Author: charlie

The Great Beyond: The tale of the mysterious mouse’s tail "Finding a mouse in a package you’ve just picked up is hardly ever a good thing. But when the pac...

Ancient rock art's colours come from microbes – BBC News "'Living pigments' is a metaphorical device to refer to the fact that the pig...

Piracy in the age of DIYbio | DIYbio A post I did on "copying" bugs for personal use. (tags: practicalmicrobes science biology diybio piracy) I Brew, ...

Opposition to Health Law Is Steeped in Tradition – David Leonhardt – NYTimes.com "The federal income tax, a senator from New York said a centur...

Genspace: Open for Business "The Genspace grand opening isn’t about the past two years, it’s about the future. Let’s bring back the romance between the sci...

Boston Red Sox – Family unity – The Boston Globe "You ever have a situation where you’re going, ‘Man, I hope he doesn’t look over here.’ And he...

Developers call for handy lab aids : Nature News "Macmillan hopes to partner with scientists to turn software into commercial products." (tags: scienc...

Here is a sampling of some stories I’ve written: When Wolf and Rabbit walked the Appalachian Trail Love, life, happiness. (short short) Puzled MonkeyA cra...

The Algorithm + the Crowd are Not Enough « Rand's Blog "My point isn’t that Google, Netflix, Amazon, Yelp or any of the others are doomed. But I do th...