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Scientists do not trust what is intuitively obvious, because intuitively obvious...
– Carl Sagan - Wonder and Skepticism. (via scipsy)
jtotheizzoe:
Nanopore DNA Sequencing
Does that mean anything to you? It should. People who know me know that I am prone to hyperbole (e.g. “This is the best freakin’ sandwich I have ever had, like, in history”), but believe me when I say that This. Changes. Everything.
Critics of genomics (even Craig Venter, “Mr. Genome” himself) have lamented the fact that sequencing our genome has not...
There is a difference...
There is a difference between words and I find it increasingly important to choose the right words. The chasm between the things I can’t do, won’t do, would rather not do, and don’t want to do is vast. I know I obsess over choosing the right words, particularly when writing, but it seems to me that it is the difference in meaning that creates the message.
http://feltron.com →
This is the most intensely beautiful thing I have ever seen.