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Looking for a creative scientist to join us at USC to investigate recessive variation and complex traits in model or non-model species. The project is funded by a multi-year NIH grant, contract can be renewed.
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what the heck dude, spoiler alert ;)
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Your false crab and real crab seem similar to folks but are hugely divergent. Ty1 and Ty3 ltr are the equivalent in my world.
Sure, but I'm mostly thinking about folks for whom English is not their native language. I've worked with brilliant folks who write elegant logic and wonderful science but whose English grammar is problematic.
In my limited experience, default stuff in Word etc don't work nearly as well as say ChatGPT for grammar correction. Haven't used Grammarly, but seems it's an LLM...
Not to mention folks using AI for typos and grammar correction!
Totally nonsensical fantasy geography bugs me too, but then I remember Las Vegas and shrug.
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I know hard to believe but if you do the common garden experiment and measure carefully, squid and trees are in fact different.
Maybe 1.3B, can't remember. Doesn't matter much LOL.
Similar comparison I like. Ty1 vs Ty3 long terminal repeat transposable elements. Both long, both reverse transcription, blah blah same same right? That is if you ignore the 1.8 BILLION years divergence. But y'know other stuff that diverged are pretty similar, right? Like pine trees and giant squid?
Drove myself to the ER and after an hour of having my eyes pinned open with tubes stuck on them flushing, was left with only minor abrasions that healed. Was at least a year before I could wear a headlamp again without being nervous…
Sunblock in my eyes during my run today and was reminded of the early morning run years ago when I couldn’t understand why the sweat was burning my eyes so much… only to have my headlamp fall apart in my hands as I took it off, spilling out corroded batteries that had been leaking into my eyes.
Graham has been sick lately, so his jokes may reflect Anas-ty cold. We're all hoping it doesn't take a tern for the worse.
This sounds like the most awesome church...
I NEED HELP!
Please take this quick, meaningless 19 question survey so I can get data for my students to learn stats!
I did a similar version a few months ago but missed an important question type. Even if you did the old one, please do it again!
Please circulate widely!
I heard he started a bar called the Felsenstein Zone, where long branches can go to meet up...
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A classic!
RAM problems
"Therefore, send not to know
For OOM the bell tolls,
It tolls for thee."
@ericjones-us.bsky.social You're running for Congress in a district that hosts one of the country's best biology focused universities (UCD) - I'd love to hear your plans for how you're going to fight for better investment in higher education at the federal level
I have fond memories of tours of JPL... decades ago.
OH CRAP why do you have to ruin a good dream with stupid reality.
Look as someone the same age as Voyager 1, I can say I empathize.
Child: I know your name. Mamdani.
Obama: What’s his first name?
Child: Mayor.
maybe as #3... I'm secretly hoping for Mamdani 2028 :)
Encourage folks you know to submit. Happy to include apps in other languages!
FWIW I love seeing these pop up on my timeline.
