Mandy writes, “I am actually a microbiologist, but my side interest is the trilobite. I went in thinking I’d just get a small black outline of a trilobite, and the tattoo artist was so excited that I wanted a trilobite, and insisted on designing something more complicated for me. So attached is a photo of my right foot. It’s like a pet trilobite that follows me everywhere.”
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Originally published May 29, 2010. Copyright 2010 Carl Zimmer.
Two of my favorite bloggers, John Hawks and Christina Agapakis, talk about the big genome news of recent weeks on Bloggingheads. Gets technical, but in a good way!
Originally published May 29, 2010. Copyright 2010 Carl Zimmer.
The folks at 3 Quarks Daily are taking nominations for their second annual Prize in Science. The judge this year will be Richard Dawkins.
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A group of new blogs have launched at NYU’s Science, Health, and Environmental Reporting Program. In my capacity as Visiting Scholar there, I helped some of the students think through how to work blogs into their training at NYU. Mainly, I urged them to think about how to not be boring. I suggested they set up blogs that they themselves would actually want to write, and that weren’t like a lot of other blogs.
And they did! Kids these days.
So check out the whole blog roll, and offer your deeply insightful and constructive critiques. They’re waiting for you.
Originally published May 26, 2010. Copyright 2010 Carl Zimmer.
If you’re at ASM, I just want to let you know I’ll be at the ASM Press Bookstore from 1 pm to 2 pm on Wednesday. The bookstore is on the far right end of the lobby as you’re standing in front of the convention center. If you want to talk about the things I’ll be discussing this afternoon at 5:30 pm, come by. Also, ASM Press has signed copies of Microcosm for sale. See you there!
Originally published May 25, 2010. Copyright 2010 Carl Zimmer.