My Soapbox: The Human Genome in 3 Dimensions | Wired Science

Saturday, October 10, 2009

The Human Genome in 3 Dimensions | Wired Science | Wired.com

This is it, folks. You and I in a nutshell, figuratively speaking. What is this? A ball of yarn? You may ask. Nooo, this is the human genome, in 3-D rendition. To sum it all up, this is the best 3-D rendition scientists were able to come up with, and scientists "can now investigate how the very shape of the genome, and not just its DNA content, affects human development and disease."

Photo Credit: via Wired.com

The Human Genome in 3 Dimensions | Wired Science | Wired.com

Musings:

(1) IF the Bible is indeed the words of God, our creator, shouldn't it, in addition to general rules of proper behaviors within a societal structure, also act as a guidebook of sort and at least give us some insights into how our body works?? It can shave off a few years in medical advances and lives can be saved.

(2) On the other hand, am I really to believe that this entire complexity occurred entirely by chance? Especially with the Law of Entropy (that when left alone, entropy always increases) looming over our head?

Hmmmm, perplexing.

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100 Things About Myself

Once upon a time there's a blogger group that you can join if your blog contains a list on 100 things about yourself. I never was able to come up with 100 things so I never got to join the group. I'm not sure if the group is still around, but let me see if I can come up with 100 things now:-

1 - I have dark hair
2 - I have dark eyes
3 - I have a husband
4 - I have 2 cats, a long hair and a short hair one
5 - I have no kids, my cats are my kids
6 - I have a car, green
7 - I don't drink coffee
8 - I am allergic to alcoholic beverages
9 - I have never purchased a beverage at Starbucks
10 - I received a Starbucks mugs as a gift once, and have subsequently purchased 5 more myself (great scheme!)
11 - My favorite color is green
12 - I like tech gadgets more than your usual female stuff (purses, shoes, etc.)
13 - I have single child syndrome
14 - I am an agnostic atheist
15 - I found those who forces their religious viewpoint on others extremely distasteful
16 - I prefer cats over kids
17 - My favorite movies are Men in Black, Independence Day, and Day After Tomorrow (unfortunately Bridges of the Madison County and Titanic -- the staples that women like -- did not make my list)
18 - My strongest suit is that I am well aware of all my weaknesses and my weaknesses are... you don't really think I am going to tell you, do you?
19 - I hate stupid people.
20 - I enjoy fine dining and trying out new restaurants, especially different kinds of ethnic food.
21 - Softball is the only sport I like.
22 - I can speak two (2!!) languages.
23 - Eating is a passion of mine.
24 - Biological science is another passion of mine.
25 - My dream job is to work for USGS (but that boat has sailed).
26 - I am a strong supporter of gay marriage.
27 - I am a very literal person.
28 - I have a very short attention span.
29 - I have been told by many that I am very blunt.
30 - I have always been told that I am too happy (particularly for my age... what does that even mean?)
31 - I have OCD
32 - I am very susceptible to advertisements
33 - I hate making the same mistake twice.
34 - Much like Dexter's sister, my only tool is a sledge hammer...
35 - I hate wasting people's time
36 - I hate more when people waste my time.
37 - I love watching Chinese ghost movies
38 - I also hate Chinese ghost movies when they keep me from sleeping at night

** #9 and #7 are no longer true... but I am not going to renumber everything so it's staying.