You denizens of the science blogosphere probably will have heard about the, shall we say, “questionable” article by Donald Williamson (and communicated by Lynn Margulis) in PNAS, in which he claimed that insect larvae arose via hybridization between...

From today’s Nature, an editorial entitled Mind the spin: Scientists — and their institutions — should resist the ever-present temptation to hype their results. …the temptation for scientists and their institutions to spin their research to the...

Me: Isn’t email supposed to save us time? is a post from Genomicron.

I am happy to report that my latest distraction project is now live! Visit www.microbialart.com for lots of intriguing artworks created using living microorganisms. Microbial Art is alive! is a post from Genomicron.

UPDATE — Visit www.microbialart.com! Some more creations by students in my lab: Archaeopteryx Galapagos Islands Skull Primate phylogeny Microbe art rocks. is a post from Genomicron.