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Thoughtomics has moved! 6 Jul 2011 | 10:58 pm
Exciting news: Thoughtomics has moved to Scientific American’s newly launched blogging network! What will this mean for Thoughtomics as a blog? Not much, aside from the cosmetic changes: I’ll keep on...
Thoughtomics has moved! 6 Jul 2011 | 06:58 pm
Exciting news: Thoughtomics has moved to Scientific American’s newly launched blogging network! What will this mean for Thoughtomics as a blog? Not much, aside from the cosmetic changes: I’ll keep on ...
Resurrecting ancient apples and proteins 15 Jun 2011 | 01:18 am
“It is possible to travel back in time” is a bold way to begin a scientific paper by any standard. This promising first sentence appeared in a the respectable journal Nature Structural and Molecular B...
Resurrecting ancient apples and proteins 14 Jun 2011 | 09:18 pm
“It is possible to travel back in time” is a bold way to begin a scientific paper by any standard. This promising first sentence appeared in a the respectable journal Nature Structural and Molecular B...
Why Life is like Lego 24 May 2011 | 03:17 am
A Lego brick on its own is nothing special. But link some of them together, and you could end up with anything from a medieval castle, to a pirate hideout or a space ship. Since 1947, the Lego company...
Why Life is like Lego 23 May 2011 | 11:17 pm
A Lego brick on its own is nothing special. But link some of them together, and you could end up with anything from a medieval castle, to a pirate hideout or a space ship. Since 1947, the Lego company...
Out of Gondwana: the early evolution of bees 26 Apr 2011 | 03:40 am
Masonry is serious business for mason bees. They build their brood cells inside cavities such as hollow reeds, rotting wood or cracks in buildings. They first fill these cells with pollen and nectar, ...
Out of Gondwana: the early evolution of bees 25 Apr 2011 | 11:40 pm
Masonry is serious business for mason bees. They build their brood cells inside cavities such as hollow reeds, rotting wood or cracks in buildings. They first fill these cells with pollen and nectar, ...
Open Lab 2010 2 Apr 2011 | 11:14 pm
This announcement comes a bit late, but the Open Laboratory is now on sale. This science blogging anthology features some of the best science blog posts that were written by various authors in 2010. T...
The Last Great Auk 30 Mar 2011 | 08:00 am
The black and white Great Auk was a beautiful bird of bizarre proportions. Its ribbed beak was huge and unwieldy, its legs were too short and its stubby wings were far too small to carry its big body ...
