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Post author By Harry
Post date 17 February 2010
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Whale Snot « The Thoughtful Animal

'She attaches some petri dishes to the bottom of the helicopter and flies it through the whale’s thirty-foot-high sneeze. The samples are taken back to the lab and analyzed for bacteria and viruses.'

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the depth of the ocean

A neat graphic showing the depth of the Mariana Trench. via Coudal.

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Links

Post author By Harry
Post date 15 February 2010
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DNA 2.0: A new operating system for life is created – life – 14 February 2010 – New Scientist

Now that's what I call playing God in style: 'In all existing life forms, the four "letters" of the genetic code, called nucleotides, are read in triplets, so that every three nucleotides encode a single amino acid.

Not any more. Jason Chin at the University of Cambridge and his colleagues have now redesigned the cell's machinery so that it reads the genetic code in quadruplets.'

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Links

Post author By Harry
Post date 8 February 2010
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Body of Sea Urchin is One Big Eye | LiveScience

Fascinating: 'Genetic analysis of sea urchins has revealed they have light-sensitive molecules, mostly in their tube feet and in tiny stalked appendages found in among their spines.'

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cityofsound: For the life between buildings – some notes on the iPad

Thoughtful piece about the iPad. I particularly agree with the stuff about the cheesiness of some of the UI design.

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Links

Post author By Harry
Post date 7 February 2010
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LIZ JONES: Honour killings? What we’ve done to young Emma is just as shameful | Mail Online

OK, that settles it, the Daily Mail's entire business model is now based on trolling and linkbait. via Mitch Benn on Twitter.

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BBC – Earth News – Auklets and penguins: birds use feathers ‘to touch’

Birds may use their feathers for touch, using them to feel their surroundings just as cats use their whiskers.

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Links

Post author By Harry
Post date 4 February 2010
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YouTube – Feynman ‘Fun to Imagine’ 4: Magnets

Richard Feynman explains why it’s so difficult for him to explain why magnets repel. via Kottke.

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Links

Post author By Harry
Post date 2 February 2010
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NCBI ROFL: That’s one miraculous conception. | Discoblog | Discover Magazine

Girl with no vagina accidentally gets pregnant under, um, remarkable circumstances. Has the flavour of an urban myth but was published in an actual scientific journal… so I guess we take it at face value.

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accidental mysteries: How Genetics Works

Geek humour.

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i am mommy: Rainbow Pancakes

Food that made me smile. via swissmiss

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