Links for you. Science:
Six Questions About CRISPRs
Bottom feeders: A novel way of dealing with an unpleasant problem
Humpback Whales May Be Migratory Astronomers
A Peculiar Disclaimer
Other:
Suddenly It's Real (on gas prices)
Alcohol and Rape: Twice the Standards
Another Occasional Reminder (about 'Grand Bargains')
Abolish The Debt Ceiling!
Cheap Beer, Paradoxical Dice, and the Unfounded Morality of Economists
New Propaganda Coinage: "To Klein"
Discredited
Sleepwalking Into the Imperial Dark
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We've been fans of the Molecule of the Month series by David Goodsell, for many years. Not only is Dr. Goodsell a talented artist but he writes very clear descriptions of the ways molecules like proteins, RNA, and DNA work together and function inside a cell.
Foreigner or native-born? Your immune system discriminates between them, as do those of bacteria. Yes indeed, bacteria do have immune systems – pretty complex ones at that.
There are some scientific technologies that rapidly become ubiquitious and indispensible, and they become the engine that drives tremendous amounts of research, win Nobel prizes, and are eventually taken for granted.
On Sept. 30th, I'm going to be co-presenting a Bio-Link webinar on Genome Engineering with CRISPR-Cas9 with Dr. Thomas Tubon from Madison College.