Ancient Grains Archive
A Really Long, Mostly-Positive Interview About GMO Technology
Ancient Grains, Interviews
Nov 25, 2013
Recently, I talked to Kate Scheibel, a second year Ph.D. student in plant biology at UC Berkeley, about GMOs and her personal experiences with genetic engineering.
You’ve said you do a lot of work with plant pathology. What does that mean?
Plants, like animals, have pathogens that will infect them. Each cell is responsible
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Nashville With Competent Mental Health Professionals
Ancient Grains, Television
Nov 25, 2013
"Scarlett, honey, you looked so much better out there tonight!" Rayna said, hugging her warmly. "What changed? Was it my inspiring talk about how people used to throw flaming car tires at my head when I first started singing for stadium crowds? To please your uncle Deacon? To show Gunnar and Avery
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Link Roundup!
Ancient Grains, The Internet
Nov 25, 2013
All I really want to talk about today is this New York Times multimedia account of what I feel pretty comfortable referring to as a colossal miscarriage of justice stemming from (best case scenario) incompetence and closed ranks. No, that's silly. LOTS of women who are
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“Who’s To Blame?” Kids in the Hall
Ancient Grains, Television
Nov 25, 2013
"I'm a very busy man, Maggie."
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Toast Points: The Week of Nov. 22nd, 2013
Ancient Grains, Meta
Nov 22, 2013
All of my online advertising shows me vintage toast racks now, because I search every week to find a different one to put in this post.
All week, in our number two position, we've been trying to sell you JSTOR's new JPASS.
On Monday, I trolled Anne of Green Gables with great
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The Timeless Wisdom of Robert Benchley
Ancient Grains, Humor
Nov 22, 2013
Robert Benchley was the smartest and the funniest and the best man who ever lived, and I will brook not even the whisper of the most whimsical misandry about him. He was the only member of the Algonquin Round table it would have been possible to have a pleasant lunch together with.
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Gal Science: How to Build a Galaxy and Fight an Army
Ancient Grains, science
Nov 22, 2013
As The Toast searches for its one true Gal Scientist, we will be running a ton of wonderful one-off pieces by female scientists of all shapes and sizes and fields and education levels, which we are sure you will enjoy. They’ll live here, so you can always find them. Most recently: Parasite
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She Said, She Said: Advice About Dating Ladies and Having a Bad Sister
Advice, Ancient Grains
Nov 22, 2013
Previous installments of The Toast’s advice column from two disparate and imperfect persons can be found here. Last time: Dating Disclosures.
My sister is a blonde, blue-eyed white girl and just went away to college earlier this fall. I just found out that she wants to transfer to go to a "less
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