Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) have found a way to reactivate T-cell production in adults with HIV. T-cells are part of your immune system. They float around gobbling up bad guys that cause infections. People with HIV have a hard time building up their T-cell count after serious infections and this
There’s a total lunar eclipse tonight (not that I’ll get to see it because of our craptacular weather). If the weather is clear in your area, you should check it out. It will be the last total lunar eclipse until December 2010. A lunar eclipse only happens with a full moon and the moon passes
I’m always amazed when scientists uncover a new dinosaur, especially an elephant sized dino. A team in Chicago discovered two very large meatosaurs that roamed around the ancient African landscape. The first one is a member of the Eorarcharia dinops and was a fierce predator. Eorarcharia is a forerunner to Carcharodontosaurus who was just as
I don’t think I realized what I was getting into when I started yoga teacher training. I thought I’d just learn proper pose alignment, how to say the sanskrit name of the pose and how to teach that to others. This is probably all I would have learned if I had taken the easy fast
Head lice are disgusting parasites that we have never been able to eradicate. We all remember the head lice checks in elementary school. They’ve been following us around for centuries. Now, mummified head lice are helping us to understand ancient migrations. Researches were able to extract DNA from lice found on two pre-Columbian Peruvian mummies
Today is Chris’ Birthday! Everyone needs to go to his blog and bug him today. Happy Birthday Chris!!
I was ready for Super Tuesday. I had my outfit planned and I was ready to get out and vote! Then Edwards dropped out. Now what!? I have no idea who to vote for tomorrow. None. Nada. No clue. Both are worthy and historic candidates. I will admit to feeling a little giddy at the
Yesterday marked the 50th anniversary of the US entry into the space race. Explorer 1, the first satellite, was successfully launched into orbit on January 31 1958. The Explorer satellite was launched atop a Juniper C rocket and carried a cosmic ray detector to measure radiation levels in orbit. The cosmic ray detector, provided by
