Are Enhancer RNAs A New Class Of Small RNAS?

Are Enhancer RNAs A New Class Of Small RNAS?

Regarding the recent Nature News article (Transcription: Enhancer makes non-coding RNA. Nature 465, 173-174; 2010) about the discovery of enhancer RNAs (eRNAs) and their apparent link with neuronal…
Autonymous Satellites

Autonymous Satellites

Autonomous Satellites How smart does a satellite have to be to function? I'm working on the design of the Project Calliope satellite, and near as I can tell, it doesn't need a brain. All it needs is…
Arctic Summer 2010 - Hot Or Not?

Arctic Summer 2010 - Hot Or Not?

Arctic Summer 2010 - Hot Or Not? Will it get very warm in the Arctic this summer? It is already so warm in many parts of the Arctic that floes which would normally obstruct the free flow of ice for…
Media Barometer - Science 2.0 Is Taking Over

Media Barometer - Science 2.0 Is Taking Over

It's no secret social media is big - every marketing group latches on to the latest fad (even us - we gots the Tweetypages, we gots the Faceyspaceys) and people are using it more and more.   But…
Plot Of The Week - A SUSY Higgs At 150 GeV ?

Plot Of The Week - A SUSY Higgs At 150 GeV ?

The CDF Collaboration has recently produced results of a search for Supersymmetric Higgs bosons in events with three or more bottom-quark jets. Here I wish to give just the highlights of this…
Understanding Depression

Understanding Depression

Understanding Depression I suffer from depression.  One day I may write more fully about how it affects me, and how I cope.  But not just yet. If you have never suffered from depression…
Getting Avogadro's Digits (and other laughs)

Getting Avogadro's Digits (and other laughs)

1. It's probably a good thing Avogadro wasn't around after the telephone was invented. I bet he'd get real sick of this... 2. Also see: Josh Witten. 3. Seriously, who f'ing cares?? 4. Too bad BP…
Science 2.0 And Deepwater Horizon

Science 2.0 And Deepwater Horizon

Science 2.0 And Deepwater Horizon In this age of rapid communication via the internet we have a golden opportunity to engage in synergy on a global scale to solve problems in science and engineering.…
60 Years Of End Of The World Sci-Fi: 1950

60 Years Of End Of The World Sci-Fi: 1950

Our 1950 pick is L. Sprague de Camp and P. Schuyler Miller's Genus Homo, a pulp adventure that takes place a million years in the future after after the genus Homo has destroyed itself, leaving the…
A bit of an introduction

A bit of an introduction

Hi, my name is Georgie and I’m a dog with a blog.As we approach the summer solstice of 2010 I thought I should start a blog as a countdown to the end of the world.  Ok, the world is not really…