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New Respect for Opossums

Jon HerronDriving home just now through my neighborhood, I encountered an opossum crossing the road. I try not to think or speak ill of any creature (except maybe some pathogens I've known only too well), but it's hard to avoid the impression that opossums are ugly, stupid, and slow.

Sound Science: Simulating at Blind Youth Slam

One problem with biology labs in general, including our own virtual labs, is that students who can't see are excluded from using them. That's a shame, and something we've wanted to find a way around for a long time. That's how I found myself in Baltimore

Labs, labs, glorious biology labs

Last week I wrote about the new interactive chapters and SimUText features coming for this fall. We haven't neglected our labs this year either.

Coming In SimUText This Fall

We have a lot of new chapters, labs, and program features in the works for fall 2011, and I'm excited to share them with you after another year of hard work by everyone at SimBio. Since there is so much new, I am going to split it into two blog posts.

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