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New iFinch users: Before you can upload data, you will need to turn on your data processor. Checking and starting your Finch data processor1. Log into your iFinch account.2. Find and select the Data Processor link in the System menu.3. Look at the Data processor...
Genetics textbooks abound with stories of European royalty and the hazards of having children after you've married one of your cousins. It struck me as an interesting parallel that the lion is such a popular symbol in so many royal coats of arms. Like the royal...
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linked to by 9I've been racking my brain about what to do when Tangled Bank #51 came to Seattle.And it hit me.What do I normally do with visiting nobility (like my in-laws or my parents)?We go sightseeing.So come along, get your reading glasses and your walking shoes, we've...
linked to by 4It's the 4th of May, almost summer time and time to think about microbes.Some of them are giant, some are just, well, ... unusual.I guess we'll let the procaryotes go first, since apparently they're working by the clock. And you probably thought it was simple...
linked to by 2About a decade ago, I took a fascinating summer course at the UW on bioethics. We read about the Nuremburg trials and the Geneva conventions. We learned about horizon problems and eugenics. And we discussed lots of challenging scenarios with genetic testing,...
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A few more bloggers have announced their impending move to SEED scienceblogs since I last wrote about it here.These include some of my favourites, like Scientific Activist, Terra Sigillata, Chaotic Utopia and Island Of Doubt.I know of a couple of others who...
Welcome y'all (as we say here in the South, Serbian or not) to the Tangled Bank. Believe it or not this is a hat-trick (or a trifecta) for me - the third time hosting this carnival, the first and the last carnival on this blog.This post, as it will be seen...
Another Tangled Bank is coming up next week at Science Notes. Send those links to science-related blog posts to Mona Albano, me, or host@tangledbank.net by Tuesday!In the meantime, while you're waiting for the Tangled Bank, you can read these other fine carnivals.Animalcules...