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Category Archives: Department of the Drama
To Mac users of MS Word
Just posting this as a public service: if you are using Word on a Mac running Lion, and every time you print a document you get an annoying extra page of gobbledygook, go to the Print settings in Word’s Preferences, … Continue reading
Posted in Department of the Drama
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Reminder: Follow BioE on Twitter
Hope you’re having a great summer! Sorry the blog is so dead! I’m so busy right now, my brain is scrambled. (That can sometimes be a good feeling — but not so much this time.) I have a few draft … Continue reading
Posted in Department of the Drama
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Myopia
“I fear that the character of my knowledge is from year to year becoming more distinct and scientific; that, in exchange for vistas wide as heaven’s scope, I am being narrowed down to the field of the microscope. I see … Continue reading
Posted in Biology, Department of the Drama, Ephemera, History of Science, Littademia
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Where’s 2008-2011?
Greetings, readers! As you may have noticed, the most recent posts here date back several years. That’s because my posts from 2008-2011 were published at Scienceblogs.com/bioephemera, where they remain. I do not know if the posts will continue to remain … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs and Blogging, Department of the Drama
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An unstable contest of minds
I was reading last week’s New Yorker, and this passage by Adam Gopnik – part of a long piece about professional magicians – caught my attention. I really agree with this: Whatever the context, the empathetic interchange between minds is … Continue reading
Posted in Department of the Drama, Love
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I am the Atom!
My friend mdvlst just reminded me that there is actually an obscure DC superhero with my name, and moreover, she’s a scientist superhero: Jessica Palmer is the costumed super-hero known as the Atom and hails from a parallel reality known … Continue reading
Posted in Department of the Drama, Frivolity
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The end of an era!
That title sounds pretentious, doesn’t it? I’ve decided to make a big change. As of today, bioephemera will be moving to Scienceblogs. I hope that all of you will join me there; please update your bookmarks to point to http://www.scienceblogs.com/bioephemera … Continue reading
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Holding pattern
Friends & readers, I have to put bioephemera into stasis for a few days. I have a lot of topics backing up, so there is more coming, and I will update you all next week. Till then, hang tight . … Continue reading
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Empty houses, blind eyes
Photo by Eugene Richards From “North Dakota, The Emptied Prairie” National Geographic Magazine These photos bear an eerie, graceful, painful resemblance to the country where I grew up. The year I finished high school, my parents left “town” (7,000 people) … Continue reading
Living paycheck to paycheck, on Wonderbread and ramen
I found this post on the NYT Health blog “Well”, by Tara Parker-Pope (when did the NYT switch to a blogging model? am I just oblivious?) Anyway, the post was mildly intriguing. But then I started reading the comments, and … Continue reading