Bloody diets and academic hogwash

Anecdotes are a powerful tool in forming our opinions Science is often enough suffering by public misunderstanding, misconceptions and fear, and even scientists attacking each other. But while this is often uncalled for and predominantly…

Speak up, Nobel (A repost from my LinkedIn)

Mini-interview with Nobel4GMOs mastermind I love this mini-interview, but when I got to read the "I don’t know enough about agri-business to comment on the impact of this deal." I got extremely frustrated! Scientists and…

The onset of reason, part 0.1

Getting the "quacks" in a row! I was wondering if it's worth it for me to jump in the messy fight with quackery and pseudoscience in my pristine-all-sciency blog (pat-pat). Then, I figured - I…

Genetic minimalists – the "one-gene" virus

More is not always better. Viruses know this best, as many of the species of viruses have evolved to have a genome reduced to beyond minimalistic. They have kept the ultimate minimum of protein-encoding genes,…

Protein structure for foodies

I haven't planned my blog to be educational per say, but the other day I stumbled on a thought that was equally ridiculous and fascinating. As I was aimlessly browsing Quora the other day I…

SPORES or how I busted Dr. Geller from…

For a gazillionth time I've been chilling by re-watch Friends and this time around I busted Ross - the brainy PhD and professor in Paleontology, for not knowing what "gleba" is. When his toddler daughter…