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  1. The Scientific Search for the Essence of a Tasty Tomato ff.im/-XiyfS about 13 hours ago via FriendFeed
  2. Politics of the Plate: The Price of Tomatoes is.gd/vuLxYp about 18 hours ago via Twitter for Mac
  3. @riverdaughter @natashachart @clarajeffery Seriously. Greatest medical advance of the 20th century, crumbling with nothing to replace it. about 20 hours ago via Twitter for Mac in reply to riverdaughter
  4. @NatashaChart @clarajeffery Not quite duh! Impt diff b/t fueling drug resistance & increasing evolvability itself. about 20 hours ago via Twitter for Mac in reply to NatashaChart
  5. Antibiotic Overuse May Increase Microbial Evolution Rates ff.im/-Xekzz 1:45 PM May 23rd via FriendFeed
  6. @TheTakeaway Research for upcoming story on new tomato research. Will link to the radio piece when it comes out. 4:48 PM May 22nd via Twitter for Mac in reply to TheTakeaway
  7. @TheTakeaway Aha! It was a Firefox issue. Thank you. 4:46 PM May 22nd via Twitter for Mac in reply to TheTakeaway
  8. +1 for @medskep's word for a word to describe the paralysis caused by too-long to-do lists: listlistness. 4:21 PM May 22nd via Twitter for Mac
  9. @TheTakeaway Link to Estabrook/Klee talk on tomatoes doesn't work in iTunes -- is there an alternative to thetakeaway.org/2011/jul/12/ad… ? 4:00 PM May 22nd via web
  10. Needed: A word to describe the paralysis caused by too-long to-do lists #neologue #language @lexicalgaps 3:47 PM May 22nd via Twitter for Mac
  11. @geneticmaize @keithkloor @calestous Words to live by. 3:26 PM May 22nd via Twitter for Mac in reply to geneticmaize
  12. @keithkloor @calestous @geneticmaize (Pulls foot from mouth, learns lesson abt finishing before talking) Which is exactly what Keith said. 3:06 PM May 22nd via Twitter for Mac in reply to keithkloor
  13. @keithkloor @calestous @geneticmaize Emma Rosi-Marshall example from the Waltz article. 3:04 PM May 22nd via Twitter for Mac in reply to keithkloor
  14. @keithkloor @calestous @geneticmaize Physically harming the crops (or the researchers) definitely not OK. But it goes both ways -- note the 3:03 PM May 22nd via Twitter for Mac in reply to keithkloor
  15. @matthewherper That's a really interesting proposition. Will ask around when I'm reporting on GM in the future. 3:00 PM May 22nd via Twitter for Mac in reply to matthewherper
  16. @keithkloor @calestous @geneticmaize superweed evolution. It's not a fault of GM per se -- it's a fault of efficiency-worship & bad planning 2:46 PM May 22nd via Twitter for Mac in reply to keithkloor
  17. @keithkloor @calestous @geneticmaize FWIW, while I don't know the particulars of that report, it's clear that glyphosate overuse led to 2:45 PM May 22nd via Twitter for Mac in reply to keithkloor
  18. @keithkloor @calestous @geneticmaize Absolutely. NGOs/activists every bit as vulnerable to bias as industry. 2:43 PM May 22nd via Twitter for Mac in reply to keithkloor
  • Name Brandon Keim
  • Location Brooklyn & Maine
  • Web http://www.earthl...
  • Bio Eukaryote. Treehugger. Science journalist. Associate editor @wiredscience
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