I and six other scribbling slugs rolled back home again after attending ScienceWriters2010. We’ve been basking in the light of the field’s luminaries, gathering advice and business cards and doing what we could to introduce ourselves as up-and-coming colleagues. It was a meeting of many firsts for me: first visit to New Haven, first time…
Since I’m sure we’re all friends here, I’ll admit something to you. I’m a tidier person when I’m living with someone. I’m looking at my kitchen table as I type. It is a kind of wounded battlefield of Post-its, notebooks and slips of paper covered in a familiar hand. I will spare you the description…
As a class we enjoyed a lovely day at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, tagging along with otter researchers. Here are a few pictures from our day. Be on the watch for rouge kayaks that paddle too close to the wildlife!
On the weekends I have more time to cook and write. The week can pass in an automated blur, but weekends make me feel very human. Cooking and writing are two uniquely human pursuits. Writing is a celebration of the mind – a way we can record and share our thoughts. Cooking celebrates the offerings…
For those interested (from textbookofbacteriology.net) MAJOR NUTRITIONAL TYPES OF PROKARYOTES Nutritional Type Energy Source Carbon Source Examples Photoautotrophs Light CO2 Cyanobacteria, some Purple and Green Bacteria Photoheterotrophs Light Organic compounds Some Purple and Green Bacteria Chemoautotrophs or Lithotrophs (Lithoautotrophs) Inorganic compounds, e.g. H2, NH3, NO2, H2S CO2 A few Bacteria and many Archaea Chemoheterotrophs…
