seregine | Shared With: Everyone - Nov 30 2008 | health, science, news
My mom (a molecular biologist) tells me to keep an eye on this research. They extended the lifespan of mice by 24-46%.
Quoted: Researchers have uncovered what may be a universal cause of aging, one that applies to both single cell organisms such as yeast and multicellular organisms, including mammals. This is the first time that such an evolutionarily conserved aging mechanism has been identified between such diverse organisms. The mechanism probably dates back more than one billion years. The study shows how DNA damage eventually leads to a breakdown in the cell's ability to properly regulate which genes are switched on and off in particular settings.
- seregine | Shared With: Everyone - Jul 04 2008 | people, science
Pyrotechnician human interest story.
Quoted: Then there are those who prefer to celebrate their country by blowing up a small part of it.
- seregine | Shared With: Everyone - Dec 14 2007 | 2007, science, people, physics
A new unified theory, not requiring extra dimensions, with predictions that can be tested soon.
Quoted: An impoverished surfer has drawn up a new theory of the universe, seen by some as the Holy Grail of physics, which has received rave reviews from scientists.
- seregine | Shared With: Everyone - Mar 11 2007 | science, psychology, literature
This article led me to also find out about Structuralism:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structuralist
and Russian formalism:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_formalism
It's interesting how many ideas already have names.
- seregine | Shared With: Everyone - Oct 05 2006 | art, science
A variety of cool scientific images. I like these cubes.
- seregine | Shared With: Everyone - Aug 23 2006 | blogs, brain, happiness, psychology, science
If you had the power to protect your future children from depression, would you do it?
Quoted: A new breed of permanently 'cheerful' mouse is providing hope of a new treatment for clinical depression. TREK-1 is a gene that can affect transmission of serotonin in the brain. Serotonin is known to play an important role in mood, sleep and sexuality. By breeding mice with an absence of TREK-1, researchers were able create a depression-resistant strain.
- seregine | Shared With: Everyone - Jul 26 2006 | art, books, news, science
Some great people have a right brain AND a left brain...
Quoted: An exhibition explores the links between the author’s art and his lifelong passion for lepidopterology, the study of moths and butterflies.
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