For my last group meeting presentation, I presented on a newly-discovered knockout mouse (which was actually made known to me by ubersecret -- thanks!) able to regenerate body parts, including limbs, heart, liver, and brain. That a single gene mutation was able to produce such an amazing ability in a mammal to me is extremely fascinating ( Read more... )

Even after an LJ vacation of not posting a single topical entry last week, I can still not come up with anything intriguing to say. I was not absent from LJ; in fact, I posted a lot on communities and other people's journals and was involved in a heated discussion in one of them ( Read more... )

Well, I simultaneously solved three mysteries two nights ago:

1. What happened to the mouse I had in my apartment?
2. Why did my apartment start smelling last week?
3. What was that strange fan-motor-clicking sound that woke me up last week in the middle of the night?

I previously have marveled at the ability of mice to run behind furinture that is pressed ( Read more... )

How does such a little mammal manage to squeak so freaking loudly?

How does such a little mammal manage to run directly over my glue traps without getting caught?

And the most confusing to me:

How does the thing manage to run between the wall and my pieces of furniture that are pressed directly against the wall? I know the things are small, but ( Read more... )