The Fount of Useless Information
Your place for useless information that just might possibly be interesting.
Yeast find use for misfolded proteins
Clumps might help single-celled organisms adapt to hardship
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/338486/title/Yeast_find_use_for_misfolded_proteins
I have talked about prions before and until I had read the article above I thought they were an evolutionary dead end since they only …
Crystals may be possible in time as well as space
Theory proposes objects in their lowest energy state can loop in the fourth dimension forever
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/338500/title/Crystals_may_be_possible_in_time_as_well_as_space
Can’t add much to this other than it is a pretty weird idea.…
Natural gas wells leakier than believed
Measurements at Colorado site show methane release higher than previous estimates
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/338505/title/Natural_gas_wells_leakier_than_believed
I wonder if they will stop blaming cows and termites for the methane that might be the more proximal cause for the …
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 …
How the FBI Invents Terrorists Like the U.S. Capitol ‘Suicide Bomber’
Even the authorities admit the alleged suicide bomber apprehended near the U.S. Capitol posed no threat. Mansfield Frazier on how the feds create ‘terrorists’ so they can arrest them.…
Hypnotized into an endless dirty war
America has decided it has the right to kill whoever it wants, whenever it wants.
http://www.salon.com/2012/02/20/hypnotized_into_an_endless_dirty_war/singleton/
This is a topic I have felt strongly about for a long while. We are acting in a …
The Afghanistan Report the Pentagon Doesn’t Want You to Read
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/national-affairs/the-afghanistan-report-the-pentagon-doesnt-want-you-to-read-20120210
Once again something I meant to publish got lost in limbo as a draft…
Very interesting reading. I am about a third through the report now. I won’t link …
Flying robot made cheap, easy enough to buy from vending machines
Harvard lab builds inexpensive, fold-out flying-bee micro robot UAV
http://www.itworld.com/mobile-wireless/251020/flying-robot-made-cheap-easy-enough-buy-vending-machines
Like the author says, if these are cheap enough I don’t care if they are useful, I want some …
Another March to War?
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/another-march-to-war-20120217
Bla bla bla war with Iran bla bla bla.
This is getting so boring, just like that police state thing I babble about all the time. Can’t I talk about anything else?
I was speaking …
Obama’s War on Pot
In a shocking about-face, the administration has launched a government-wide crackdown on medical marijuana
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/obamas-war-on-pot-20120216
As a general rule I am not in favor of Democrats but I liked a lot of Obama’s rhetoric during his …