Sleepwalking through another day
Mostly pleasant evening last night -- caught Grandma before she went upstairs for the night, then went home and cleared a two-hour documentary off the DVR while alternating work on my and Mom's shawls. Where it fell down was in me apparently dozing off on the way to getting ready for bed and not actually sacking out until 1:30am. Ah, well.
Links from my Yahoo! page:
Something odd is happening with Namibia's weather -- "The riverbeds of western Namibia, land of arid deserts, are awash in water. At least for now."
Woolly Mammoth's Blood May Help Reduce Human Body Temperature -- "The scientists didn't have a woolly mammoth blood sample, and so they made the hemoglobin protein in the laboratory by using fragmented DNA sequences from three mammoths that died in Siberia between 25,000 and 43,000 years ago, the release states. They found that the woolly mammoth protein was much less sensitive to temperature changes mammoths when compared to hemoglobin from Asian elephants and humans. This means it can still easily unload oxygen to tissues that need it in the cold, whereas the other hemoglobins can't. Scientists believe this is likely because of at least two of the mutations in the woolly mammoth hemoglobin gene. They also believe these insights could lead to the design of new artificial blood products for use in hypothermia induced during heart and brain surgeries."
101-year-old Detroit woman evicted in foreclosure -- "A 101-year-old woman was evicted from the southwest Detroit home where she lived for nearly six decades after her 65-year-old son failed to pay the mortgage."
Having a hard time focusing today. Luckily there hasn't been too much I've had to really think about.
Crossposted from Dreamwidth with
comments made.
Links from my Yahoo! page:
Something odd is happening with Namibia's weather -- "The riverbeds of western Namibia, land of arid deserts, are awash in water. At least for now."
Woolly Mammoth's Blood May Help Reduce Human Body Temperature -- "The scientists didn't have a woolly mammoth blood sample, and so they made the hemoglobin protein in the laboratory by using fragmented DNA sequences from three mammoths that died in Siberia between 25,000 and 43,000 years ago, the release states. They found that the woolly mammoth protein was much less sensitive to temperature changes mammoths when compared to hemoglobin from Asian elephants and humans. This means it can still easily unload oxygen to tissues that need it in the cold, whereas the other hemoglobins can't. Scientists believe this is likely because of at least two of the mutations in the woolly mammoth hemoglobin gene. They also believe these insights could lead to the design of new artificial blood products for use in hypothermia induced during heart and brain surgeries."
101-year-old Detroit woman evicted in foreclosure -- "A 101-year-old woman was evicted from the southwest Detroit home where she lived for nearly six decades after her 65-year-old son failed to pay the mortgage."
Having a hard time focusing today. Luckily there hasn't been too much I've had to really think about.
Crossposted from Dreamwidth with
comments made.