Archive for May 24th, 2006
Opera 9 Beta
You can now download a Beta of the Opera browser 9. If you have never used Opera, give it a whirl. Its wicked fast, provides easy keyboard navigation, did tab-like stuff before Mozilla, and now, again beating Mozilla to it, does the latest fad: widgets! Sweet! Download Opera Web Browser
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Genetic inheritence through RNA
Next time you meet a reductionist, you can wave this bit of news at him! BBC | Spotty mice flout genetics laws […] The scientists, based at the French Institute of Health and Medical Research (Inserm) and the University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis, used mice which carry one normal version of Kit and one mutant version, […]
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Apropos to the Kaavya Affair
[A question to English usage types: is "Apropos of" or "Apropos to" the right usage in this title? My initial urge was "of" but on further thought I felt "to" is more apropos!] I have already posted on the Kaavya Viswanathan affair (plagiarization by the young Indian-American author), though I did not quite articulate what […]
Filed under: Books, India | 1 Comment