Cool map of next-gen sequencer facilities....although, its a bit outdated (HA has more than this says) its an interesting view.

Next Generation Genomics: World Map of High-throughput Sequencers

Foldit is a revolutionary new computer game enabling you to contribute to important scientific research. This page describes the science behind Foldit and how your playing can help.

The Science Behind Foldit | Foldit

I saw a seminar by the CSO of this company this morning - this is a very smartly designed adenoviral therapy for cancer - its very promising. They have modified the virus to more specifically target cancer cells over normal tissue, and they have made it a lytic virus instead of lysogenic, so the virus lyses the cell, thus avoiding the complication of where the virus will be integrated into the genome. Very exciting to see viral gene therapy progressing forward again!

Vectorlogics Overview

ok - I give - I want one of these.

Amazon.com: Kindle Wireless Reading Device, Wi-Fi, 6" Display, Graphite - Latest Generation: Kindle Store

In a SPIEGEL interview, genetic scientist Craig Venter discusses the 10 years he spent sequencing the human genome, why we have learned so little from it a decade on and the potential for mass production of artificial life forms that could be used to produce fuels and other resources.

Entertaining interview from Craig Venter....take it with a grain of salt, but definitely worth reading (if for nothing else than his strong personality).

SPIEGEL Interview with Craig Venter: 'We Have Learned Nothing from the Genome' - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International

Learn about Fredrick Douglas...in a non work safe manner:)

YouTube - Drunk History Vol. 5 Featuring Will Ferrell, Don Cheadle, and Zooey Deschanel.

Neat fabric wall clings that won't harm your wall and are super cool. Check em out! Lots of neat old school scifi ones.

Craftzine.com blog : Fabric Wall Clings

Sweet! This is wonderful!

possibly noteworthy wrote:
Rudy Rucker's classics are now free.

Decius:

I love Rudy Rucker.

Dr. Nanochick:

I dig Rudy Rucker.

Bucy:

Rudy Rucker rules!

Rudy Rucker:

It starts with Software, where rebel robots bring immortality to their human creator by eating his brain. Software won the first Philip K. Dick Award.

In Wetware, the robots decide to start building people -- and people get strung out on an insane new drug called merge. This cyberpunk classic garnered a second Philip K. Dick award.

By Freeware, the robots have evolved into soft plastic slugs called moldies -- and some human "cheeseballs" want to have sex with them. The action redoubles when aliens begin arriving in the form of cosmic rays.

And with Realware, the humans and robots reach a higher plateau.

On the internet:

I just hope the public won't ever be bullied or bamboozled into letting the bosses bottle up the genie. That's something we need to keep an eye on.

On "Infinity and the Mind":

It is in the realm of infinity that mathematics, science, and logic merge with the fantastic. By closely examining the paradoxes that arise from this merging, we can learn a great deal about the human mind, its powers, and its limitations.

On "Mathematicians in Love":

Rucker cleverly pulls off a romantic comedy about mathematicians in love.

On "Frek":

Like every great science fiction novel, "Frek and the Elixir" is really about the present -- about the power of corporations, about media and entertainment, about bioengineering, about quantum mechanics, about your wife or girlfriend, your next-door neighbor, and your boss, and about you, at age twelve, and now.

On "Spaceland":

Spaceland challenges readers to imagine what life might be like in a world with four spatial dimensions.

RE: The Ware Tetralogy

Venter and his colleagues are working with Novartis and the National Institutes of Health to synthesize cassettes--clusters of genes that could be inserted into a synthetic genome--for every known flu virus in an effort to streamline the vaccine manufacturing process. They envision a system where, if a new strain such as H1N1 emerged, developing a vaccine would be as straightforward as shuffling genes encoding the relevant viral fragments into a synthetic genome. This could then yield a cell that could be used to quickly manufacture the product.

Technology Review: Synthetic Genome Reboots Cell

At a time when the longtime goal of a $1,000 genome is still just out of reach, a Harvard University physicist is promising an even cheaper price--the ability to sequence a human genome for just $30.

Technology Review: The $30 Genome?