Monthly Archives: April 2015

Cell Line Infections, or, my dog has no bones

Posted on April 9, 2015 by gcochran9

[ I wrote this back in 2002] Host cell lines are an entirely new class of disease-causing organism. They are strange and unusually disgusting, and if you read this you may end up showering in Lysol for the next few … Continue reading →

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Ain’t gonna study war no more

Posted on April 7, 2015 by gcochran9

Military history has almost vanished from academia, especially in ‘elite’ institutions. This is probably related to that strange Bellesiles incident, and the trend toward Kumbaya models of prehistory in archaeology and anthropology.  It’s not just that academic historians don’t publish … Continue reading →

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Back by Popular Demand

Posted on April 2, 2015 by gcochran9

One of the interesting things about the growing enthusiasm for transgenerational epigenetics – the kind where your grandfather was poor or discriminated against which somehow makes you terrible at algebra today, except not if you’re Korean – is that it … Continue reading →

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