Daily Archives: October 18, 2007

I’m a fro-elly-what-what?

Posted on October 18, 2007 by cicada

Jason at Cephalopodcast.com challenged me to visit this site, sponsored by the New York Zoo, to create my “wild self.” It’s like one of those flip books where you mix and match body parts. As a biologist, such egregious phylogenetic … Continue reading →

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Watson does it again

Posted on October 18, 2007 by cicada

The co-discoverer of the double helix, James Watson, has once again placed his Nobel-icious foot in his mouth. He was meant to give a talk today in Britain on his new book, but his appearance has been cancelled in the … Continue reading →

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