Evolvability

[kennyc]

from Carl Zimmer in the New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/22/sc...olve.html?_r=1

[DixieGal]

If e coli 1 leaves the station heading east at 43 mph, and e coli 2 leaves the station heading west at 16 kph, what time was lunch?

(The article reads like an algebra problem.)

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by DixieGal

If e coli 1 leaves the station heading east at 43 mph, and e coli 2 leaves the station heading west at 16 kph, what time was lunch?

(The article reads like an algebra problem.)

Plankton!

[kennyc]

Good point though. I like Carl Zimmer, but sometimes he (as any science writer) can get a bit carried away.

[DixieGal]

I like this journal http://www.newscientist.com/?fsm=full

It is tougher than Nat Geo but less than Nature. Yesterday I read about a brand new anti-particle. And that the Florida Everglades were created by indian outhouses and the fertilizer piles therein.

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by DixieGal

I like this journal http://www.newscientist.com/?fsm=full

It is tougher than Nat Geo but less than Nature. Yesterday I read about a brand new anti-particle. And that the Florida Everglades were created by indian outhouses and the fertilizer piles therein.

Yep, I keep being tempted to subscribe to it.... Great stuff there.

[DixieGal]

The free online version beats the Zinio version by a country mile.

[thrawn_aj]

I thought I knew this guy (Dr. Lenski). He's quite the legend on the intarwebs (and not just for the elegance of his research ).