NewsBlog: [Entry posted at 22nd July 2005 08:19 PM GMT] I had the opportunity while on vacation to get waist deep in Mutants by Armand Marie Leroi, a compelling celebration of modern human genetics through the scope of mythology, folklore, and biomedical history. Leroi cites a particularly prophetic quote from Francis Bacon:
Once a nature has been observed in its variations, and the reason for it has been made clear, it will be an easy matter to bring that nature by art to the point... Click to continue
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NewsBlog: [Entry posted at 22nd July 2005 06:34 PM GMT] By now, you have no doubt heard that three biologists are putting into serious question the reappearance of the ivory-billed woodpecker in the southern US. See the Girl Scientist?s blog for some interesting commentary and a lengthy interview with Tim Gallagher, one of the authors of the Click to continue
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NewsBlog: [Entry posted at 22nd July 2005 03:49 PM GMT] One question has been rolling around in the scientific community since Apple's surprise announcement that they will switch to the Intel processor in 2006. How fast will BLAST be on Intel on Mac's latest operating system, OSX?
In 2002 Apple's Advanced Computing Group announced the availability of Apple/Genentech BLAST - AG BLAST ( press release here) - which promised speed increases of "Up To Five Times Faster Than 2-GHz... Click to continue
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