Friday’s reads
A brief post on ScienceNOW points out that the current H1N1 virus is made up of pieces of human, swine, and avian viruses from North America, Europe, and Asia. This patched-together virus might not be stable and could easily recombine with other viruses encountered in a host.
From 2003, an entertaining analysis of the biology of B-movie monsters, written by Michael C. LaBarbera, professor of Organismal Biology & Anatomy
Guy Steele Interviews John McCarthy, Father of Lisp, complete with a transcript.