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I am a graduate of Grinnell College with a degree in Biological Chemistry. The name of this blog is derived from the name I use in Chinese, 孟柏民 (Mèng Bómín).
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Monthly Archives: May 2010
And a hung parliament awaits
As expected, the UK awoke to news of a hung parliament. However, it turned out that polls predicting a close race for second place in the popular vote between Labour and Liberal Democrats were in error—Labour still carried over 6% … Continue reading
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Tagged hung parliament, UK election, UK elections
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The Brits go the the polls
It’s election day in the UK and it’s looking to be a nail-biter. Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight has put up their final prediction, which includes an interesting form of hung parliament where a Lib-Labour coalition isn’t feasible but Conservatives lack … Continue reading
I’m part Neandertal
As are all humans outside of Africa, according to Svante Pääbo, who’s the director of evolutionary genetics at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology based in Leipzig, Germany. His team did an analysis comparing the recently assembled Neandertal genome … Continue reading
A satellite’s view of the flooded Cumberland
Space Gizmo points to an overhead view of the flooded Cumberland River to the west of Nashville, taken by DigitalGlobe: You can get a much larger version from DigitalGlobe’s Flickr page.
The Big Picture covers the Nashville flooding
The Big Picture’s photoset today is of the recent flood in Nashville. It gives a good feel for the scale and some of the damage done by this week’s heavy rainfall.
No one cares about Nashville
Completely unbeknownst to me, the city of Nashville, Tennessee was flooded on Sunday as 15 inches of rain fell in 48 hours. Andrew Sullivan points to a video with some footage of the flooding and some reactions to the lack … Continue reading
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