Exaggeration

The Oatmeal: What It Means When You Say "Literally"

The Oatmeal | Posted 05.25.2011

Literally means actually or without exaggeration. When you say "I literally...," it means you're describing something exactly as it happened......

Venter's Celebrity Bacterium: The Faucet Drip That Would Be a Monsoon

Athena Andreadis, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Athena Andreadis, Ph.D.

The Craig Venter endeavor was expensive, glitzy -- and banal. My advice to bioethicists is to save their energy for truly fearsome items.