Category Archives: Biology

And, that’s about it for HFCS.

Princeton University – A sweet problem: Princeton researchers find that high-fructose corn syrup prompts considerably more weight gain.
Can we end the American corn monoculture, as propped up by Federal subsidies now?

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The Silver Fox experiment

YouTube – The Silver Fox experiment.
“What fifty generations of silver foxes being domesticated and bred against aggressive traits has revealed to us about the long history of the domestic dog and why there is such a huge variety in traits in the various dog breeds.”
I love you, crazy Russian scientist woman! [...]

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Nanotech May Tap Into Your Mind

Eron may actually get his lifelong dream to power my garbage disposal:   Nanotech May Tap Into Your Mind

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DNA Evidence Can Be Fabricated, Scientists Show – NYTimes.com

DNA Evidence Can Be Fabricated, Scientists Show – NYTimes.com.

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PBS Frontline – Poisoned Waters

FRONTLINE: poisoned waters: introduction | PBS. – watch the whole two hours before you condemn.   It gets through, inexorably to a quality point.
Wake up, people!

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Yet more link dumpage.

More link dump:

Winterblades history of SB – NC is in there, hidden amongst references to TAO.  Thanks, Oly.  SB ruled.
Cheap, self adjustable liquid lenses – For all.
More reasons not to vacation in Mexico.
GM plants are safe, says Monsanto.
Cheap fusion?  Save the world?  You decide.

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Link dump!

Warning, this one is going to be large and varied, folks.

Fighting for the right to clone – It’s rough out there, in the science world.  Hopefully America becomes much more science friendly, soon.
Do not fuck with Chinese shipping – Let this be a warning to you, pirates.
Worthwhile reading – On self defense ammo.
Fresh tomatoes and [...]

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Gibson moar prescient?

It’s possible.

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Moar link dump. Weirder this time.

Search for farmer’s markets near you.
Programmer Competency Matrix.
Edit Mode for Web Pages.
Oxytocin explains a lot.  SAD sufferers and geeks take note.
Digital sand painting.  Click on the gray square for a menu of sorts.
Self-watering, fool-proof, small footprint gardening?  SIP.
Seashell house.
A contender for the 650 class adventure motorcycle, with daily commuter built in?

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Fantastic article from Outside…

“Raising the Dead”
Now, with less spoilers. This is an amazing article, very well worth the read. Many people have some issues with the intro paragraph, so ignore that if you choose. Also, this dive is on youtube, but I won’t link directly, for reasons that should become self-evident.
Along the same vein, if [...]

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Again, Gibson predicts the future…

Immunize them from the naturally resistant.

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Serious guys, no seriously… The deity is going to be pissed.

What has science done?

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Fishing plus defense contracting…

Equal better than bamboo. I had NO IDEA that the fishing rods I held in my youth were considered dead… Fiberglass, goodbye. Same for you, graphite and traditional carbon fiber…

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I, for one, welcome our new jellyfish overlords.

Seriously. I do. I’m almost starting to believe that the cuttlefish and the jellyfish are allying against us…
On top of that, I bet those bastards can cut fiber optic cables too…

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I, for one, bow to our new octopi overlords.

You should too, now… before you anger them.

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Link Dump. Yes, indeed.

Er, the Pan American Highway is broken. The Darién Gap is quite an interesting place. Murky information much?
Trance. Yes, I ended up downloading most of this thread to my Zune. Bless you, all you can eat 19.95 sub!
Cyborg Bunny Eye. Cyberpunk is now, and I just reserved my set of [...]

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Admittedly, I did not know…

…But it’s fair to say that Norman Borlaug is at least in the running for the title of “Greatest Living American.”

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Deadly, multi-resistant TB booming in South Africa.

Not easy reading by any means, but extremely sobering.  
“The median survival from the time of sputum specimen collection was 16 days for 52 of the 53 infected individuals, including six health workers and those reportedly taking antiretrovirals. Such a fatality rate for XDR-TB, especially within such a relatively short period of time, is unprecedented [...]

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On the body armor front…

Spidersilk, clay platelets, stretchy and strong!

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The chowder of yesterday, today… No chowder tomorrow?

Excellent piece on fisheries, chowder, economics and legislation in New England. Worth the read.

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Spots!

Puberty.   Probably NSFW in America (which reveals the STUPID).

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Cojoined Twins

Er.   Wow.

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Yes, we do have a warrant.

Indeed, sir.   We have a warrant for the bullet in your forehead.   Be glad it’s not a no-knock warrant.  

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The dark side of the ’stem cell capital of the world’

I don’t have any words.   Time and time again the depths that humanity will sink to amazes me.   You’d think I would have learned by now.  

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Doctors: let us kill disabled babies

From Britan…

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