Tacsanomaíochta Teip

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 . . . → Leigh Nios mo: Tacsanomaíochta Teip

Sad ach fíor

An trácht gairid faoi Linus Pauling agus Vitimín C a rinneadh liom thíos cuimhneamh físeán seo sa phost ar dtús feadh tamaill ó shin ag Pharyngula. Is é seo an Kary Mullis, ar na bacáin PCR, agus buaiteoir Duais Nobel. A aireagán a rinneadh go bunúsach anailís DNA agus is féidir. Ach cosúil le Pauling, Tá sé freisin go hiomlán agus go hiomlán cnónna. Má tá tú . . . → Leigh Nios mo: Sad ach fíor