July 2010
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F.D.A. Clears Way for Embryonic Stem Cell Trial... →
Geron Corp. and UC-Irvine have been cleared by the FDA to proceed with a trial testing ESC therapy in spinal cord injuries!  You know, this could be the beginning of something beautiful.
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Let’s try something different this week:  Instead of recommending me to the Science Directory (which you can still do, actually, if you want), go get a friend who isn’t on Tumblr and TELL THEM TO GET ON TUMBLR! I mean, it’s awesome.  Who wouldn’t want to be on here?  With stuff like this, and this, and THIS. Then recommend my page to them. :)
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Joe Genius now on Discover.  Discover Magazine has been really expanding their online offerings lately.  They recently premiered a new show called Joe Genius, and it’s pretty awesome.  To me it looks like a cross between America’s Funniest Home Videos and Mr. Wizard. In this one, there’s lots of kids blowing stuff up in big bottle, and some nearly blowing themselves up.  Check...
Jul 20th
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Random Video Entry - Liquid Crystals.  The video above shows a unique state of matter called a liquid crystal.  A liquid crystal has properties of both a solid and a liquid, where it may flow like liquid but the molecules are oriented in a way that resembles a solid. They are even found in nature, as some people believe that the cell membrane (two layers of well-ordered lipid molecules that can...
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Wear your lab coat for fashion
A shoutout to the Clearscience Tumblr.  I like what they are doing, and I can speak from experience … chicks dig lab coats. clearscience: Clear Science is dedicated to presenting science in a straightforward way. We’re available via Tumblr, Twitter, RSS, and we are on the Tumblr Science Directory. Share us with a friend.  -The Clear Science Staff
Jul 20th
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It's Tumblr Tuesday . . . Thank All of You! →
I would like to thank every one of my ever-growing number of followers!  Please recommend me to the Science Directory by clicking here ! :)  And don’t forget to tell your friends to check it out, if they are on Tumblr. If they aren’t on Tumblr?  You should consider new friends. And now, here’s a message from Neil Patrick Harris …
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Gene Switches Sexual Desires of Female Mice - 09... →
Being Korean, I don’t know if these authors see the humor in the name of the gene they chose, but it was a great choice! As for the paper mentioned, here’s what I take from this:  This gene, when knocked out, affects the development of a certain part of the brain and changes the way a hormone called estradiol might be sensed.  These could lead to a mimic of male sexual behavior in...
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NY TIMES: Netherlands scientist says gravity is an... →
inothernews: It’s hard to imagine a more fundamental and ubiquitous aspect of life on the Earth than gravity, from the moment you first took a step and fell on your diapered bottom to the slow terminal sagging of flesh and dreams. But what if it’s all an illusion, a sort of cosmic frill, or a side effect of something else going on at deeper levels of reality? So says Erik Verlinde, 48,...
Jul 14th
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Chemistry is always delicious, sometimes fattening. fuckyeahchemistry: Dr. Kiki Sanford goes over the chemistry of fudge to explain how super saturation and crystallization are involved in making delicious fudge! Mmhm. :) (via)
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What is special about today?
The anniversary of the birth of mathematician Erno Rubik, who invented the Rubik’s cube?  Well yes, but it’s also Tumblr Tuesday!  Click the link below or the button at the top of my page to recommend me to the Science Directory!  To all my followers, you rock! Recommend me to the science directory
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Freakin' Fantastic Friday Fun Fact!
Did you know that the human gut (or intestines, or nom-nom highway, whatever you call it) contains over 1 quadrillion bacteria?  That’s more cells than you have in your body by ten-fold, and one million times more than the number of people who have ever been alive on Earth.  Those bacteria are estimated to have 100 times more genes among them than we have in our genome. That’s...
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