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These are some of my favorite pieces on this blog.

On ways of thinking:

  • When you’re expecting the weird
  • Spaghetti towers
  • Algorithmic horror

On biology:

  • Beespotting on I-5 and the animal welfare approach to honey
  • Small animals have enormous brains for their size
  • Are viruses alive?

On history:

  • Tryptich in global agriculture
  • The funnel of human experience

On biosecurity

  • Book review: Barriers to Bioweapons
  • The Germy Paradox series (start at this link)

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