Now, I’m sure that seeing an article on this site about diversity…
Weird model system of the day: giant newt chromosomes
Biologists have a habit of using so-called “model organisms” to study biological…
Why isn’t there more research into my disease? What can I do about it?
(This is cross-posted to chromosomesandcancer.com) We care about our health and the…
Bitcoin Angst with an Annotated Blogroll
This content is being cross-posted to Synthetic Daisies. This post is about the crypto-currency Bitcoin.…
You are the 5%: The Mystery of the Missing Universe (Part II)
In my last post I left off with the revelation that scientists…
Art + Science – scientific illustrations, real or imagined
While scientific illustrations are often crucial to explaining how something works,…
How some rediscovered 75-year-old research on maize helps us understand cancer
Barbara McClintock published a paper describing the breakage-fusion-bridge (BFB) cycle in 1939. She…
Inspired by a Visit to the Network’s Frontier….
This post has been cross-posted to Synthetic Daisies. Recently, I attended the Network…
Living a Double Life
Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd, or chytrid) is a fungal pathogen that causes chytridomycosis…
You are the 5%: The Mystery of the Missing Universe (Part I)
The title of this blog, “Fireside Science,” is of course a reference…