Taksonoomia Fail

Recently came across some ridiculously horrible taxonomy from China (.pdf). If you scroll down a bit you can see the english translation. At first glance this looks like a standard taxonomy paper with bare-bones species descriptions. You might even think to yourself, “huh, wonder why they are describing species from only one specimen”. Not the . . . → Loe edasi: Taksonoomia Fail

Kurb aga tõsi

The brief comment about Linus Pauling and Vitamin C below made me remember this video first posted a while ago by Pharyngula. See on Kary Mullis, leiutaja PCR, ja Nobeli preemia laureaat. Tema leiutis põhiliselt tehtud DNA analüüs võimalik. Aga nagu Pauling, ta on ka täiesti ja täiesti pähklid. If you have . . . → Loe edasi: Kurb aga tõsi