If any of you have not read Hoxful Monsters, you should leave me and go there immediately.
I swear – everytime I read a post by Nagraj Sambrani, I find myself at least a tenth of an IQ point smarter (that’s a joke – no IQ debates here…). That adds up!
Nagraj’s latest post (New tree of [...]

As some of you have no doubt noticed, I’ve been a bit absent from this digital home of mine for the past couple of weeks. What can I say? I’ve been incredibly busy with actually doing science.
Hopefully I’ll get back to regular blogging soon (including my review of the press screener for the upcoming National [...]

I couldn’t imagine how Miriam Goldstein of The Oyster’s Garter could top her previous hosting of the Carnival of the Blue #21 in which she waxed lyrical and poetic.
However, as I have come to expect from Miriam, she completely knocked the socks off of my expectations with her shiny new edition of the Carnival of [...]

Just a couple of quick notes to my fellow developmental biologists out there:
First, due to my recent post, Science Blogging: The Future of Science Communication & Why You Should be a Part of it, I was reminded through my comments at Larry Moran’s reaction post at Sandwalk that I haven’t met very many developmental biologist [...]

Here’s a big congratulations to Miriam Goldstein of The Oyster’s Garter fame, who managed to get a truly fascination article published on Slate.com.
Her article, entitled “Motion in the Ocean” is all about the Valentine woo-pitching (quote: “making the beast with two beaks”) of squids off the California coast. I highly recommend the read, and be [...]

Though we are nearing the end of the “official” Darwin Day celebration, considering Charles Darwin’s 200th birthday and the 150th anniversary of the publication of The Origin of Species, 2009 is sure to be the Year of Darwin. In fact, a slew of events will be filling the entire month of February and there are [...]