I've run across a few stories, from time to time, about harvesting stem cells from umbilical cords. Last I heard, though, scientists could only harvest a few types of cells from the cords. Can anyone shed some light on this subject?
I understand about gorillas and humans and so forth. We have a large sample size for comparisons when dealing with things like that.
It's the lack of sample size that's bugging me about these fossils. Transitional fossils are put together kinda like a jigsaw puzzle then? This piece matches here, and this piece matches here, so this piece must go here, in between them. Am I reading that right? Highly educated guess work?
Previously only a single leg of the creature, known as Gansus yumenensis, had been found.
Perhaps someone with more background in this subject can clear this up for me. If they only had a leg, how the hell did they know what it was? Educated guess? Or did the researchers realize their unidentified legbone matched these new fossils and reclassified the original leg fossil?
Damn Yankee sissies. Coffee ain't suppose to have flavor. Ain't supposed to taste good. If it can't peel the paint off yer pick-em-up truck, it ain't worth the time it takes to drink it. *glowers*
I've noticed that a lot of old men have diets that would make a health nut cry. Case-in-point: My friend's grandfather's standard breakfast consists of two fried eggs, half a plate of bacon, some oatmeal, and about a pot of coffee. The man is 93, still eats like that. He's really active though, so I think it balances itself out.
The problem is the wide range of intellects present within a given school system. Some kids are geniuses and they need to be challenged by the more advanced stuff Some are dumb as bricks and what we consider bare minimum is stretching their mental limits. So how do you reconcile the two?
Parents are resonsible for their children. It's up to the parent to challenge the child to do his/her best. that being the said, the school, in it's ideal social role, would be an institution that helped augment that, providing the courses the student needs for a challenge.
[sarcasm]*Gasp* They let kids build rockets? And work with metal? And god places? Don't they know that's...dangerous? Someone could get hurt![/sarcasm]
Seriously, part of the problem is that we've built these safe, sterile environments for kids to learn in. Sterile may be clean, but nothing grows there.
Hell, I don't have kids of my own and I understand what you're saying. Dear God, if parents started being parents again, do you realize how much this country could do? It staggers the mind
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Thank you for clearing that up. It was really bugging me.
I've run across a few stories, from time to time, about harvesting stem cells from umbilical cords. Last I heard, though, scientists could only harvest a few types of cells from the cords. Can anyone shed some light on this subject?
But with Linux, you'll be able to edit your DNA as you see fit. Join the OpenGene Revolution!
I understand about gorillas and humans and so forth. We have a large sample size for comparisons when dealing with things like that.
It's the lack of sample size that's bugging me about these fossils. Transitional fossils are put together kinda like a jigsaw puzzle then? This piece matches here, and this piece matches here, so this piece must go here, in between them. Am I reading that right? Highly educated guess work?
Previously only a single leg of the creature, known as Gansus yumenensis, had been found.
Perhaps someone with more background in this subject can clear this up for me. If they only had a leg, how the hell did they know what it was? Educated guess? Or did the researchers realize their unidentified legbone matched these new fossils and reclassified the original leg fossil?
Gratzi.
Source(s) please?
And where praytell can we find this "real history"? References please?
'tweren't nothing "civil" about it...
:)
Sorry, I'm having' way too much fun.
Damn Yankee sissies. Coffee ain't suppose to have flavor. Ain't supposed to taste good. If it can't peel the paint off yer pick-em-up truck, it ain't worth the time it takes to drink it. *glowers*
I've noticed that a lot of old men have diets that would make a health nut cry. Case-in-point: My friend's grandfather's standard breakfast consists of two fried eggs, half a plate of bacon, some oatmeal, and about a pot of coffee. The man is 93, still eats like that. He's really active though, so I think it balances itself out.
I don't think we had a President at that time.
When it's in the "Politics" section
"Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind." - Albert Einstein, "Science, Philosophy, and Religion: a Symposium", 1941
*horror* You clip your toenails!? What kind of monster are you?!
Tom Hanks as a mulleted mathematician...*shudder*
Hye, it's the Slashdot way :)
since as far as I can tell the universe has never been rearranged or redecorated...
Slashdot and Digg are two different websites. A story posted on both sites isn't a dupe, it's wider coverage.
Oh I'd say the Right has done it's share of screwing public eduation as well. ID vs Evolution fiasco?
Apparently we've started digging
The problem is the wide range of intellects present within a given school system. Some kids are geniuses and they need to be challenged by the more advanced stuff Some are dumb as bricks and what we consider bare minimum is stretching their mental limits. So how do you reconcile the two? Parents are resonsible for their children. It's up to the parent to challenge the child to do his/her best. that being the said, the school, in it's ideal social role, would be an institution that helped augment that, providing the courses the student needs for a challenge.
[sarcasm]*Gasp* They let kids build rockets? And work with metal? And god places? Don't they know that's...dangerous? Someone could get hurt![/sarcasm] Seriously, part of the problem is that we've built these safe, sterile environments for kids to learn in. Sterile may be clean, but nothing grows there.
Hell, I don't have kids of my own and I understand what you're saying. Dear God, if parents started being parents again, do you realize how much this country could do? It staggers the mind
Not re-filming, but they are digitally editing Tom Hank's hair to make it suitable for public viewing.