Thoughts that Count

Last Updated (Tuesday, 29 December 2009 20:19) Written by Raymond Nakamura

On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love of science gave to me —

12 Drummers drumming with physiologically significant intensity

11 Pipers Piping mucus from their lungs

10 Lords a-slam dunking 

9 Ladies Dancing a science article

8 Maids a-Milking and avoiding small pox

7 Swans a-Swimming not as monogamously as once thought

6 Geese a-Laying eggs in the nests of other geese as brood parasites

5 Gold Ringswhich probably do not test for iron deficiency.

4 Calling Birds being studied in their sleep

3 French Hens bred for their looks

2 Turtle Doves with less time for their families

and a Partridge appreciating a reduction in predators

in a Pear Tree with improved fruit quality and tolerance to fire blight.

All the best to those of you without untestable beliefs in the supernatural and whoever else is reading. I look forward to sharing more of my so-called scientific life in the new year.

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