Weekly Science Headlines

[Kai]

you guys read slashdot right?

No. I get my science news from a combination of the Sigma Xi email updates, Ed Yong's Not Exactly Rocket Science and other blogs, and podcasts such as Star Talk with NdG Tyson. Milling around a news site with a rated commenting system is not something I have time for.

[Bebek Sincap Ratatosk]

you guys read slashdot right?

No. I get my science news from a combination of the Sigma Xi email updates, Ed Yong's Not Exactly Rocket Science and other blogs, and podcasts such as Star Talk with NdG Tyson. Milling around a news site with a rated commenting system is not something I have time for.

Once upon a time slashdot was great news for nerds... now it occasionally has gems hidden in the repeat of what all other science/tech/geek sites are alreayd reporting on, or have reported on weeks ago.

I weep for the days of CmdrTaco, grits down peoples pants and Ms Portman...

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Slash dot. Thats the thing where if i use it on an onion the skin comes right off and i can stop having a boring life yeah?

[Salty]

Ooops.

http://www.southampton.ac.uk/mediacentre/news/2013/sep/13_172.shtml

Surely, we understand brain chemistry and structure enough to add MOAR PILLS to make it all better.

Surely.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Ooops.

http://www.southampton.ac.uk/mediacentre/news/2013/sep/13_172.shtml

Surely, we understand brain chemistry and structure enough to add MOAR PILLS to make it all better.

Surely.

Greeeaaaat.

[Telarus]

Consequences of Erudite Vernacular Utilized Irrespective
of Necessity: Problems with Using Long Words Needlessly
DANIEL M. OPPENHEIMER*
Princeton University, USA

http://www.ucd.ie/artspgs/semantics/ConsequencesErudite.pdf

                   ^^^^ ART SPGS?!?!

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Consequences of Erudite Vernacular Utilized Irrespective
of Necessity: Problems with Using Long Words Needlessly
DANIEL M. OPPENHEIMER*
Princeton University, USA

http://www.ucd.ie/artspgs/semantics/ConsequencesErudite.pdf

                   ^^^^ ART SPGS?!?!

Oh that's lovely! 

[minuspace]

Consequences of Erudite Vernacular Utilized Irrespective
of Necessity: Problems with Using Long Words Needlessly
DANIEL M. OPPENHEIMER*
Princeton University, USA

http://www.ucd.ie/artspgs/semantics/ConsequencesErudite.pdf

                   ^^^^ ART SPGS?!?!

Oh that's lovely! 

Not ass much [as] an anoptorectomy  (sorry, just celebrating my (gradually less incessant) return)

[Salty]

http://www.douglas.qc.ca/news/1222?locale=en&utm_medium=referral&utm_


GIMMIE GIMMIE GIMMIE! NAO! WHERE ARE THE PILLZ ALREADY?

[Salty]

This is good for me to know, I am fascinated by the placebo effect.

http://m.medicalxpress.com/news/2013-10-mind-gray-placebo-pleasure-pain.html

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

This is SO COOL!

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/11/131101172313.htm

It was once thought that each cell in a person's body possesses the same DNA code and that the particular way the genome is read imparts cell function and defines the individual. For many cell types in our bodies, however, that is an oversimplification. Studies of neuronal genomes published in the past decade have turned up extra or missing chromosomes, or pieces of DNA that can copy and paste themselves throughout the genomes.

The only way to know for sure that neurons from the same person harbor unique DNA is by profiling the genomes of single cells instead of bulk cell populations, the latter of which produce an average. Now, using single-cell sequencing, Salk Institute researchers and their collaborators have shown that the genomic structures of individual neurons differ from each other even more than expected. The findings were published November 1 in Science.

"Contrary to what we once thought, the genetic makeup of neurons in the brain aren't identical, but are made up of a patchwork of DNA," says corresponding author Fred Gage, Salk's Vi and John Adler Chair for Research on Age-Related Neurodegenerative Disease.

[minuspace]

This is good for me to know, I am fascinated by the placebo effect.

http://m.medicalxpress.com/news/2013-10-mind-gray-placebo-pleasure-pain.html

Wait, I know what's going on...  You 86'd my stash 

[The Good Reverend Roger]

This is SO COOL!

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/11/131101172313.htm

It was once thought that each cell in a person's body possesses the same DNA code and that the particular way the genome is read imparts cell function and defines the individual. For many cell types in our bodies, however, that is an oversimplification. Studies of neuronal genomes published in the past decade have turned up extra or missing chromosomes, or pieces of DNA that can copy and paste themselves throughout the genomes.

The only way to know for sure that neurons from the same person harbor unique DNA is by profiling the genomes of single cells instead of bulk cell populations, the latter of which produce an average. Now, using single-cell sequencing, Salk Institute researchers and their collaborators have shown that the genomic structures of individual neurons differ from each other even more than expected. The findings were published November 1 in Science.

"Contrary to what we once thought, the genetic makeup of neurons in the brain aren't identical, but are made up of a patchwork of DNA," says corresponding author Fred Gage, Salk's Vi and John Adler Chair for Research on Age-Related Neurodegenerative Disease.

That certainly explains a lot.



CAN'T HELP IT.  MY DNA IS ALL FUCKED UP.

[minuspace]

This is SO COOL!

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/11/131101172313.htm

It was once thought that each cell in a person's body possesses the same DNA code and that the particular way the genome is read imparts cell function and defines the individual. For many cell types in our bodies, however, that is an oversimplification. Studies of neuronal genomes published in the past decade have turned up extra or missing chromosomes, or pieces of DNA that can copy and paste themselves throughout the genomes.

The only way to know for sure that neurons from the same person harbor unique DNA is by profiling the genomes of single cells instead of bulk cell populations, the latter of which produce an average. Now, using single-cell sequencing, Salk Institute researchers and their collaborators have shown that the genomic structures of individual neurons differ from each other even more than expected. The findings were published November 1 in Science.

"Contrary to what we once thought, the genetic makeup of neurons in the brain aren't identical, but are made up of a patchwork of DNA," says corresponding author Fred Gage, Salk's Vi and John Adler Chair for Research on Age-Related Neurodegenerative Disease.

That certainly explains a lot.



CAN'T HELP IT.  MY DNA IS ALL FUCKED UP.

NO, LOOKY HERE!
You are an independent, beautifully unique and perfect snowflake.  Take responsibility for your misanthropy because now you understand that the manufacturer is not liable for any production flaws.  Also, you were given plenty of time to adapt to this certified lack of a guarantee 

[Salty]

Probiotics probably isn't bullshit.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/11/131114122103.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fhealth_medicine+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Health+%26+Medicine+News%29

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But it is pig shit.