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2023- 21 - Mar : of cicadas & cordyceps
- 12 - Mar : mastodons in greenland
- 06 - Mar : schol bio exam – a performance standard
- 18 - Nov : nuremberg, & history
- 07 - Sep : trends in human evolution – the shoulder
- 19 - May : kary mullis, pcr, & covid tests
- 17 - Apr : why it’s important to check sources
- 13 - Apr : evidence vs spin
- 31 - Mar : the strange case of the headless sea slug
- 24 - Mar : I’m still not in the money
- 10 - Feb : luciferin, luciferase, etymology, & innuendo
- 13 - Dec : vaccines, viruses, & mRNA
- 10 - Dec : those vaccine ingredients again
- 08 - Dec : mammoth bones – and … potatoes???
- 19 - Nov : it always pays to check before you share
- 09 - Nov : crabs, carcinization, and crappy headlines
- 31 - Aug : it’s “only” a 1% death rate
- 10 - Aug : covid myths & politics
- 23 - May : honeycreepers in hawaii
- 10 - May : applying the CRAAP test to Plandemic
- 23 - Mar : be safe, be kind, care for each other
- 27 - Feb : thoughts on the proposed changes to NCEA
- 21 - Jan : controversy? or manufactroversy?
- 16 - Dec : ignorance of basic science isn’t a virtue
- 01 - Dec : a close encounter of the antivaccine kind
- 26 - Nov : measles deaths and antivax misinformation
- 23 - Oct : oh, the ridiculousness!
- 21 - Oct : zombie ants, updated
- 09 - Sep : measles & cancer, part 2
- 31 - Aug : measles: NOT a “benign childhood disease”
- 06 - Jul : “i’ve done my research!”
- 12 - Jun : what happened to the neanderthals?
- 04 - Jun : measles infection & immune amnesia
- 14 - May : spiders’ prey and pitcher plants
- 26 - Apr : measles infection is not a cure for cancer
- 21 - Mar : thoughts on a question about kākāpō
- 05 - Mar : no link between mmr vaccination and autism
- 01 - Mar : measles, and myths in the comments sections
- 28 - Feb : SS4C – school strike 4 climate
- 25 - Feb : ardipithecus and bipedal walking
- 01 - Feb : smallpox stories & shill accusations
- 19 - Nov : a pivotal species? what’s that?
- 22 - Oct : a new take on out-of-africa
- 05 - Oct : agenda 21 and crank magnetism
- 03 - Oct : antivaxxers’ dangerous misinformation
- 01 - Oct : using images to mis-inform
- 19 - Sep : Science & 1080
- 16 - Sep : wordle & schol bio
- 12 - Sep : an open letter to Rethink Fluoride
- 27 - Jun : preparing for scholarship: critical thinking
- 07 - Jun : is there science in reflexology?
- 03 - Jun : could – & should – the moa be a goer again?
- 30 - May : history & ‘right to try’
- 10 - May : magic water nonsense
- 10 - May : talking about what we should teach
- 17 - Feb : the mms zombie rises to shamble once more
- 08 - Feb : the immortal life of a hydra
- 07 - Feb : no, we have no GM tomatoes
- 03 - Feb : dogs, diets, & the impact of evolution
- 02 - Jan : ‘raw water’? eeewwww
- 29 - Nov : mumps: learning from the comments threads
- 28 - Nov : technology to assist learning: sketchfab
- 21 - Nov : the last of the iron lungs
- 19 - Nov : attitudes and antibiotics
- 06 - Nov : the various ‘costs’ of measles
- 30 - Oct : tomtits and robins
- 10 - Oct : cancer, oils, and uncritical reporting
- 02 - Oct : more on laptops in lectures
- 11 - Sep : wellness and access bars – i can’t even…
- 04 - Sep : on sleep (& lack thereof)
- 17 - Aug : supermarkets & nutritional advice
- 13 - Aug : leech ‘therapy’ redux
- 19 - Jul : a pox on all their parties
- 10 - Apr : nomenclature nonsense, chemical fail
- 05 - Jan : the ‘fishing’ chimps of bakoun
- 04 - Nov : parts of our genome are actually viral
- 30 - Sep : dogs, dispersal, & (bio)dynamics
- 16 - Sep : selection and dog breeds
- 24 - Aug : COOLs? are they as cool as they sound?
- 09 - Mar : attack of the zombie snails
- 25 - Feb : every major’s terrible (sorry, G&S)
- 19 - Feb : a friday butterfly
- 14 - Feb : profs, publications, & social media
- 12 - Feb : is it a drone? is it a giant mozzie?
- 09 - Feb : the bedbug genome and their bloody habits
- 03 - Feb : just how small can a small snail be?
- 29 - Jan : words and ecology, ecology and words
- 28 - Jan : more moo woo
- 25 - Jan : the moo woo train has left the station
- 22 - Jan : snail s*x toys
- 19 - Jan : critiquing another thesis on vaccination
- 17 - Jan : dragonfly eyes
- 14 - Jan : the speed of a chameleon’s tongue
- 11 - Jan : spiders as wasp incubators
- 08 - Jan : did Ötzi have a tummy bug?
- 27 - Dec : back from the dead? not exactly
- 05 - Nov : a science communicator silenced by the mob
- 04 - Nov : shipworms, pillbugs and gribbles – oh my!
- 08 - May : ‘a worm just crawled across my eye!’
- 26 - Apr : slugs, and snails, and … facials?
- 25 - Apr : how do we assess teacher quality?
- 19 - Apr : tips for effective on-line science outreach
- 15 - Apr : sustainability and on-line learning…
- 07 - Apr : warmth, empathy – and science communication
- 23 - Mar : the sonorous war cry of a very angry frog
- 19 - Mar : music to learn by
- 13 - Mar : farewell, sir terry pratchett
- 01 - Mar : the mysteries of cannibal octopus s*x
- 27 - Feb : a mantis? or a fly?
- 25 - Feb : rip frank’n’louie, the diprosopic cat
- 20 - Feb : the 10 commandments of rational debate
- 19 - Feb : only the bones remained
- 18 - Feb : a tale of two tails
- 18 - Feb : true facts about owls
- 16 - Feb : why paper cuts hurt
- 20 - Jan : should food containing dna be labelled?
- 15 - Dec : cows and physics and urban myths
- 07 - Dec : from small beauties to a big one
- 05 - Dec : the beauty of tiny things
- 02 - Dec : credulous reporting around cancer
- 02 - Dec : zombies & lego – great combination!
- 14 - Nov : but surely if it does no harm…
- 12 - Nov : the amazingness of lyrebird vocalisations
- 10 - Nov : a surprising misconception
- 31 - Oct : sticky little lizard feet
- 27 - Oct : rapid evolution in cane toads
- 20 - Oct : quirky science demonstrations
- 17 - Oct : ‘paleo’ diet? or paleofantasy?
- 11 - Aug : fluffy the dinosaur
- 28 - Jul : gmo myths & mythinformation
- 23 - Jul : one of the largest living insects?
- 17 - Jul : acapella science does eminem
- 23 - Jun : 6-second science
- 09 - Jun : pharaoh’s serpent
- 08 - Jun : carl wieman on active learning
- 12 - May : facebook – more than just social networking
- 04 - May : something reassuringly disgusting…
- 30 - Apr : a strange but beautiful bird
- 28 - Mar : most excellent epiphytes
- 02 - Mar : an entertaining take on plants & plant cells
- 23 - Feb : homeopathic first aid
- 20 - Feb : of whale poo, wolves, and spiny s*x
- 16 - Feb : presenting on plants at WCeLfest
- 11 - Feb : musings on moocs
- 06 - Feb : not science as i know it
- 04 - Feb : fluoridation in the news
- 27 - Jan : was newton an astrologer?
- 23 - Jan : non-science nonsense & quaking whales
- 16 - Dec : secrets from an ancient graveyard
- 13 - Dec : selecting for maladaptive behaviour
- 19 - Nov : why did the pigeon cross the road?
- 18 - Nov : a glorious (but deadly) cephalopod
- 13 - Nov : swimming as a sperm does
- 08 - Nov : migration and ear wax
- 04 - Nov : a creeping assassin
- 25 - Oct : how to do citizen science
- 21 - Oct : i feel a great disturbance (in the force)
- 15 - Oct : google hangout – a new adventure
- 30 - Sep : goat glands, greed, and gullibility
- 26 - Sep : concerns & conspiracy theories
- 23 - Sep : teach creationism, undermine science
- 21 - Sep : fluoridation – it pays to read carefully
- 10 - Sep : a beautiful nightmare
- 01 - Sep : a really strange sea urchin
- 28 - Aug : what am i?
- 22 - Aug : how old is a piece of string?
- 21 - Aug : is this a coat of many colours?
- 13 - Aug : the NEW periodic table song
- 11 - Aug : drinking in oxygen?
- 09 - Aug : bicep-flexing & s*xual selection
- 07 - Aug : the drunken botanist
- 02 - Aug : have you heard of a pyrosome?
- 01 - Aug : stunning spiders
- 01 - Aug : does science literacy matter?
- 26 - Jul : can people really sense exposure to emfs?
- 25 - Jul : the sea’s strangest square mile, indeed
- 20 - Jul : ancient jewelry
- 19 - Jul : mmm, ravioli?
- 19 - Jun : final flight
- 12 - Jun : fluoridation: those pesky facts
- 07 - Jun : fluoridation – but wait, there’s more
- 31 - May : why everyone must understand science
- 28 - May : pretty jelly
- 19 - May : out of the mouths of students
- 14 - May : aquatic apes & custard elephants
- 13 - May : selling services on-line
- 08 - May : see-through creatures
- 02 - May : science challenges & science education
- 26 - Apr : true facts…
- 19 - Apr : a little extrapolation is a dangerous thing
- 01 - Apr : caesarians & medical hypotheses
- 26 - Mar : chocolate! just in time for easter
- 20 - Mar : are humans still evolving (a repeat visit)
- 17 - Mar : a cheer for saccharomyces cerevisiae
- 02 - Mar : the amazing hCG ‘diet’, redux
- 21 - Feb : fear & loathing in the water
- 13 - Feb : artistry
- 01 - Feb : more quirky science songs
- 30 - Jan : where’s pooh?
- 28 - Jan : social media & pseudoscience
- 18 - Jan : a lovely friday photo
- 16 - Jan : evolution – a good video for the classroom
- 03 - Dec : is this fish evil?
- 29 - Nov : sasquatch dna!!! not so fast, pardner
- 21 - Nov : stingray x-ray
- 30 - Oct : an interesting take on mousetrap evolution
- 24 - Oct : kissing cousins with kennewick man?
- 17 - Oct : talk nerdy to me
- 14 - Oct : normal service will resume in about a week…
- 13 - Oct : why kids should grade teachers
- 04 - Oct : sweet memories
- 01 - Oct : chutzpah & pingpong balls
- 30 - Sep : how do kids learn about dna?
- 22 - Sep : an ambulant toupee?
- 13 - Sep : the sir paul callaghan science academy
- 09 - Sep : science: 1; society for textbook revise: 0
- 07 - Sep : if only…
- 06 - Sep : walking on custard
- 06 - Sep : more on mosaics
- 05 - Sep : immortal cells
- 04 - Sep : a genetic chimera?
- 31 - Aug : science – it’s not magic!
- 27 - Aug : fostering is the cause…
- 21 - Aug : charter schools (from letters to the editor)
- 15 - Aug : this is a poodle moth…
- 10 - Aug : dodgy experts & gardasil – further questions
- 08 - Aug : passionate biologists start early
- 08 - Aug : things to do with precious bodily fluids
- 06 - Aug : quality counts – except when it doesn’t
- 31 - Jul : sharks don’t get cancer?
- 29 - Jul : foetal lamb cells for autism? baaaah!
- 23 - Jul : ‘esoteric’ – you keep using that word…
- 22 - Jul : moss s*x and springtails
- 19 - Jul : first supertrees – now super domes
- 16 - Jul : singapore’s stupendous supertrees
- 10 - Jul : a letter from exotic places
- 26 - Jun : what constitutes beauty? – tarantulas!
- 22 - Jun : another silly homeopathic product
- 13 - Jun : reflections on the WEB days
- 11 - Jun : the great class-size debate
- 10 - Jun : another stunning biological image
- 28 - May : sagan on science & society
- 27 - May : the worst use for mms yet?
- 21 - May : how much do we value our teachers?
- 08 - May : musings on national primary science week
- 15 - Apr : literate primates?
- 13 - Apr : scientists *do* have a sense of humour 🙂
- 01 - Apr : a bag moth in residence
- 26 - Mar : ‘scientists anonymous (nz)’ write again…
- 21 - Mar : tertiary teachers & accreditation
- 16 - Mar : parasite goes bananas before s*x
- 12 - Mar : marathon man, part II (another replay)
- 08 - Mar : marathon man (rpt)
- 05 - Mar : changing teaching techniques
- 05 - Mar : ensuring student success
- 01 - Mar : if meetings really lower iq…
- 29 - Feb : videos on creationism & evolution
- 28 - Feb : cute, creative caminalcules
- 25 - Feb : anti-vaccination anti-science
- 21 - Feb : here be dragons
- 19 - Feb : choosing for the future
- 13 - Feb : on your bike
- 13 - Feb : these legs were made for walking…
- 12 - Feb : arsenic & old crimes
- 08 - Feb : wonderful quotes about science
- 06 - Feb : what is science?
- 31 - Jan : motivating tomorrow’s biologists
- 29 - Jan : critical thinking – a classroom resource
- 27 - Jan : why things got bigger (rpt)
- 26 - Jan : chris stringer talks about human origins
- 16 - Jan : it must be the silly season
- 12 - Jan : Steve Novella’s BS detector
- 10 - Jan : leeches & health – asking some questions
- 09 - Jan : one reason many don’t ‘get’ science
- 06 - Jan : a homeopathic dinosaur?
- 04 - Jan : time travellers i have met**
- 31 - Dec : homeopathy is ‘personalised’?
- 20 - Dec : letters to the editor: science & god
- 20 - Dec : using pseudoscience to teach science
- 15 - Dec : convergent evolution: the pandas’ thumb
- 14 - Dec : new woo for you – ‘sound’ therapy
- 09 - Dec : assessment for learning
- 02 - Dec : challenges in learning biology
- 01 - Dec : rhys morgan – another one to follow
- 30 - Nov : a follow-up (from a new blog)
- 21 - Nov : what about archaeopteryx?
- 17 - Nov : writing about environmental history
- 13 - Nov : picking & choosing what to believe in…
- 12 - Nov : what, exactly, do they teach?
- 08 - Nov : Election time: Science Q&A – education
- 04 - Nov : visualising a curriculum
- 02 - Nov : deconstructing zeolite
- 12 - Oct : the end of the world is nigh. again…
- 07 - Oct : old fossils on a spoil heap
- 06 - Oct : we saw koalas!
- 25 - Sep : sigh – another on-line hoax
- 24 - Sep : a response from ‘scientists anonymous’
- 10 - Sep : teaching what you don’t know
- 08 - Sep : the value of relaxed discussion
- 07 - Sep : the origin of modern humans – free webinar
- 05 - Sep : are we ready for disaster?
- 19 - Aug : a ‘little job’ for the weekend
- 15 - Aug : a mammoth resurrection task
- 07 - Aug : chemistry cat strikes again
- 01 - Aug : (non)impact of placebo on the common cold
- 29 - Jul : chemistry cat to the rescue
- 24 - Jul : what it was like at the IBO, part 1
- 18 - Jul : a re-run of ‘fact and theory’
- 16 - Jul : plants – more than you expect (again)
- 13 - Jul : why anecdotal ‘evidence’ is problematic
- 11 - Jul : meditating on enrolment (again)
- 09 - Jul : choose wisely… (redux)
- 07 - Jul : interruption to normal service
- 02 - Jul : eye-catching titles for blog posts
- 28 - Jun : wonderful wordle: if my dishwasher had wings
- 27 - Jun : the moon is a poor prognosticator…
- 22 - Jun : dishwashers of doom
- 20 - Jun : gearing up for an olympiad
- 19 - Jun : evolution according to futurama
- 08 - Jun : “1080 poison gets tick from report”
- 06 - Jun : how homeopathy might (not) work in A&E
- 30 - May : the sarcastic fringeheads
- 27 - May : why are some chickens white?
- 25 - May : twisting the truth on vaccination
- 24 - May : talking about exaptations
- 23 - May : another weird science letter
- 22 - May : another lovely biological image
- 19 - May : waiter, there’s a fish in my cucumber!
- 10 - May : pink – not for boys?
- 01 - May : on academic honesty
- 28 - Apr : weird ‘science’ letter of the week
- 19 - Apr : ‘darwin’s dilemma’ – id in nz
- 17 - Apr : a weekend funny…
- 06 - Apr : some thoughts on ‘looking ahead’
- 04 - Apr : to the ridiculous (answersingenesis)…
- 04 - Apr : from the sublime (pz myers)…
- 30 - Mar : bullying – it’s everyone’s problem
- 28 - Mar : inspired by science – the next stage
- 27 - Mar : my mother said…
- 24 - Mar : can ducks count?
- 19 - Mar : a pat a day may help keep the doctor away
- 09 - Mar : another form of donation
- 07 - Mar : an ancient origin for the human eye
- 01 - Mar : predicting earthquakes: hedging your bets
- 27 - Feb : my blackberry’s not working…
- 24 - Feb : my heart goes out to christchurch
- 20 - Feb : a (shaky) date for your diaries
- 13 - Feb : where do you find the ideas for your posts?
- 12 - Feb : happy darwin day
- 09 - Feb : helping students think like scientists
- 06 - Feb : quirks of human anatomy
- 03 - Feb : why do people blog?
- 28 - Jan : the improbability of an eye
- 18 - Jan : the mind’s eye
- 17 - Jan : resistance to science
- 12 - Jan : something old & something new
- 09 - Jan : pesky little hoppers
- 05 - Jan : goldfish & duckweed
- 02 - Jan : the human family tree gets even more complex
- 01 - Jan : happy new year, & thanks for all the fish
- 22 - Dec : technical hiccups
- 12 - Dec : a mouse with no mother
- 05 - Dec : paradoxical frogs
- 28 - Nov : homos*xual necrophilia by a mallard drake
- 27 - Nov : so who are these ‘scientists anonymous’?
- 26 - Nov : stunning biological image #2
- 24 - Nov : Algae & isopods – a unique symbiosis
- 15 - Nov : bats and exam questions
- 11 - Nov : a little exercise in critical thinking
- 09 - Nov : seven signs of bogus science
- 08 - Nov : homeopathic ‘vaccines’ and smallpox
- 05 - Nov : vaccination & smallpox
- 04 - Nov : homeopathic vaccinations – fail
- 03 - Nov : chelation quackery around vaccination
- 02 - Nov : on polio
- 29 - Oct : yes, we have some bananas
- 27 - Oct : sounds of biology
- 24 - Oct : vaccination in the classroom
- 19 - Oct : another resource about critical thinking
- 15 - Oct : inspired by science
- 11 - Oct : lady gaga in the lab?
- 10 - Oct : a novel take on a fairy tale
- 08 - Oct : stunning biological images
- 07 - Oct : a good example of thinking critically
- 05 - Oct : rolling brown stuff
- 03 - Oct : engagement techniques for teaching evolution
- 29 - Sep : further ruminations on writing an essay
- 26 - Sep : the specialities of mad scientists
- 24 - Sep : the great tree of life
- 22 - Sep : a cultural divide
- 22 - Sep : prized science
- 15 - Sep : retail therapy better than s*x?
- 14 - Sep : conspicuous facultative mimicry in octopuses
- 12 - Sep : sunday snippets
- 10 - Sep : discussing death
- 08 - Sep : preparing for scholarship exams
- 06 - Sep : sweet poison?
- 04 - Sep : a genetic window on marsupial evolution
- 03 - Sep : beery bladders & other oddities
- 02 - Sep : legionella – an intracellular pathogen
- 29 - Aug : X-rays & ouches
- 26 - Aug : how a fungus avoids a plant’s immune system
- 23 - Aug : fungal parasites & zombie ants
- 21 - Aug : the scientists of tomorrow, today
- 19 - Aug : cat behaviour explained
- 18 - Aug : oxygenated food for the brain?
- 17 - Aug : a solar salamander
- 16 - Aug : but surely if it does no harm…
- 06 - Aug : a brief hiatus…
- 04 - Aug : what made me a teacher
- 01 - Aug : azolla & endosymbiosis
- 27 - Jul : learning in lectures is a two-way street
- 25 - Jul : dogs behaving badly
- 22 - Jul : arctic foxes in arctic winters
- 20 - Jul : from elephantiasis to sperm competition
- 19 - Jul : giant scrotal elephantiasis
- 17 - Jul : the implausibility of possum peppering
- 16 - Jul : growing up with science
- 13 - Jul : of octopodes & clever horses
- 11 - Jul : the skills of critical thinking
- 09 - Jul : are octopuses really psychic?
- 08 - Jul : do you mind? (brain, meet brian)
- 04 - Jul : kinky crayfish courtship
- 29 - Jun : why an evolutionary image merits a ‘fail’
- 25 - Jun : the genetics of lactase persistence
- 24 - Jun : a sponge makes the top 10
- 22 - Jun : the camel’s hump
- 19 - Jun : contaminated dietary supplements
- 18 - Jun : a follow-up on bleeding for the cause
- 16 - Jun : pseudoscientific gambits
- 14 - Jun : world blood donor day
- 13 - Jun : the tyranny of powerpoint
- 03 - Jun : acupuncture & adenosine
- 01 - Jun : iconography of evolution
- 31 - May : it’s not a miracle
- 25 - May : on craig venter & his new life form
- 23 - May : sequencing the neandertal genome
- 20 - May : flashes in the eye
- 20 - May : let it grow, let it grow…
- 17 - May : helping students engage with maths & physics
- 16 - May : knowledge vs certainty
- 12 - May : why ‘natural supplements’ need regulation
- 10 - May : what science has given us
- 08 - May : putting therapeutic touch to the test
- 07 - May : sensing nonsense
- 05 - May : death shapes us all
- 03 - May : academic language & learning about science
- 28 - Apr : theorists of the lost ark
- 24 - Apr : chemo vs cancer, science vs disease
- 22 - Apr : what evolution is
- 21 - Apr : why don’t students study plants?
- 18 - Apr : what science is
- 16 - Apr : what’s in a name
- 14 - Apr : i get mail…
- 12 - Apr : more bad stats & other stories
- 09 - Apr : nature by numbers
- 05 - Apr : another missing link…
- 03 - Apr : the costs of transpiration
- 01 - Apr : best billboard ever?
- 29 - Mar : a new hominin from siberia?
- 23 - Mar : how not to do science: the scole experiment
- 19 - Mar : belief & knowledge – a plea about language
- 16 - Mar : overrun with creepy-crawlies? maybe not…
- 12 - Mar : cross-species hanky-panky
- 11 - Mar : what makes students stick at science?
- 09 - Mar : writing that essay
- 08 - Mar : a blog for talking teaching
- 06 - Mar : the age of mammals
- 05 - Mar : the bca vs simon singh
- 28 - Feb : today’s big earthquake in chile
- 20 - Feb : how i became a science teacher
- 20 - Feb : $60 a time
- 16 - Feb : meta-analyses – testing relationships
- 16 - Feb : an update on facilitated communication
- 13 - Feb : armed and dangerous…
- 12 - Feb : happy darwin day!
- 11 - Feb : breadth vs depth
- 09 - Feb : but it does no harm…
- 08 - Feb : the power of the cuttlefish
- 07 - Feb : the 8-glasses-a-day myth
- 05 - Feb : what’s your ‘risk intelligence quotient’?
- 03 - Feb : why dogs live shorter lives
- 02 - Feb : grumpiness is best?
- 31 - Jan : of rain and rotifers
- 29 - Jan : avatar
- 25 - Jan : a quick lesson from statistics 🙂
- 24 - Jan : mms revisited
- 20 - Jan : asking the right questions
- 16 - Jan : procrastination – something to avoid
- 14 - Jan : rather nice zoological videos
- 13 - Jan : on the shoulders of giants
- 12 - Jan : the science of lolcats
- 10 - Jan : cauliflory (but not with cheese)
- 08 - Jan : a wide froggy mouth – but not on a frog
- 04 - Jan : trees on stilts
- 27 - Dec : australian red beech
- 26 - Dec : what researchers really mean
- 25 - Dec : may your christmas be filled…
- 22 - Dec : botanical architecture
- 21 - Dec : cassowaries: crucial to rainforest ecology
- 20 - Dec : great balls of sand
- 19 - Dec : a whale of a community
- 17 - Dec : preparing for the future
- 14 - Dec : rocket science & testosterone
- 13 - Dec : of ant hotels and homicidal figs
- 12 - Dec : did ancient jellyfish sting?
- 11 - Dec : an update on xenotransplantation
- 10 - Dec : holiday photos
- 08 - Dec : do flies do housework?
- 06 - Dec : re-post: a worm, but not as we know it
- 05 - Dec : some interesting links to follow
- 02 - Dec : please do not adjust your set
- 01 - Dec : gannet monogamy model moot
- 27 - Nov : facilitated communication?
- 26 - Nov : evolutionary image… fail
- 24 - Nov : off to entertain at cafe scientifique
- 23 - Nov : regulating supplements
- 22 - Nov : whence the nucleus?
- 21 - Nov : argh! the dreaded mercury!
- 20 - Nov : what’s in the water?
- 19 - Nov : speciation in darwin’s finches
- 18 - Nov : hummingbirds & the high cost of s*x
- 17 - Nov : a guest post from an olympian
- 16 - Nov : things that go BANG!
- 14 - Nov : topical 1080
- 13 - Nov : ten questions about intelligent design
- 12 - Nov : florence nightingale was a statistician
- 10 - Nov : a question of isolation
- 08 - Nov : dinosaur footprints in new zealand
- 05 - Nov : fluoride reloaded
- 31 - Oct : a tale of several fishes
- 30 - Oct : wolves in the cross-fire
- 30 - Oct : another contender for ‘best blog post title’
- 27 - Oct : people can believe some very strange things…
- 26 - Oct : self-grooming in cows
- 25 - Oct : teaching old cows new tricks
- 23 - Oct : two ends of the science spectrum
- 22 - Oct : conspiracy theories & the electricity supply
- 20 - Oct : seeing the world through blindsight
- 19 - Oct : it couldn’t happen here. could it?
- 18 - Oct : swim with the sharks…
- 18 - Oct : tomorrow’s young scientists, today
- 16 - Oct : blood-sucking vampire moths!
- 15 - Oct : sensory perception in t.rex
- 13 - Oct : science or magical thinking?
- 12 - Oct : belief vs acceptance
- 11 - Oct : the music of science
- 09 - Oct : (i’ll say it again) dose really does matter!
- 08 - Oct : why we have telomerase
- 07 - Oct : please do not adjust your set…
- 03 - Oct : the ‘missing link’ disproved?
- 02 - Oct : the fabric of history
- 30 - Sep : a special kind of donation
- 29 - Sep : plant growth responses to touch
- 28 - Sep : what’s your favourite (transitional) fossil?
- 27 - Sep : plants – much more than you expect
- 26 - Sep : science blogging in new zealand
- 24 - Sep : a rather strange decision
- 23 - Sep : science-based medicine vs the ‘natural’ kind
- 21 - Sep : malaria & sickle-cell anaemia
- 17 - Sep : ‘warrior genes’ & media fantasies
- 16 - Sep : why do we worry so much about ageing?
- 14 - Sep : the lost city & life undersea
- 12 - Sep : cut a long story short
- 09 - Sep : more musings on human pheromones
- 07 - Sep : molecular evolution & possible gene therapy
- 06 - Sep : sherlock holmes & csi
- 05 - Sep : the scent of fear
- 02 - Sep : the power of the human mind
- 01 - Sep : hierarchies among our furry friends
- 29 - Aug : meet ben
- 27 - Aug : from chickens to dinosaurs?
- 27 - Aug : scientific laws
- 25 - Aug : apple juice & gallstones
- 24 - Aug : darwin & the appendix
- 21 - Aug : watch where you pee
- 20 - Aug : nature is neither kind nor unkind
- 18 - Aug : e.coli & the limits of reductionism
- 17 - Aug : a couple more cool websites
- 16 - Aug : the wonders of modern technology
- 15 - Aug : blindfold squid & other fascinating things
- 14 - Aug : testimonial, anecdote, data…
- 13 - Aug : the power of placebo is strong in this one
- 12 - Aug : what is ‘normal’?
- 10 - Aug : i’m off to ‘do’ a cafe…
- 08 - Aug : publish & be damned?
- 07 - Aug : more on measles
- 05 - Aug : a bit of thinking practice
- 04 - Aug : on life, diversity, & extinction
- 02 - Aug : snakes & spiders & solenodons – oh my!
- 01 - Aug : what’s wrong with catching the measles
- 31 - Jul : prompted by a quiz question…
- 28 - Jul : i cannot brain today…
- 26 - Jul : time for a little humour
- 25 - Jul : of crusts & cancer
- 23 - Jul : the university of google strikes again…
- 21 - Jul : congratulations to our olympians!
- 20 - Jul : more on poo – this time, it’s penguins
- 19 - Jul : fossil poo & moa diets
- 17 - Jul : lies, damned lies, and science
- 16 - Jul : more comment on folate
- 14 - Jul : science as a way of knowing
- 13 - Jul : food & folate
- 11 - Jul : live long & prosper?
- 11 - Jul : of what use are evolution blogs?
- 10 - Jul : the things people do in the name of science
- 09 - Jul : getting the big picture
- 08 - Jul : medical news stories that make the headlines
- 06 - Jul : another primate fossil
- 04 - Jul : oxygenate your brain!
- 03 - Jul : service may be interrupted…
- 02 - Jul : the dinosaur lady
- 02 - Jul : thoughts while marking
- 29 - Jun : antibiotics in nature
- 27 - Jun : interesting readings on human evolution
- 26 - Jun : a biodiversity storeroom
- 25 - Jun : questions about speciation
- 22 - Jun : sometimes life just sucks
- 22 - Jun : how to read a scientific paper
- 20 - Jun : finding suitable references
- 19 - Jun : speciation in the here-&-now
- 17 - Jun : hyenas & homo erectus
- 15 - Jun : can we clone it? yes we can! but should we?
- 15 - Jun : amazing aye-ayes
- 13 - Jun : the TimeTree of Life
- 12 - Jun : permit me a small piece of pedantry
- 12 - Jun : a fieldays update…
- 09 - Jun : a whole lot more on ‘ida’
- 08 - Jun : why science outreach is important
- 04 - Jun : donald prothero on the nature of science
- 03 - Jun : how not to write a scientific report
- 01 - Jun : a few thoughts on essay-writing
- 30 - May : arsenic & ancient mummies
- 29 - May : an update on ida
- 29 - May : how well do we teach critical thinking?
- 28 - May : so true…
- 27 - May : what turns on zebra fish
- 25 - May : science communication is fun!
- 24 - May : only in mice…
- 22 - May : a wonderful fossil – but not a missing link
- 19 - May : viral s*x
- 19 - May : thin pickings again, I’m afraid
- 18 - May : musings on hansen’s disease
- 17 - May : a piece of palaeolithic er*tica?
- 10 - May : a brief hiatus in service
- 09 - May : thoughts on xenotransplantation
- 06 - May : great balls of stone!
- 05 - May : when a journal is not really a journal
- 04 - May : genetics & family pedigrees
- 03 - May : more on swine flu
- 02 - May : why is science important?
- 30 - Apr : anhydrobiosis in antarctic organisms
- 29 - Apr : the need for science communication
- 28 - Apr : a good summary on swine flu
- 28 - Apr : an alien star-child?
- 26 - Apr : fish oil follow-up (& some more stats)
- 25 - Apr : how the giraffe got its neck
- 23 - Apr : the past is the key to the present
- 22 - Apr : thinking about Scholarship?
- 21 - Apr : ankle joints & hominin evolution
- 19 - Apr : social networking & morality
- 17 - Apr : more on epigenetics & imprinting
- 16 - Apr : more epigenetics – imprinting
- 15 - Apr : an entertaining look at our family tree
- 14 - Apr : ben goldacre’s missing chapter
- 13 - Apr : let’s clarify something here
- 11 - Apr : opposable thumbs
- 10 - Apr : multilingual bacteria & glowing squid
- 09 - Apr : another request – this time it’s stem cells
- 08 - Apr : More on the nature of science
- 07 - Apr : a fun science sticker…
- 05 - Apr : a paper on epigenetics
- 04 - Apr : a bit of humour
- 02 - Apr : magnetic attraction…
- 31 - Mar : what ‘average’ means
- 30 - Mar : male polymorphisms & mating systems
- 28 - Mar : snail s*x toys
- 27 - Mar : from an octupuses lagerstatte…
- 23 - Mar : leopard slugs: s*x on a bungy cord
- 22 - Mar : the hox genes rap
- 19 - Mar : RNA interference explained
- 18 - Mar : roses are red
- 17 - Mar : a field guide to logical fallacies
- 16 - Mar : how to read between the lines
- 14 - Mar : fish evolution under our own noses
- 12 - Mar : applying evolutionary theory in the lab
- 10 - Mar : a hearing chair – retraining the senses
- 09 - Mar : elephantine evolutionary history
- 07 - Mar : populations vs individuals
- 06 - Mar : the world of ants
- 04 - Mar : green sea slugs & endosymbiosis
- 03 - Mar : meditating on enrolment
- 02 - Mar : calling all chemistry teachers…
- 01 - Mar : ben goldacre on ‘facebook causes cancer’
- 26 - Feb : the ‘barrel-eyed’ fish
- 25 - Feb : a nice just-so story?
- 24 - Feb : just a quickie
- 22 - Feb : a ‘good mother’ whale
- 20 - Feb : i get mail…
- 19 - Feb : sequencing the neadertal genome
- 18 - Feb : a personal ‘darwin bibliography’
- 17 - Feb : the ‘beagle’ letters
- 16 - Feb : dolphin vs squid
- 15 - Feb : an excess of warts
- 13 - Feb : charles darwin – the man behind the science
- 12 - Feb : february 12 is…
- 11 - Feb : terror of the ancient seas?
- 10 - Feb : an excellent editorial
- 08 - Feb : cafe scientifique for darwin200
- 08 - Feb : the plural of anecdote is not data
- 07 - Feb : evolution & cancer
- 05 - Feb : no science for you today
- 04 - Feb : what women want
- 03 - Feb : understanding science
- 02 - Feb : bone-eating worrrms!
- 01 - Feb : thinking about darwin
- 31 - Jan : Darwin200
- 30 - Jan : rivers as ‘medicine cabinets’
- 29 - Jan : and an answer to that finch question…
- 28 - Jan : ethics & pre-implantation genetic diagnosis
- 27 - Jan : one of these things is not like the other
- 26 - Jan : headlines can be misleading
- 25 - Jan : choose carefully…
- 24 - Jan : convergence in tomatoes &… a retrovirus
- 22 - Jan : hiv & your immune system
- 21 - Jan : why things got bigger
- 19 - Jan : eat a species – and change it
- 18 - Jan : louisiana & intelligent design
- 15 - Jan : ‘scientifically proven’ – I think not
- 14 - Jan : natural selection and chemical replicators
- 13 - Jan : enough with the sainthood, already
- 12 - Jan : the ‘origins’ blog
- 12 - Jan : snowball earth
- 11 - Jan : there’s journals, & then there’s journals…
- 10 - Jan : complete neanderthal mtDNA sequenced
- 10 - Jan : darwin, dover, & intelligent design
- 09 - Jan : ‘academic freedom’ in oklahoma
- 08 - Jan : an early birthday surprise
- 07 - Jan : breaking the species barrier
- 07 - Jan : a most excellent take-down
- 05 - Jan : how do we recognise ‘culture’?
- 04 - Jan : fifteen evolutionary gems
- 03 - Jan : what is this word, ‘darwinism’?
- 02 - Jan : the six-million dollar cockroach
- 31 - Dec : the strange case of the floating mud snails
- 29 - Dec : do insects see the world as we do?
- 28 - Dec : those nasty toxins…
- 26 - Dec : evolution in action
- 25 - Dec : merry christmas
- 24 - Dec : talking about science
- 23 - Dec : the consequences of vision
- 22 - Dec : if it sounds too good to be true…
- 21 - Dec : hard to explain? more creationist straw men
- 19 - Dec : an early dromaeosaur
- 18 - Dec : still more on eyes
- 17 - Dec : how to s*x a moa
- 16 - Dec : why rumours can last for ages
- 15 - Dec : evolution of the eye
- 14 - Dec : a biologist on holiday
- 12 - Dec : outrunning age
- 11 - Dec : badscience – the book
- 09 - Dec : enzyme benefits?
- 08 - Dec : an interesting post on the dmanisi fossils
- 06 - Dec : a brief hiatus
- 05 - Dec : one for the physicists
- 04 - Dec : phew! I’m glad that’s over!
- 03 - Dec : a wordle for my blog
- 02 - Dec : more on tiktaalik
- 01 - Dec : another good thing about questions
- 30 - Nov : breathe through your left nostril…
- 29 - Nov : shades of jurassic park
- 27 - Nov : adventures of a curious character
- 26 - Nov : it’s different at uni
- 25 - Nov : two-headed kitties & embryonic development
- 24 - Nov : why don’t big dogs live so long?
- 23 - Nov : lazy sunday
- 22 - Nov : animal communication
- 20 - Nov : the natural history of the eye
- 19 - Nov : the beauty of biscuits…
- 17 - Nov : do you go ‘wow!’ at big numbers?
- 16 - Nov : a vaccine for AIDS?
- 15 - Nov : why play?
- 14 - Nov : another example of critical thinking…
- 13 - Nov : discovering biology in a digital world
- 12 - Nov : unforseen consequences of megafaunal removal
- 11 - Nov : something fishy here…
- 09 - Nov : going to the movies
- 08 - Nov : the importance of deep time
- 07 - Nov : rain man? – rainfall & autism
- 06 - Nov : egg-eating foxes
- 05 - Nov : ancient shaman’s burial site
- 04 - Nov : volcanic eruptions & human bottlenecks
- 03 - Nov : wind farms & bird kill
- 01 - Nov : long-legged (weta) males have more s*x
- 31 - Oct : r.i.p. milo
- 30 - Oct : diabetes, pigs, & xenotransplantation
- 29 - Oct : a three-way symbiosis
- 27 - Oct : what everyone should know about science
- 26 - Oct : candles & ears – not a good mix
- 25 - Oct : a new voyage for the beagle
- 24 - Oct : more on the pau d’arco question
- 23 - Oct : happy birthday, Earth!
- 22 - Oct : thinking carefully about the question
- 19 - Oct : big brains, c-sections, & evolution
- 17 - Oct : life in the cambrian
- 16 - Oct : mating systems in takahe
- 15 - Oct : the joys of essay-marking (no, seriously)
- 14 - Oct : viruses have s*x???
- 10 - Oct : blog readability
- 09 - Oct : a pile of brown stuff
- 08 - Oct : has human evolution stopped?
- 07 - Oct : read the question!
- 06 - Oct : a plug for david attenborough
- 05 - Oct : the benefits of science blogging
- 04 - Oct : fish fingers, anyone?
- 01 - Oct : so many books, so little time in the day
- 29 - Sep : kiwi conservation & ancient DNA
- 27 - Sep : so what’s that 10th question?
- 26 - Sep : arrowheads revisited
- 25 - Sep : culture in chimpanzees
- 24 - Sep : the importance of genetic variation
- 21 - Sep : how to argue against a scientific theory…
- 20 - Sep : wells’ 9th question
- 19 - Sep : a bit of friday humour
- 18 - Sep : pseudoscience? bad science, anyway
- 17 - Sep : the ambiguity of pseudogenes
- 16 - Sep : the 8th ‘question’ on wells’ little list
- 15 - Sep : creationism – misconception or worldview?
- 14 - Sep : black robins & tomtit hybridisation
- 12 - Sep : wells again – this time, darwin’s finches
- 11 - Sep : another book: carl zimmer’s “microcosm”
- 10 - Sep : genetic underpinnings of thumbs
- 09 - Sep : a follow-up on peppered moths
- 08 - Sep : medicine & individual genotype
- 07 - Sep : charles darwin – voyaging
- 06 - Sep : the peculiar platypus
- 04 - Sep : peppered moths – another ‘icon’?
- 02 - Sep : preparing for scholarship
- 31 - Aug : evidence-based thought
- 28 - Aug : x-rays & age
- 28 - Aug : wells is peeved with haeckel’s embryos
- 27 - Aug : wells’ third ‘icon’ – homology
- 25 - Aug : the cambrian ‘explosion’
- 24 - Aug : obfuscation galore!
- 22 - Aug : can ducks count?
- 21 - Aug : brain food
- 20 - Aug : another bit of creationist misinformation
- 17 - Aug : something else to share
- 15 - Aug : why you should study evolution
- 13 - Aug : i didn’t know that!
- 13 - Aug : promoting a scientific mind
- 12 - Aug : mtDNA & neandertal/sapiens relationships
- 11 - Aug : locking in the benefits of dieting?
- 08 - Aug : looking for more science writing?
- 07 - Aug : critical thinking & journalism
- 07 - Aug : ‘the genius of Charles Darwin’
- 06 - Aug : environmental change and evolution
- 05 - Aug : a general piece on Scholarship
- 04 - Aug : have your say on science
- 03 - Aug : ‘the demon-haunted world’
- 30 - Jul : population genetics of A1 & A2 milk
- 30 - Jul : thinking about the exams
- 29 - Jul : interference competition in wolves & coyotes
- 26 - Jul : hormones, s*x, & fidelity…
- 24 - Jul : another excellent blog to share
- 23 - Jul : how not to design an experiment
- 20 - Jul : the beauty & wonder of science
- 20 - Jul : more on the nature of science…
- 16 - Jul : a very early tetrapod indeed
- 11 - Jul : science as a human endeavour
- 06 - Jul : how evolutionary theory develops
- 05 - Jul : advice to young scientists
- 03 - Jul : something to listen to
- 30 - Jun : are internet polls worthwhile?
- 26 - Jun : beyond the farm & the theme park
- 23 - Jun : we have lift-off…
- 22 - Jun : things to remember when writing an essay
- 18 - Jun : another title for the reading list
- 17 - Jun : dipping deeper in the blogosphere
- 16 - Jun : theory, fact, hypothesis & law
- 14 - Jun : science on the farm
- 09 - Jun : more from your inner fish
- 05 - Jun : a smelly story
- 01 - Jun : a pregnant placoderm
- 28 - May : scientists are wrong (a lot)
- 25 - May : one very big frog
- 21 - May : the thylacine – back from the dead?
- 20 - May : leonardo’s life
- 17 - May : Why Scholarship is hard work
- 13 - May : missing fingers & pixie dust
- 09 - May : from my reading list
- 06 - May : rapid evolutionary change in lizards
- 01 - May : tooth wear & diet in paranthropus
- 29 - Apr : how to lie with statistics
- 27 - Apr : neandertals in siberia
- 25 - Apr : back to the oxygen pseudoscience
- 22 - Apr : hosting the biology olympiad
- 18 - Apr : do you google?
- 16 - Apr : “lucy’s child” – an answer to a question
- 11 - Apr : polio & evolution
- 09 - Apr : creationist argument #3: Darwin –> Hitler
- 04 - Apr : scientifique kiwis
- 30 - Mar : fish oil & exam results
- 26 - Mar : better s*x from headless males…
- 22 - Mar : use of colour by early sapiens
- 19 - Mar : why the bioblog?
- 16 - Mar : ask a biologist
- 12 - Mar : deifying Darwin? I think not
- 10 - Mar : Is evolution a random process?
- 08 - Mar : a question for you…
- 05 - Mar : forensic genetics & an evolutionary puzzle
- 04 - Mar : the nature of science (again)
- 01 - Mar : the ‘bioblog’ reading level
- 01 - Mar : cell phones & male fertility
- 28 - Feb : adaptive radiation in birds
- 28 - Feb : good web articles on evolution issues
- 26 - Feb : (pseudo)science runs amok
- 24 - Feb : coevolution of weta and fleshy fruits
- 20 - Feb : a quote to think about
- 16 - Feb : an overview of how we see ourselves
- 13 - Feb : Happy Darwin Day
- 11 - Feb : what is it with cockroaches?
- 07 - Feb : giant fish extinctions
- 04 - Feb : cool cephalopods
- 31 - Jan : coevolution of bats & flowers
- 28 - Jan : that milk ad on youtube
- 23 - Jan : possible interruption to service
- 21 - Jan : fact & theory
- 17 - Jan : think carefully about what you read
- 13 - Jan : the PCR song
- 13 - Jan : even octopuses get christmas presents
- 09 - Jan : I never thought I’d link to youtube, but…
- 06 - Jan : creationist argument #2
- 02 - Jan : a bit off-topic, maybe?
- 23 - Dec : ancient whales and their cousins
- 17 - Dec : evolution has shaped women’s spines! Really?
- 13 - Dec : indigobirds and evolution
- 12 - Dec : summer slow-down
- 08 - Dec : faces of our ancestors
- 07 - Dec : battle of the brains
- 05 - Dec : weird & wacky… science?
- 03 - Dec : who’d be a cockroach?
- 29 - Nov : The ancient mariners
- 26 - Nov : tree-hugging wolves?
- 23 - Nov : a worm, but not as we know it
- 20 - Nov : gradualism and/or punk eek?
- 19 - Nov : primates’ closest living relatives?
- 16 - Nov : swan girl’s story
- 14 - Nov : evolution & the nature of science
- 13 - Nov : more on plant domestication
- 11 - Nov : dating plant domestication
- 04 - Nov : Darwin at the museum
- 29 - Oct : Coming up to the exams
- 26 - Oct : Sexual signals and strong, silent males
- 23 - Oct : “Punk eek” and speciation
- 22 - Oct : Climate change and human evolution
- 20 - Oct : Can plants hunt?
- 18 - Oct : Ants, drugs & aphid slaves
- 16 - Oct : Magnetism & navigation – in bacteria
- 11 - Oct : Our feathered friends?
- 09 - Oct : Gene targeting technique wins a Nobel Prize
- 07 - Oct : Further food for thought
- 02 - Oct : Food for thought?
- 30 - Sep : New paper on floresiensis
- 26 - Sep : Diet and your genes
- 23 - Sep : Charles Darwin, I presume?
- 22 - Sep : marathon man, part deux
- 19 - Sep : marathon man?
- 16 - Sep : The nature of natural selection
- 05 - Sep : The risks of sex (well, one of them, anyway)
- 03 - Sep : Student query: gene sequencing
- 31 - Aug : The nature of science
- 26 - Aug : Richard Dawkins on the nature of science
- 22 - Aug : PCR – technique & application
- 17 - Aug : Extending our family tree?
- 11 - Aug : Is it a valid argument?
- 06 - Aug : This isn’t an English class!
- 02 - Aug : Question: are humans still evolving?
- 02 - Aug : Scholarship Bio Blog