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Posted by on Mar 2, 2010 in Uncategorized | 1 comment

(The title, in case you’re wondering, is Tim Robbins’s inane catchphrase from “The Hudsucker Proxy”) I’m back from San Diego, where I participated in the sb&f awards ceremony along with the three other winners this year, who were all very nice, with great books – I bought “The Frog Scientist” for Daniel,...

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Do Not Lick This Blog Post

Posted by on Feb 4, 2010 in Uncategorized | 1 comment

This list was originally compiled as a “fun facts”-type publicity handout a while back; thought you might like it too. 1) Some microbes can survive temperatures of over 120°C (about 250°F). 2) If you were to place all the bacterial cells found in an average cow stomach end to end, you’d go insane. It’s really really hard. 3) Plus it would stink...

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