Daily Archives: August 31, 2007

Juxtaposition: Icy chiasma

Posted on August 31, 2007 by cicada

Y and X cubosomes? Last night while drinking some water, I noticed that two ice cubes had fused, forming a complex that resembled an X chromosome in metaphase: two chromatids joined by a wee little centromere! I realized at that … Continue reading →

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A Different Kind of Asperger’s

Posted on August 31, 2007 by cicada

Tim Page has a remarkable essay in the August 20 New Yorker about his personal experience with Asperger’s syndrome: In the fall of 2000, in the course of what had become a protracted effort to identify—and, if possible, alleviate—my lifelong … Continue reading →

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Poem of the Week: set upon a golden bough and sing

Posted on August 31, 2007 by cicada

Judith Fegerl Via the Athanasius Kircher Society: artist Judith Fegerl has created a sculpture that mechanically replicates the song of a nightingale. It may sound like a nightingale, but to me it looks more like the viscera of several giant … Continue reading →

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