The Fount of Useless Information
Your place for useless information that just might possibly be interesting.
All genes aren’t indispensable
Even with about 20 that are utterly inactivated, individuals can do just fine
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/338526/title/All_genes_arent_indispensable
I have talked a time or twain about DNA before, how the relatively simple theory I learned back in school (more than …
Eight-legged evolution exploits editing
RNA tweaks adapt octopuses to water temperature
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/337413/title/Eight-legged_evolution_exploits_editing
This is quite interesting because, as the author states:
…Researchers used to think that dialing down or amping up the activity of genes through DNA mutation was evolution’s
This post was triggered by watching a video about PhysicsGirl and how she’s been suffering from Long Covid / myalgic encephalomyelitis / chronic fatigue syndrome:
What do I hope people get out of it? Well, as my blog says, this …
Well, perhaps not as poetic as the title, but it has been a strange trip. My job search appears to be resolved, I’m supposed to get briefed on Monday and back in the vault. I’ve been on the payroll already, …
When charter schools are nonprofit in name only
Many institutions are paying for-profit companies for management services, and regulators are taking notice
http://www.salon.com/2014/12/11/when_charter_schools_are_nonprofit_in_name_only_partner/
The rich get richer, the taxpayer takes it in the ass. Ain’t America Grand?
Moveon.org has decided …
It is a nice change of pace that my days are going by so fast that I don’t have time to blog. However, there are a number of topics I would like to blog on (I won’t list the links …
Crystals Reveal Early Earth Wasn’t as ‘Hellish’ as Previously Thought
http://www.scienceworldreport.com/articles/17192/20140916/crystals-reveal-early-earth-wasnt-hellish-previously-thought.htm
It is increasingly being held that there was water on the surface of the early Earth, possibly even before the impact that created the moon. During the late …
Augmenting the Genetic Alphabet
For the first time, synthetic DNA base pairs are replicated within living bacteria.
http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/39913/title/Augmenting-the-Genetic-Alphabet/
Scary? Perhaps, but going down this path opens up a revolution in biotech that makes what has come before look like the …
A nice explanation for how high frequency trading makes its outsized gains:
Trading in Milliseconds: When Correlations Break Down
http://jaredbernsteinblog.com/trading-in-milliseconds-when-correlations-break-down/
In the comments (most of the comments on his blog are intelligent) is another nice analogy:
http://jaredbernsteinblog.com/trading-in-milliseconds-when-correlations-break-down/#comment-2146150:
…It would