And before you ask, “So who wants mice to live longer?”, remember that what works in mice today may work in people tomorrow…or, then again, may not. An interesting development in longevity research, nonetheless.
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The aging brain
Despite the fact I am still an astonishingly young man, I do find that I occasionally have more trouble remembering things than I did twenty years ago (when, as a precocious six-year-old, I was news editor of the Weyburn Review). It is, alas, an indisputable fact that our brains change as we age. However, as …
Eric Burdon, this is your future
It’s funny, I’ve been immersed in all these books about the ’60s music scene in England because of the children’s biography of Jimi Hendrix I’m working on, and who do I see is playing at the Casino Regina Show Lounge in a few weeks? Eric Burdon & the Animals. If I may quote myself, from …
Water flowed on Mars recently!
The new study suggests water may still bubble to the surface of Mars now and then, flow for a short stretch, then boil away in the thin, cold air. Now that is seriously promising news in the search for life–and the quest to put humans–on Mars.
Humans in the zoo
The London Zoo has put that most peculiar of species, Homo sapiens on display. There’s a Shel Silverstein poem about this very subject, as I know from having been reading Silverstein to my four-year-old-daughter every night for the past two months or so.
Patterns
Wall Patterns Originally uploaded by Edward Willett. I took this photo in Drumheller back at the end of June, attracted by the patterns made by the siding, the stairs, and various shadows. When I was editor of the Weyburn Review, I always enjoyed sneaking in a few “artistic photos” that had no news value but …
Thousands flee America for Canada!
Pelicans, that is.
Here comes the sun…
…or a piece of it, anyway. Here’s the follow-up to that space weather forecast I blogged a couple of days ago.
Jolie and Pitt follow in my footsteps…
…to the Royal Tyrrell Museum in Drumheller, Alberta. Funny, we were there just six weeks ago, and I don’t remember seeing a single newspaper story about it.
Using a synchrotron to read ancient inscriptions
Here’s a story that combines two things I’ve recently written about: synchrotrons and using new high-tech methods to read ancient incriptions (in this case, carved into stone).
You learn something new every day…
I remember being wildly impressed by Silent Running‘s special effects when I saw it–probably on a black-and-white TV, come to think of it–sometime in the ’70s. It was the coolest thing ever between 2001 and Star Wars, man. But only today did I discover that the soundtrack was by PDQ Bach–er, I mean, Peter Shickele. …
Disgusting isn’t a strong enough word
An English family that breeds guinea pigs for medical research has decided to close its farm in the hope that it will convince the sub-human “animal rights” slime who stole the body of a relative from its grave to return their loved one’s remains. I’m a big animal lover, but this almost makes me want …
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