Fig. 1. Cell wall of a fiber cell from a sample prepared with neither fixation nor prolonged incubation in the cryoprtectant used for sectioning.

Sunday Feb 28, Glop-fact

In which new clues are revealed in the case of the curious glop.

Figure 1. Magnified glop, as imaged in the scanning electron microscope. Is this what the mutant cell wall looks like? Or is it some cellular or artificial residue covering the actual surface of the wall?

Sunday Feb 21: Art or fact?

In which I puzzle over whether something was made by nature or by human hand.

Jan 10th Ample samples

In which I confront the demon of variation and watermelon peas.

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