For the next several days (26-30 Oct), I will be back in the Triangle Area (Raleigh, North Carolina) pretending to be a science writer. I kind of hope nothing gets done around here while I’m gone – would make me feel needed.
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Mike wrote about gene patents for Pacific Standard.
Michele has a guest post at Scientific American's Symbiartic blog.
song of the week
Have Science Will Travel
@finchandpea
- Schrödinger's cat is named SUSY thefinchandpea.com/2013/05/18/sci… Science #Caturday from @artologica 11 hours ago
Josh Witten
- .@GregProops The Smoke of Hell! The Devil's Harvest! blog.vintascope.com/post/506947178… 5 hours ago
Mike White
- RT @edyong209: Oh, and Brian Clegg's comment on that "critical science journalism" piece absolutely nails it. guardian.co.uk/science/blog/2… 2 days ago
Marie-Claire Shanahan
Michele Banks
- @NeinQuarterly I picture you as more of a liebestod type than a flirt anyway 48 minutes ago
Sarah Naylor
- RT @FASEBopa: Thanks everyone who retweeted our latest #NIH funding trends slides & analysis. bit.ly/19FDFKe 1 day ago
Heidi Smith
- Renegade craft fair today and bottling my own kombucha-I'm beginning to feel like an Austinite. 1 hour ago
Eva Amsen
- This talk is so cool, but I'm soooo jetlagged all of a sudden. 2 hours ago



Sounds fun! Give a full report when you get back. I’ve been virtually absent – last-minute paper writing and job application preparation have defeated all plans I’ve had to blog about interesting stuff.