August 2010
3 posts
Tourbillon Vase by A+A Cooren →
Wi-Fihawks at the Diner →
Sharpie Liquid Pencil, the aftermath: it's... →
When we office supply nerds fly too close to the sun, we always get burned.
March 2010
2 posts
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A New Kind of Student →
From the editorial page of this morning’s Boston Globe:
COLLEGE ACCEPTANCE and rejection letters will be arriving in the mail in the coming days, launching high school seniors into the joyous or consoling embrace of parents. But many prospective college students aren’t watching anxiously for the mail carrier. Instead, they are busy attending to the needs of their own children and...
When You Need a Substitute Teacher →
February 2010
4 posts
12 Reasons You Need a Facebook Fan Page and 5 Easy... →
Are 'Test Tube Babies' Healthy? - ScienceNOW →
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DNA 2.0: A new operating system for life is... →
From NewScientist: This is an interesting account of molecular re-engineering: getting codons to be read in 4’s instead of 3’s. So much for codon conversion tables that can fit on one page!
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An Auspicious Start
So I had been brainstorming blog titles all day. My virtual trashcan is littered with bad puns, malapropisms, and general dreck. When I finally happened upon The Leading Strand (elaborated below), I knew I had it. I celebrated by promptly choking on a chicken bone. And we’re off!
About the name: The leading strand is the name given to one of the two newly-synthesized DNA molecules at a DNA...