My friend Don Buden just published this great new field guide in collaboration with his colleague, Danko Taborosi: Reptiles of the Federated States of Micronesia. Don kindly sent me a copy from FSM, which arrived the other day, and it is a beautiful… Read More ›
science
Dutch Men and Latvian Women are the Tallest
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 ›
Shhhh … Secret Citation
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 ›
Scientific Paper with a One-Word Title
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 ›
“A Great Service”
What a nice comment we received about the Invertebrate Zoology Glossary today: “I’ll have to get this for my invert zoo class! You have done a great service.” There’s nothing more gratifying than to hear you’re the solution to someone else’s problem!
Introducing: A Basic Glossary of Invertebrate Zoololgy
The new book is live on Amazon! See the video above for a quick introduction. Amazon will take a few days to set up the “Look Inside” feature for the print edition, so we’ve posted some pages below to let… Read More ›