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Lab Rat Moving House 2 Sep 2011 | 05:02 am
Trying to keep both this and my new sciam blog going has been a bit of a strain. I've decided therefore that from now on all my science writing will be hosted over there, and this blog will be archive...
Lab Rat Moving House 2 Sep 2011 | 01:02 am
Trying to keep both this and my new sciam blog going has been a bit of a strain. I've decided therefore that from now on all my science writing will be hosted over there, and this blog will be archive...
Bacterial Phylomon! 15 Jul 2011 | 06:00 am
A while ago a conservationist called Andrew Balmford wrote a letter in Science pointing out an intriguing fact that many parents are already well aware of. Namely that while many young children are ab...
Bacterial Phylomon! 15 Jul 2011 | 02:00 am
A while ago a conservationist called Andrew Balmford wrote a letter in Science pointing out an intriguing fact that many parents are already well aware of. Namely that while many young children are ab...
Exciting News! 6 Jul 2011 | 12:52 am
This has been in the works for a while now, but it's finally through, Lab Rat has a new home! http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/lab-rat/ There's the URL in all its glory, because my new blog is fo...
Exciting News! 5 Jul 2011 | 08:52 pm
This has been in the works for a while now, but it's finally through, Lab Rat has a new home! http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/lab-rat/ There's the URL in all its glory, because my new blog is fo...
Vaccines and viral evolution 23 Jun 2011 | 03:30 am
This is the first time in ten years that I haven't had an exam around summer-time. It feels odd, everyone around me is either exam-stressed or post-exam-relaxed, it's turning to summer and there's a d...
Vaccines and viral evolution 22 Jun 2011 | 11:30 pm
This is the first time in ten years that I haven't had an exam around summer-time. It feels odd, everyone around me is either exam-stressed or post-exam-relaxed, it's turning to summer and there's a d...
Plant Defence 3 - Acquired Resistance 17 Jun 2011 | 04:39 am
In posts one and two of this mini-series I explored how plants can defend against bacteria by releasing dangerous chemicals and by killing off cells. This post looks at how surviving one bacterial att...
Plant Defence 3 - Acquired Resistance 17 Jun 2011 | 12:39 am
In posts one and two of this mini-series I explored how plants can defend against bacteria by releasing dangerous chemicals and by killing off cells. This post looks at how surviving one bacterial att...