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Ceratitis open peer review

I reviewed a paper last year about the embryonic development of Ceratitis capitata, the Mediterranean fruit fly (or medfly). The authors used time-lapse recordings of whole embryos made with lightsheet microscopy to create a comprehensive staging system for the embryogenesis of the species. It was one of the first reviews that I signed (disclosed my […]

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Orwell’s Roses goes deep

Orwell’s Roses is a book written by Rebecca Solnit.I heard about it from The Marginalian (formerly Brain Pickings) in a delightful post about nature, beauty, and things that give us meaning. George Orwell is one of the most influential political writers of the twentieth century. His words had a worldwide impact on authoritarianism during the […]