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Nathan wrote this entry on Thursday, 22nd of July 2010 at 02:45:08 PM
I get asked a lot about why I have a background in Zoology (particularly, marine and even more particularly, neuroscience) but now work in IT. It is a little hard to describe quickly, especially since this question is often asked by an HR representative over the phone as part of an interview.
To answer [...]

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Nathan wrote this entry on Thursday, 17th of January 2008 at 11:22:08 AM
In one of my science RSS feeds I noticed this article today: “Pools of Invisible Matter Mapped in Space“. Does this make anyone else ponder?
Scientists theorize that dark matter, considered to make up about 85 percent of the universe’s matter, acts as scaffolding on which galaxies mature. As the universe evolves, the tug [...]

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Nathan wrote this entry on Monday, 14th of January 2008 at 07:41:15 PM
Science, Evolution, and Creationism … Read this FREE online! Full Book | PDF Summary | Podcast
The above is a “sticker” for a short but interesting booklet from the National Academy of Sciences attempting to address what is faith and what is science and how they are not the same thing. Interestingly [...]

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Nathan wrote this entry on Wednesday, 10th of January 2007 at 05:48:50 PM
I came across this today: Inhibition of the calcineurin-like protein phosphatase activity in Limulus ventral eye photoreceptor cells alters the characteristics of the spontaneous quantal bumps and the light-mediated inward currents, and enhances arrestin phosphorylation. This is from Visual Neuroscience.

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Nathan wrote this entry on Friday, 17th of November 2006 at 11:26:21 AM
Occasionally, I have been able to listen to Radio Lab on WNYC. Every time I do so, I am astonished. Not in a glib bored postmodernist way, but in the way where I find myself sitting on the couch listening, doing nothing but listening and imagining what they are describing. To give you an [...]

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Nathan wrote this entry on Tuesday, 14th of November 2006 at 08:32:36 PM
Ellie as a Little Puppy
Ellie in Maine
Ellie My Siberian Husky
The name of this blog comes directly from my attempts at learning Hebrew. Nearly the first thing I learned to say was “The dog jumps.” It became a running joke amongst friends. But as you can see, I have [...]

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Nathan wrote this entry on Thursday, 31st of August 2006 at 10:46:12 AM
The BBC has an article on global water stress. Be certain to check out the pdf attached to the article.
The map shows two types of water scarcity. Economic scarcity occurs due to a lack of investment and is characterised by poor infrastructure and unequal distribution of water.
Physical scarcity occurs when the water [...]