Daily Archive for July 12th, 2008

Chattering Biologists


Anyone who has talked with a research scientist will be familiar with the dreaded…Specialization Syndrome.

Here’s the video from Blogginheads:Diavlogs: ERV & Pharyngula

It’s over an important concept in biology, particularly evolution. Like light through a refractive lens, when asked to provide a definition of epigenetics, Abigail Smith over at ERV, without a wink, narrows the broad beam of the concept down to the specific, specialized area of her research, leaving it to the goodly, gray-bearded professor to calmly readjust the magnification.

At over an hour, the two also manage to talk about the brouhaha du Jour, “The Hostage Host!”