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• Faux Arabic

  By Ron Clouse on Aug 17, 2016, 22:47 • ( 0 )

  

  I ran across this funny bit of graphic design today while looking through Spotify for “Fakarouni” by the great Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum. (Both her name and the titles of her songs have various spellings in English.) Above are the cover images… Read More ›

• Changing Interior Files on CreateSpace

  By Ron Clouse on Aug 8, 2016, 14:27 • ( 1 )

  In scientific publishing, once an article is published, it cannot be changed, even if it only appears in electronic format. This makes sense, and I agree that this policy is important for the integrity of scientific communication and credit, as well as… Read More ›

• Kirkus: “an inspiring call to arms to transform one’s diet”

  By Ron Clouse on Jul 27, 2016, 14:12 • ( 0 )

  

  I received my first Kirkus review today, for Six Nine, Two Ten. I am very happy with the review, which was not guaranteed to be positive. In fact, given that reviews are often negative, Kirkus allows authors to decide if reviews is ever published. But… Read More ›

• Dutch Men and Latvian Women are the Tallest

  By Ron Clouse on Jul 25, 2016, 21:51 • ( 0 )

  

    A new study by an enormous team of scientists, published in the journal eLife, shows that the Netherlands has, on average, the tallest men in the world (a bit over six feet), and Latvia the tallest women (around five feet, seven inches)…. Read More ›

• Who Spends A Whole Day Reading A Dictionary?

  By Ron Clouse on Jun 5, 2016, 21:11 • ( 7 )

  

  Imagine my surprise to see that someone read every page of my invertebrate glossary one day via Kindle. That’s great; I sure hope I helped some student pass his or her final exams. But isn’t it strange to read so many pages… Read More ›

• New Title: “Six Nine, Two Ten”

  By Counselor Books on Jun 3, 2016, 12:31 • ( 0 )

  

  The title states the present measurements of the author, and this long essay describes his body at various sizes, from nine and a half pounds to 290. The piece is divided into seven chapters, covering the experiences of being tall, gaining weight, losing weight,… Read More ›

• What Constitutes a Good Story?

  By Ron Clouse on May 16, 2016, 10:44 • ( 1 )

  

  I’ve been doing some research for a project and received two autobiographies in the mail last week. God, they’re unreadable. Both men worked with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and saw the revolution of the UK economy up close during the… Read More ›

• Shhhh … Secret Citation

  By Ron Clouse on May 4, 2016, 11:53 • ( 0 )

  

  Often when I have a new citation I like to see which of my papers was cited and why. In many cases someone is writing about an advancement to a problem I was working on, so it’s interesting to see the new results…. Read More ›

• Penmanship

  By Ron Clouse on Apr 25, 2016, 09:41 • ( 0 )

  The more I sit at the computer to communicate, the worse my handwriting becomes. I’m buying extra birthday cards now, just in case my signature in one is so bad I can’t bear to send it. And the mortality rate on… Read More ›

• Scientific Paper with a One-Word Title

  By Ron Clouse on Apr 16, 2016, 19:46 • ( 0 )

  What else do you entitle a paper announcing you’ve found a new amino acid? Selenocysteine. Stadtman, T.C. Abstract Selenocysteine is recognized as the 21st amino acid in ribosome-mediated protein synthesis and its specific incorporation is directed by the UGA codon. Unique… Read More ›

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