Honoring a scientific revolutionary
Sad news spread throughout the scientific community as 2012 came to a close. Biophysicist and evolutionary microbiologist Carl Woese died on December 30, 2012. In [...]
Reading Roundup: NYC Natural History
Lately, we’ve featured a number of posts about our team’s adventures in urban ecology this last summer. Amy shared stories about the challenges [...]
Reading Roundup: Microbes in Your Food & Bev Edition
Every once in awhile, a trend or theme emerges from the fire-hose-blast of links, info, and ideas that stream through our Twitter and [...]
Feeling festive
Here in the United States we celebrate Independence Day with neighborhood parades, pyrotechnic extravaganzas, backyard barbecues, and other patriotic nods to those who [...]
Just in time for your weekend: A Biodiversity Roundup!
Yowsa! It’s been awhile since we’ve done a Reading Round-up. Here’s some good stuff we read (and watched) this week related to the biodiversity we [...]
Microbes on the brain (and in my browser)
Sure the Internets are full of all sorts of distractions (Awkward Family Photos, anyone?) But there are some interesting, thought-provoking gems in there too. Recently, [...]