Tag: DNA
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Reflections on Father’s Day [My Split Personality]
My wife showed me the mirror. “Shall I toss it?” I looked at the brass Art Nouveau frame, just enough Erte to grab my eye. “No way,” I said. I was standing on the deck and I held the object d’art up and found my reflection. The glass was broken in several places. My face…
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The Sociology of Corn
I was staring at the obvious and it suddenly hit me like a bolt of blue lightning. People drive past acres of cornfields everyday and most miss it. I did for a long time, until I saw what was happening in the cornfield. It was awesome! On this particular day, I stood at the roadside…
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Long Live the King
So, now it’s more or less certain that the bones of Richard III were found buried under a car park in Leicester, England. I happened to be in London when the news broke that researchers were looking closely at the site. At first it sounded like a bit from a “Monty Python” sketch…but then I…
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