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List of RNAseq analyses to do
In case we have money for lots of RNAseq runs, here's a list of every sample that might be useful:24 samples = 1 run:Replicates of the samples we've already done: MIV competence induction at t=0,...
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Tropical interlude
Yesterday was cold, today is colder, and tomorrow will be bitter cold; enough already. Unfortunately as TPP ages, he finds he's more sensitive, or less tolerant, of cold than he used to be, even for a...
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Frost cracks in trees
Frost cracking of trees has been in the news because it does become more prevalent in very cold weather, but frost cracks are generally misunderstood, even by "tree experts". When water freezes, it...
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New Open Access Paper Discussing the Rise of Dinosaurs
Benton, M.J., Forth, J., and M.C. Langer. 2014. Models for the rise of dinosaurs. Modern Biology 24:R87-R95. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2013.11.063Abstract - Dinosaurs arose in the early Triassic in the...
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Out of Office
Hi friends,I'm very excited to share with you that Inkfish has moved to a new ocean-floor crevice. You can now find me at blogs.discovermagazine.com/inkfish. It's all the same inky goodness, now hosted...
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Chase those winter blues shoes!
Ladies, Depressed? Cold? Got those mid-winter blues? Planning a sunny cruise or tropical get away? Well, if TPP is any judge, here's some garden sandals that will chase away any winter blues and...
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Nanoparticles cause cancer cells to die and stop spreading
More than nine in ten cancer-related deaths occur because of metastasis, the spread of cancer cells from a primary tumour to other parts of the body. While primary tumours can often be treated with...
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New cyber-attack model helps hackers time the next Stuxnet
Of the many tricks used by the world’s greatest military strategists, one usually works well—taking the enemy by surprise. It is an approach that goes back to the horse that brought down Troy. But...
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Ten tiny places that have their own domain names
Claiming to be a country is an easy task. But to make others accept your claim is a lot harder. Aspiring states need favours from great powers, or sometimes even celebrities, to establish their...
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Solar wind and space dust create new source of water
Water ice is the most abundant solid material in the universe. Much of it was created as the byproduct of star formation, but not all. John Bradley of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and his...
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Why there may be fewer truly new drugs hitting the market
Developing new drugs is hard and expensive. The lengthy process from initial discovery to the market is some times compared to the difficulty of putting a person on the moon. Despite accusations that...
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The 80-20 rule of scientific data loss
The Pareto principle, or more commonly known as the 80-20 rule, is quiet useful. It states that 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes. It can be applied to all sorts of scenarios—80% of...
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Mathematics problems: Navier-Stokes equations
posted by @ulaulaman about #MillenniumProblems #NavierStokes #MukhtarbayOtelbayev #physics #mathematics In fluid mechanics, the Navier-Stokes equations, developed by Claude-Louis Navier and George...
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Large Body Size in Non-dinosaurian Dinosauromorphs - Evidence from a Large...
Barrett, P. M., Nesbitt, S. J., and B. R. Peecook. 2014. A large-bodied silesaurid from the Lifua Member of the Manda beds (Middle Triassic) of Tanzania and its implications for body-size evolution in...
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Yo-yo weather here in Lincolnland
Here in the upper Midwest long time residents will tell you that if you don't like the current weather just wait a few minutes and it will change. Today the high temperature will be just above...
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We don’t value tinkering as much, but that’s what makes the world great
Review of The Tinkerers: The Amateurs, DIYers, and Inventors Who Make America Great by Alec Foege The inventions of the late 19th and early 20th century that define our modern life were the result of...
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What's up with the magic tape that athletes are wearing?
Li Na with kinesio tape on her knee, playing on clay.When Chinese tennis star Li Na won the Australian open final this weekend, she had two long, wide strips of black tape criss-crossing her right...
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Religious countries are the most corrupt
Using standard assessments of national corruption, Hamid Yeganeh & Daniel Sauers of Winona State University, USA, have found that countries with the most religious people also have the highest...
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Calling all citizen scientists
SciStarter would like to know more about your experiences with Citizen Science. They are running a survey (here) in preparation for a workshop at the Citizen CyberScience Summit in London next month.
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Sewall Wright's last paper
Sewall Wright lived to be 98. Two months before he died he published a paper in The American Naturalist titled Surfaces of Selective Value Revisited (Wright, 1988).Wright was interested in adaptive...
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