Some time ago, I posted about a baby born with HIV from an infected mother. At the time, the baby…
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Each summer, tens of thousands of kids are shipped off to summer camp. They spend a week in the woods…
I have had many and varied relationships with a variety of felines. I can’t recall a time when there wasn’t…
Several weeks ago, a commenter requested that I write up some stuff on chemosynthesis. While that seems pretty trivial, and…
I had a truly fascinating discussion with a person on Facebook recently. Turns out, there were some things I didn’t…
I know, I don’t talk about politics much… I’ll wait while you clean your coffee off your monitor. I just…
I’ve been travelling for work recently (remind me to tell you how some fish delayed my flight home for over…
People deal with new discoveries in a variety of ways. When I talk to scientists and people who like science,…
In the practice of science, people ask very specific questions, then determine the answer. The determination of the answer can…
First, sorry for the long time without posting. I have had a truly abysmal illness and work has been crazy.…