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University of Arizona physicists have discovered how to turn single molecules into working transistors. Which means what? Well, this: “With our transistors packed at maximum density, you could put a microprocessor as powerful as the top-of-the-line workstation on the back of an E. coli.”

He spent the night in a gully beneath a rock overhang that provided shelter from the regular-as-clockwork midnight downpour of the Marcasero interior. Current word count: 9,216New words this session: 1,876Percentage of novel completed: 9.2

…on display (with a little help from someone with access to PhotoShop and a whole lot of spare time!). (Via ProfessorBainbridge.com.)

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Emily watched Chris Keating walk off the pier without so much as a backward glance, and felt her face burn with shame. Current word count: 7,340New words this session: 1,766Percentage of novel completed: 7.3

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Late summer in Saskatchewan is a beautiful time to enjoy barbecues and outdoor concerts. Or it would be, if not for wasps: specifically, yellowjackets. Like bees (with which they share a similar coloration, but from which they can be easily distinguished: bees have thick waists, wasps have skinny ones, bees are hairy, wasps are smooth) …

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You can say that again, Richard Hanson thought, shifting his weight from one sore hip bone to one slightly less sore hip bone on the unforgiving polished oak of the pew. Current word count: 5,574New words this session: 1,718Percentage of novel completed: 5.5

Giant wasp nets, some as large as small cars, are turning up in Alabama. The photo accompanying the story linked above shows a nest engulfing the interior of a 1955 Chevy. May I just say, “Ick!”?

Yep. It’s the OEDILF – The Omnificent English Dictionary In Limerick Form – and it already contains more than 30,000 entries defining words and phrases via limerick. To whit: You like bacon, but don’t care for fat?We Canucks have an answer for that:Try some back bacon, eh?(Other names are passé,So Canadian bacon falls flat.) It’s …

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…or from where, as a group of would-be burglars in Liverpool found out last week.