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Posted by on Aug 31, 2008 in Uncategorized | 1 comment

Tomorrow morning is when SW is due on the shelves of good bookstores* in Australia and NZ and available for order from online stores (such as this one, for example). It also appears to be available, at least potentially, in Amazon France, Amazon Japan, (??) and for loan in Palmerston North library , New Zealand. I have no idea why these places specifically...

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Cow-ordinates

Posted by on Aug 26, 2008 in Uncategorized | 1 comment

When I first came up with the general notion of writing a book about microbes, I had about six “cases” that I thought were really interesting and should be written about. Life being what it is, about half of these originals failed to make it into the finished product. One of these discarded originals was a bit about magnetic bacteria....

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Who needs a neocortex anyway?

Posted by on Aug 21, 2008 in Uncategorized | 0 comments

When I first arrived in Melbourne it was made very clear to me that in order to be considered socially acceptable I need to get myself a footy team to support, and fast. The question of how to choose among the clubs seemed to baffle everyone; apparently you’re born with a preference, genetically imprinted into the core of your being, and that’s...

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