Carnival of Evolution 2 May 2010 The 23rd edition of the Carnival of Evolution is up. It includes two of my posts, so you know that it can only get better. Go check it out. Evolution Evolution
Ecology and Biodiversity Picoeukaryotes 29 Jul 2008 Electron cryotomographic reconstruction of a C. merolae cell. n = nucleus; c = chloroplast; p = peroxisome; er = endoplasmic reticulum. Source Elio Schaechter has a typically informative and informed post on the smallest eukaryotes, a kind of algae called picoeukaryotes. These guys make up half the biomass of all… Read More
Biology Zimmer’s evolving blog post on X-woman 28 Mar 2010 Carl Zimmer has a continually updated blog post on the mtDNA of “X-Woman”, which is being informed by his readers and experts. It’s a useful antidote to hasty and inaccurate reportage in the MSM, done well by a very good journalist. Read More
Evolution The Myth of Ascent 18 Aug 2009 Skeptic Wonders has a really neat article on the myth of evolutionary ascent that you all should go look at. Read More
Well, then. We’ll have to see about improving the next edition by leaving you two out of it. You’ll have to plead with Zen Faulkes of Neurodojo, though.