Yes, I’m on Twitter- alandove: Should've redacted sequence of ancient girl's DNA. http://t.co/aomVOqla Now terrorists can synthesize cave-girl from scratch.
- alandove: National Academy of Sciences report (http://t.co/No8xHa5C ) - no second gunshot from grassy knoll. Must be part of conspiracy.
- alandove: Whenever I'm feeling negative, I just press ctrl-alt-cmd-8.
- alandove: Turdivirus is to virology as Uranus is to astronomy.
- alandove: RT @profvrr: This Week in Virology (TWiV) episode 169 is up: Epidemiology causes conclusions (p<0.05) http://t.co/2Hk5mwxr
- alandove: I gather there's some sort of sports event today. I mean besides the indoor triathlon I did this morning.
- alandove: Wondering if anyone's compared @Norovirus incidence at land resorts vs. cruise ships.
- alandove: Must remember to relax sphincter. RT @marynmck @lizditz launching bottle rockets from one's anus http://t.co/0j46Rc6n
- alandove: Blog post: A chat with Mike Osterholm (http://t.co/eKFzdFQ4 ) #H5N1 #NSABB
- alandove: @newprof1 Certainly much easier to type.
Tag Archives: fishing
Lionfish Derbies vs. Groupers
I love both diving and fishing, so the continuing saga of Pacific lionfish invading the Caribbean has definitely caught my attention. The backstory is that Pterois volitans and its cousin Pterois miles probably escaped from home aquarists’ tanks in Florida … Continue reading
What Are These?
A report from Hawaii describes “mysterious pink organisms” washing up on beaches. They look like immature arthropods of some kind to me. Do any Dovdox readers want to hazard a guess?
Foreclosed Swimming Pools Attract Bottom-Feeders
Awhile back, I commented on the finding that abandoned swimming pools at foreclosed houses are producing a boom in mosquito-borne infections. Now, it seems, some Floridians have found a way to deal with at least one aspect of the abandoned … Continue reading
Good News from Worm; Bad News for Worms
The latest issue of Science has some encouraging news about the state of global fisheries, which after decades of over-exploitation are, in a few cases, starting to recover. The researchers analyzed ten marine fisheries around the world, and found that … Continue reading
Snakeheads Are Good Eatin'
One of the big problems with invasive species is that they decimate native species without replacing them economically. For example, inedible zebra mussels have depleted the bottom of the food chain throughout North American freshwater lakes, collapsing the populations of … Continue reading