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“The tears on my shoulder
Freeze then boil
I wouldn’t be here
If not for your snake oil…”
-Kristin Hersh – “Snake Oil”
One side-effect of the global warming era is that if you can sell a concept or products as “green” it can go a long way. There is a green alternative for nearly every product that you use [...]

A group of German scientists published in this week’s Science their discovery of fungus preserved in Cretaceous Period amber that used a unique means of trapping its prey. This fungus used what essentially looks like a hyphal lasso to rope in its prey of choice, a species of roundworm (see the image to the right). [...]

“You didn’t know how rock-n-roll looked
Until you caught your sister with the guys from the group
Halfway home in the parking lot
By the look in her eye she was giving what she got
My my my, once bitten, twice shy babe…”
Great White – “Once Bitten, Twice Shy”
Somewhere, a science reporter is missing a lead: “Scientists discover the [...]

“All I ask for when I pray,
Steady rollin woman gonna come my way.
Need a woman gonna hold my hand
And tell me no lies, make me a happy man.”
- Led Zeppelin – “Black Dog”
I knew as soon as I saw this paper in Science this week that I wouldn’t be able to resist.