Still tired and coughing, but throat no longer sore -- so the antibiotics are working yays. In honor of that, some science and science-related links:
Another entry in the Annals of False Dichotomies: that twins are either fraternal or identical. Sesquizygotic twins share identical maternal DNA but have different paternal DNA -- so an egg split a la identical twins before being fertilized by different sperms a la fraternal twins. (via)
The world's oldest known spreadsheet errors are in a Babylonian tablet listing Pythagorean triplets from c.1800 BCE. (via)
“I got told what to call this poem by my male colleague” (via)
---L.
Subject quote from La Belle Dame sans Merci, John Keats.
Another entry in the Annals of False Dichotomies: that twins are either fraternal or identical. Sesquizygotic twins share identical maternal DNA but have different paternal DNA -- so an egg split a la identical twins before being fertilized by different sperms a la fraternal twins. (via)
The world's oldest known spreadsheet errors are in a Babylonian tablet listing Pythagorean triplets from c.1800 BCE. (via)
“I got told what to call this poem by my male colleague” (via)
---L.
Subject quote from La Belle Dame sans Merci, John Keats.