There’s been a recurring topic showing up in prominent news outlets that has been getting on my nerves. Well, not really on my nerves but something that I consider to be wrong and was hoping someone would make it stop or at least correct...
Topics: Bioengineering, Biotechnology, Engineering, Genetics, News, Rant, Science, Science writing

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While many are going on about how Wolfram|Alpha, Google Squared and also Bing compare one to another, I took the opportunity to give Google’s latest lab release a go with some topics I’m interested in, namely genetics.GOOGLE SQUARED AND..
Topics: Calculator, Engineering, General, Genes, Genetics, genomes, Google, google squared, Science, searchengine, Web, wolfram alpha, WWW

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Just when you think you’re getting the hang of things… Google shows you how it should be done.Like most of my geek/nerdy friends, I have a system that I use share, organize and discover new and interesting things online. I subscribe to a...
Topics: friendfeed, General, Google, Google Wave, Internet, microblogging, social networking, Software, Twitter, WWW

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Earlier today, the Mendeley website was not available for a few minutes while it was “updating…”. Shortly after, the site reopened with a complete new look. A very light and bright site with more information than the previous...
Topics: Design, Graphics, Logo, mendeley, reference manager, Site, Software, Website, WWW

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About one year ago, just before the summer, I noticed that the number of science related social networks popping up was increasing rapidly. There seemed to be a niche needing to be filled and everyone was putting together a network of sorts with their...
Topics: Academia, blogterview, Education, interview, Portugal, social networking, startup, WWW

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