"Scientists at MIT have successfully engineered tissue with "mechanical and biochemical properties near to those of native cartilage." It may someday make artificial joints unnecessary, provide a true cure for many types of osteoarthritis and permanently relieve injuries. "

Tissue Engineering is so Rad:)

Scientists Brew Real Joint Juice

"Forget religion and politics, a top researcher says. Reproductive cloning will never work because biology will always get in the way"

Stop the Cloning

"Mitchell strives for two goals in her writing: accurate science and worthy female role models. "I came from a science background, and I felt compelled to get the physics right, damn it," she said. Scientists deplore the inaccuracies that turn up in many sci-fi novels.
"I wanted to see more intelligent female role models," Mitchell added. Better portrayals will please men, too, she said, since "guys like strong female protagonists."
The panelists expressed strong views about the relations between the sexes within the field of science.
Mitchell, 32, found that her path as a scientist did not make her unattractive to men. In fact, she said, being the only woman in a physics class gave her favorable dating odds.
But Dazzo, who went to school in an earlier era, was tougher on her male classmates: "It was them and their slide rule, and I didn't want to know what they were doing with their slide rule," she said.
But when Dazzo fell in with other science-fiction fans, she found intelligent men she could talk to who were not put off by her science background. "Being one of the guys wasn't bad, when the guys weren't stupid. They weren't the best-looking guys, but brains count." "

Sci-Fi Women Want Brains, Brawn

"Making music out of computer code is helping programmers to catch the bugs that can cause software to go awry."

This is interesting....an auditory rather than a visual approach.

New Scientist -Musical approach helps programmers catch bugs

"Researchers have shown that a new combination of techniques for manipulating light can increase the amount of data squeezed through the fibre optic cables laid in cities by more than 100 times "

New Scientist - Tricks of the light promise record data speeds

"A prehistoric protein has been recreated in the test tube"

Jurassic park, anyone?

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Dino protein made in test tube

You just have to see it to believe it.

Dissect a Frog!

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OMG, this fucking rox!!!! Smarties, Coffee Crisp, Aero Bars! Oh my!

[This brings a tear to my eye *sniffle*. Its just so beautiful - Nano]

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Nobody has experienced hockey until they have sat in the GEC in section 303. (Unless of course you were there the night that some friends and I started chanting "We want blood" and some hockey player on the other team got pucked in the face)Anyway....its getting to be fall, and I am starting to crave a hockey game again, so this is a meme-must!

Section 303

Now this is just freakin' ARTFUL

The mere image itself screams "This was not done by real aliens" but whoever did it deserves an award for artistry in engineering.

Crop circle at  Crabwood Farm House, nr Winchester, Hampshire. Reported 15th August 2002