We live really close to an Air Force Base and it’s not uncommon to have those huge C-130 cargo planes fly over the house. Sometimes they fly so low it rattles our windows and makes the dog start howling. Late last night I was startled awake by a large booming sound. I grumbled a little
23rd street is my favorite street in OKC. Chris hates this street because its usually crazy busy and the lanes are narrow. I think he’s been rear-ended twice on this street, but I love it. Its dirty and grungy and you’re guaranteed to see at least one crazy crackhead bum walking down the sidewalk talking
Despite having to cancel the launch of the Discovery, this has been a big week for NASA. They found possible evidence of life on Mars and have big plans for building a space station on the moon. Which of these two things scares you more? I really intended to devote an equal amount of time
This has nothing to do with science. It’s a Snow Day! No Friday Science entries on snow days. This is Chirpie. Mom found Chirpie at a garage sale for fifty cents and I love him. He poaches four eggs at a time and lets out this really loud shrilly chirp when they’re done. THE SCIENCE
Well, I think we got Shelley’s snow apocalypse. We slid to work this morning so I could feed my cells and take stuff out of the incubator. Basically we spent two hours on the road to do about thirty minutes of work. The Workpace has shut down. Snow Day! I can’t remember the last time
Every year Thanksgiving involves us getting up early, eating a light breakfast and loading the car to head out to some family members home. This year we’re having dinner at Chris’s folks, but we’re not eating until 3:30 and since they only live about five miles away we don’t have to be anywhere until 3:00.
Every Friday morning around 7:30, while we’re on our way to work, NPR plays a StoryCorp recording. StoryCorps is an NPR oral history project that started in 2003. They travel the country collecting stories from every day people. Any one can sign up to spend time in the StoryCorps booth. I love StoryCorps. Every time
OK, maybe cows aren’t so threatening now, but cattlelike beasts called bovids could be responsible for bringing tuberculosis to North America long before Europeans arrived. Rheumatologist Bruce Rothschild and paleontologist Larry Martin have found fossil evidence suggesting that this is true. They found that bovids with Asian origins like bison and bighorn sheep had bone
I don’t know what’s up today, but I have been on high energy mode all day. I only had two cups of coffee this morning. It’s like I can’t slow down. I can’t sit still and I’m all fidgety. I finished my work about an hour ago so I’m done for the day. Yes I
A retrovirus called VRX496 has demonstrated that gene therapy has the potential to treat HIV and other serious human diseases. VRX496 is a genetically altered AIDS retrovirus that impairs HIV viral replication. It’s sort of like a Trojan Horse, but instead of carrying soldiers it carries genetic material that inhibits HIV replication. Five patients with
