ION, on Friday everyone has a one-in-several-trillion chance of being hit by part of a satellite:
Huge NASA Satellite Falling to Earth Is Largest in 30 Years
Wesley: Feng Shui. Gunn: Right. What's that mean again? Wesley: That people will believe anything. Actually, in this place, Feng Shui will probably have enormous significance. I'll align my furniture the wrong way and suddenly catch fire or turn into a pudding.
'Conviction (1)'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
tommyrot - Sep 21, 2011 8:35:53 am PDT #27536 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Amy - Sep 21, 2011 8:36:02 am PDT #27537 of 30001
Because books.
I'll take Creatures Actually Born with Anime Eyes for $800, Alex.
Kathy A - Sep 21, 2011 8:38:00 am PDT #27538 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Happy birthday, smonster!!
amyth - Sep 21, 2011 8:38:51 am PDT #27539 of 30001
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
Caleb would come in before most location shoots and "let me" figure out all of his wardrobe needs. He was very funny and hated to shop. He'd tell me locale, and I'd put a wardrobe together while he sat on a corner reading.
I love that story, java!
slow lorises
OK, that is deadly cute.
Fred Pete - Sep 21, 2011 8:42:51 am PDT #27540 of 30001
Ann, that's a ferret.
Happy Birthday, smonster!
Happy Birthday, Sophia!
Sue - Sep 21, 2011 8:43:38 am PDT #27541 of 30001
hip deep in pie
Happy Birthday smonster!
JenP - Sep 21, 2011 8:48:05 am PDT #27542 of 30001
There's no way slow lorises (lorixes? lori?) are real - they are simply too cute to be believed:
Oh, my. The head tilt with those big eyes, come on! Unreal.
Burrell - Sep 21, 2011 8:48:26 am PDT #27543 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Happy birthday Sophia! Happy birthday smonster!
I have no opinion whatsoever about The New Girl.
Cashmere - Sep 21, 2011 8:49:58 am PDT #27544 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
That Loris looks like a Furby.
My cousin just had healthy, 6lb twin boys named, Dean and Logan. I don't dare tell her my mine went immediately to Supernatural and to Veronica Mars.
Kathy A - Sep 21, 2011 8:50:16 am PDT #27545 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Gamers Unlock Protein Mystery That Baffled AIDS Researchers For Years
“Following the failure of a wide range of attempts to solve the crystal structure of M-PMV retroviral protease by molecular replacement, we challenged players of the protein folding game Foldit to produce accurate models of the protein,” the study reads. “Remarkably, Foldit players were able to generate models of sufficient quality for successful molecular replacement and subsequent structure determination. The refined structure provides new insights for the design of antiretroviral drugs.”
Developed by researchers at the University of Washington, Foldit turns scientific problems into competitive games. Players were charged with using spatial and critical thinking skills to build 3D models of protease. Few of these players had any kind of background in biochemistry.
According to Fox, it took players a matter of days to come up with models that were solid enough for researchers to translate into scientific rendering of the protein...
Foldit has not only made this breakthrough with AIDS research, but it has also aided in Cancer and Alzheimer’s research.