Today’s song is a soft and hazy vignette from Irish singer-songwriter Lisa Hannigan (seen here with her harmonium). Venn Diagram places us in the apartment of a women letting her lover sleep as she awakes and quietly starts the day. The lyrics are careful and evocative, making the song feel like the start of a literary short story. Continue reading
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Mike wrote about gene patents for Pacific Standard.
Michele has a guest post at Scientific American's Symbiartic blog.
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Have Science Will Travel
@finchandpea
- Schrödinger's cat is named SUSY thefinchandpea.com/2013/05/18/sci… Science #Caturday from @artologica 6 hours ago
Josh Witten
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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
- Um or maybe the name of the roman pound? RT @neiltyson: symbol "lb" for pound comes from an abbreviation of constellation Libra, the scales. 20 hours ago
Michele Banks
- @cgranade @CackleofRad Join us to help pay off a blackmailer! 23 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
- RT @SensoryEcology: Nice paper: predatory sea slug learns to avoid defended prey jeb.biologists.org/content/early/… @J_Exp_Biol #evolution 2 days ago
Eva Amsen
- @Schrokit no, I'm on my phone. 2 hours ago


