars talking about their favorite cleanse and decided you just had to try it? Or the latest greatest diet by so-and-so the super fit super model? How about someone in the breakroom recommending something Dr. Oz said was the way to go for their health needs? You might want…

  • On Women and Writing, and Science

    On Women and Writing, and Science

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    Dave Freer has an excellent article over at the Mad Genius Club today, and I wanted to share a bit of it – I encourage you to go over there and read the rest, if you like, but like him, I raise an eyebrow (maybe both) at someone who states numbers with no data to…

  • Enter Title Here…

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    I had some fun over at the Mad Genius Club taking some time in the Transmogrifier to talk about what Hard Science fiction is, or isn’t. Click on over and spend some time with me clicking inside-outside the box. We tend to think of science fiction as the realm of outer space, but science covers…

  • Asking Questions

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    I’ve gotten in trouble more than once for asking questions, and refusing to accept easy answers. I ask a big one over at According to Hoyt today, about the article that proposes not only the cause of autism, but the cure. The older I get, the more I realize that the more we know, the…