Finding Q 16 Apr 2009 Elio Schaechter has a nice piece up on the recent success at growing a pure line of Coxellia pathogens, the cause of Q Fever. I have been told that fewer than 10% of all microbes are able to be grown in cell-free media, so perhaps this will be the start of a new set of methodologies. Doing this means that pathogens and other microbes will be able to be sequenced and studied in vitro. Ecology and Biodiversity Evolution General Science
Education If only he had used his science for niceness, instead of evil 11 Sep 2010 In the Great Tone Debate, it seems to me that we have been overlooking some of the crucial elements of mixed strategies. Something that works in one case may not work in another, and so general arguments that one should be nice or dickish all the time are going to… Read More
Evolution An unnecessary rebuttal 29 Oct 2009 A paper has been published formally rebutting the single most stupid idea ever published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA (PNAS(USA)). The story is in Scientific American but the gist is that Lyn Margulis, who sees the world in terms of endosymbiosis, having once correctly argued… Read More
Evolution What’s so cool about Darwin? 10 Feb 2008 So, it’s Darwin Day tomorrow my time. So what? What’s so great about Darwin? Read More
I hope MI5 don’t have as much trouble finding a new Q. http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/apr/18/mi5-recruit-scientific-adviser
I hope MI5 don’t have as much trouble finding a new Q. http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/apr/18/mi5-recruit-scientific-adviser
I hope MI5 don’t have as much trouble finding a new Q. http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/apr/18/mi5-recruit-scientific-adviser
I hope MI5 don’t have as much trouble finding a new Q. http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/apr/18/mi5-recruit-scientific-adviser