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Whales Can Only Taste Salty

Five basic types of taste exist: sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and umami. Most people are familiar with all of these except the last, umami, which…

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So you think you know Marine Metagenomics?

Holly Bik March 9, 2013 cyanobacteria DNA Gene Global Ocean Survey iron Metabolism metagenomics parrotfish submarine

Metagenomics is so easy to understand, right? Scientists just go out and get DNA sequences from…stuff…in the environment. And then they answer lots of questions,…

Evolution New Research

I hate plants, but seagrasses are awesome

Holly Bik January 10, 2012 adaptation evolution Gene genomics natural selection plants seagrasses

I seem to develop these weird, unfounded hatreds of various things. For example: I hate blue dinnerware. Not every shade of blue dinnerware (I LOVE…

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Gene Regulators

Kevin Zelnio March 10, 2009 Gene Genetics Music Rap

This shizzle be grizzle fo’ my rizzle. Dizzle? Word out!