Bacteria threatened by antibiotics respond by slurping up bits of DNA from their surroundings, some of which are likely to make them resistant to the antibiotics. That ought to worry people. It probably won’t, one reason why antibiotic resistance is the problem it is.
Oh my! Someone called Erin has come out and said it: I love dorks! This has partially manifested itself in a “total girl-hard-on” for PZ over at Pharyngula, who is not that modest that he didn’t note it. As it happens I am not in the market, but if I were, I’d try to impress her with how much rand...
I’m sure there were others, but for me the tribute album thang started with A Vision Shared, a wonderful set of Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly songs. Since then the tribute album has become almost a genre of its own. Several feature prominently on my playlists. I don’t have Springsteen’s We Shall Ov...
Gave up my World Cup virginity in the nicest company, and there was much whooping and hollering when Italy rammed one in in the closing minutes. The second, a lovely little chip over the goalie, made victory even sweeter. Cycled home through streets packed with flag-waving jubilation. The sight,...
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Thursday 29 June: Thinking about entries as and when, I decided it would be better to do a single weekly round-up, even though I may write bits of it as and when. Yesterday I started idly browsing the SLD forums and there’s certainly more than enough there to keep a faculty full of anthropologists occupied.
