7 Useful Genetic Experiments That Are Creepy As Hell Reviving Extinct Animals Bringing back prehistoric animals has been a trope in science fiction for a very, very long time. So far, none of these efforts have come to fruition. Scientists have been trying to clone the wooly mammoth for over 10 years, and despite continuous reassurance that we're on the brink of a major breakthrough, no one's pulled it off yet. Still, though. Most recently, a scientist announced his intention to reverse-engineer a dinosaur from a modern chicken by systematically removing DNA, because that makes nothing but sense. However, scientists have succeeded in reviving the genetic material of an extinct predator called the Tasmanian tiger, a nine-foot-long giant marsupial capable of hopping on its hind legs like a kangaroo and hiding its young in a pouch, presumably to launch them out as bloodthirsty living projectiles. Otherwise known as "the saddest Sean Connery-related moment of our childhood." "This is going to rock tits." At which point it joined the Uncanny X-Men.
Valedictorian Speaks Out Against Schooling in Graduation Speech -- Society's Child © The Daily MailThe 2010 Graduating Class of Coxsackie-Athens High School. Here I stand There is a story of a young, but earnest Zen student who approached his teacher, and asked the Master, "If I work very hard and diligently, how long will it take for me to find Zen? The Master thought about this, then replied, "Ten years . ." The student then said, "But what if I work very, very hard and really apply myself to learn fast -- How long then?" Replied the Master, "Well, twenty years." This is the dilemma I've faced within the American education system. Some of you may be thinking, "Well, if you pass a test, or become valedictorian, didn't you learn something? I am now accomplishing that goal. H. To illustrate this idea, doesn't it perturb you to learn about the idea of "critical thinking." We are more than robotic bookshelves, conditioned to blurt out facts we were taught in school. The saddest part is that the majority of students don't have the opportunity to reflect as I did.
Amazing Photo Moments Amazing Photo Moments Some extremely beautiful and creative moments captured from various authors. Cool stuff on other blogs 15 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Star Trek Did you know that the famous Vulcan salute was invented by Leonard Nimoy and based on a priestly blessing performed by Jewish Kohanim? Also, if you’re looking for an amazing Gift for a Star Trek fan, be sure to check out Star Trek Federation: The First 150 Years, a hardcover book documenting the first 150 years of the intergalactic democracy up until the year 2311. [Via Reddit]
Biochemistry Transcriptomic and Proteomic Analysis of a 14-3-3 Gene-Deficient Yeast Tohru Ichimura, Hiroyuki Kubota, Takeshi Goma, Noboru Mizushima, Yoshinori Ohsumi, Maki Iwago, Kazue Kakiuchi, Hossain Uddin Shekhar, Takashi Shinkawa, Masato Taoka, Takashi Ito, and Toshiaki Isobe DOI: 10.1021/bi035421i ACS Editors’ Choice Date: October 3, 2016 A Soluble, Folded Protein without Charged Amino Acid Residues Casper Højgaard, Christian Kofoed, Roall Espersen, Kristoffer Enøe Johansson, Mara Villa, Martin Willemoës, Kresten Lindorff-Larsen, Kaare Teilum, and Jakob R. DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.6b00269 ACS Editors’ Choice Date: July 6, 2016 Identification of Cyanobacteriochromes Detecting Far-Red Light Nathan C. DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.6b00299 ACS Editors’ Choice Date: July 2, 2016 c-Abl Tyrosine Kinase Adopts Multiple Active Conformational States in Solution John Badger, Prerna Grover, Haibin Shi, Shoghag B. DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.6b00202 ACS Editors’ Choice Date: June 3, 2016 Charles J.
50 Most Influential Books of the Last 50 (or so) Years In compiling the books on this list, the editors at SuperScholar have tried to provide a window into the culture of the last 50 years. Ideally, if you read every book on this list, you will know how we got to where we are today. Not all the books on this list are “great.” The criterion for inclusion was not greatness but INFLUENCE. All the books on this list have been enormously influential. The books we chose required some hard choices. We also tried to keep a balance between books that everyone buys and hardly anyone reads versus books that, though not widely bought and read, are deeply transformative. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 45.
Online Parallel Bible How to Forecast Weather | Ever wondered how to forecast the weather without actually using instruments? Check the Clouds: Clouds can tell us a lot about the weather. For example, they can tell us if it’s going to be warmer on a particular night by simply being there. Check the Humidity: If you’re one of those people whose hair gets all curly when it gets really humid out, you know exactly what this is about. Check the Animals: Birds only fly in the sky when they expect fair weather ahead. Look at the Rainbow (but only in the west) and look for a Red Sky: If you see one in the west, it means a major storm front is coming. Check the Air: If it smells like a compost heap, expect some rain soon. Check the Moon: Seen any red moons lately? Check the Wind: If you can tell which way the wind is blowing, you can tell if there is a storm approaching. A Few More Ideas: Make a campfire – If the smoke goes straight up, clear skies ahead. Check the grass – if it’s wet and dewy, that means it probably won’t rain.
Vortex Cannon Demolishes House « Wonderment Blog Jem Stansfield from BBC's Bang Goes the Theory has "put scientific theory to the test" with his Vortex Cannon. Filmed at 1300-fps, you can see the cannon knock down three different houses made of straw, stick, and brick with an explosive vortex ring. The vortex ring that comes out is not smoke, however. After detonating the explosive gas mixture of acetylene and oxygen, "one of the most dangerous gas mixes in the world," the ring forms from the pressure drop inside the vortex. Stansfield's cannon is probably too big for the average do-it-yourselfer, but Edwin Wise from Make Magazine has a few garage-friendly vortex cannons - the Tub Thumper, Barking Tube, and Big Bad Boom Cannon. Get the full PDF instructions or see Kipkay in action below, building Wise's first two vortex cannons.
1ℓimit – Faucet Design by Yonggu Do, Dohyung Kim & Sewon Oh & Yan... One Liter Limited 1ℓimit faucet looks more like an elegant test tube inverted on top of a tap. The glass tube holds exactly one liter of water, sufficient for a quick handwash. News: New Microscope Produces Dazzling 3D Movies of Live Cells High-speed imaging with the Bessel beam plane illumination microscope reveals the ever-changing surface of a HeLa cell, with long, thin projections called filopodia continually extending and retracting. Video: Laboratory of Eric Betzig/Janelia Farm A new microscope invented by scientists at Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Janelia Farm Research Campus will let researchers use an exquisitely thin sheet of light—similar to that used in supermarket bar-code scanners—to peer inside single living cells, revealing the three-dimensional shapes of cellular landmarks in unprecedented detail. Liang Gao, Thomas Planchon and Eric Betzig display their new Bessel beam plane illumination microscope at HHMI’s Janelia Farm Research Campus. A major goal of biologists is to understand the rules that control molecular processes inside a cell. There's no other technique that comes close to imaging as long with such high spatial and temporal detail. Eric Betzig They then set out to image as fast as possible.