Super cool. But still a little scary, considering it’s a protein. I worry about prions.
Loyola University researchers have identified the key components of a protein called TRIM5a that destroys HIV in rhesus monkeys.The finding could lead to new TRIM5a-based treatments that would knock out HIV in humans, said senior researcher Edward M. Campbell, PhD, of Loyola University Health System.
The final piece from END:CIV is both a reality check and a call to arms.
PLANS to build a state-of-the-art library next to Republican catastrophe Sarah Palin are causing outrage across mainstream America.
via The Daily Mash – OUTRAGE OVER PLANS TO BUILD LIBRARY NEXT TO SARAH PALIN.
Rusty’s a good scientist.
It’s not that he’s unable to come up with anything good; rather, society views his inventions as too radical.
Rusty is dealing with Luddites.
We’ve certainly seen him develop new creations. Unfortunately, the “Joy Can” was powered by an orphan heart. This is comparable to modern society’s struggle with stem cell tissue research. It is conceivably his own creation.
At the very least, it was one of his father’s many fantastic unfinished creations. It is likely that any project his father would have abandoned would have been stopped because of moral or ethical considerations. Although, the Ooo ray was technically a “weapon of mass destruction” Rusty had never considered it as such.
Some famous scientists are only able to narrowly focus their attention on their particularly narrow field.
Then there’s the metasonic locator. We never get to see this actually in action, other than it emits large white rings, awakens “Ghost Astronauts” and comically oversized shellfish. But, according to its description, this device is some sort of time travel viewer that can be shown on objects to reveal what they looked like in the past.
Lest us forget, Rusty does, in fact, locate the flying saucer.
Just learned that the word Saxon is etymologically derived from the term “sea axe” – the viking weapon of choice.
Mind=blown
I bumped in to a guy on Saturday who said he worked for Clearwire. We got to talking about Sprint and 4G handsets. I asked him about the “private beta” 4G deployment in Los Angeles. He confirmed its existence and that it was working, but generally only available to employees of Sprint, their relatives, and other people who’d be unlikely to complain if something went wrong with the service. I asked him when it might be publicly available, because the last I’d heard it was due in August. Last time I checked August was here. He let me know that the new target date was December. Which would make a lot of sense to time it to coincide with the Christmas shopping season.
The Block Party at the Paramount New York back lot was a lot of fun.
Thanks to my good pal Joe for hooking up the tickets.
It was weird thinking about how my mom used to work here.
And there was much rejoicing.
I can just picture Marvin the Martian pointing a crazy death ray at earth, only to have the signal degraded to a weak laser pulse by the time it reached us.
Just about a year ago Ragbir Bhathal was scanning the night sky for alien activity, just as he does every night. Except, on this December eve Ragbir Bhathal found a strong, regular, repeating signal. Unless the whole thing stemmed from a huge glitch occurring simultaneously in all his million-dollar lab equipment, there stands a strong chance that Ragbir found a message sent by some intelligent, alien race.
via Q+A: Ragbir Bhathal, Australias Leading Alien Hunter | Motherboard.
Kyle Hayes
My friend Kyle has a blog. Kyle is The Master.
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