I found out that my kidney transplant is projected to last, maybe, 5 years. And so, I had to start the horribly depressing process of being put on the transplant list for a cadaver, as there is an estimated 5 years waiting list and I've just past the mark where I can be placed on the list based on my current renal function ( Read more... )

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I don't remember the first part of the dream, but I had a new computer and was learning how it worked. It was strange since it did not seem to be a windows or icon-based system but a throwback to the old text-based, BBS-type systems.

Anyway, there was a new game. Traffic-wise, it was the Internet. The Game was kinda like Mortal Kombat but each ( Read more... )

Frustrating. They printed a human kidney on stage at TED, but it's not a functional one. The technology is so close.

(Video) http://www.ted.com/talks/anthony_atala_printing_a_human_kidney.html

Cancer appears to be a primitive form of our ancient genes reasserting itself when the safeguards fail ( Read more... )

Scientists engineered a helium atom to behave like a super-heavy hydrogen atom. This was done by replacing the electron with a muon (which orbits within the nucleus rather than the electron cloud layer). Thus the outer layer behaves chemically like hydrogen ( Read more... )

Man survives 1,000ft plunge off a Scottish mountain with only minor scratches. He survived since he only fell 100 feet at a time and deflected off the ice.http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics

Donald Knuth has finally finished volume 4A of his "seven volume series" (published Jan 12, 2011). If I were to guess, I'm thinking the sixth summons and binds extra-dimensional horrors like Cthulhu and the seventh finally constructs a sacred computational space not unlike the Pattern or Ghostwheel from Amber.

Oh well, I can dream.

(video) Hanna Rosin: New Data on the Rise of Women

Summary: As the middle class goes away, women are going up, men are going down. This has ramifications to our culture.

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Two gay people in Texas got married via Skype to get their marriage officiated in Washington, D.C.. Yes, they had to go Washington, D.C. to register and fill out the paperwork, but the marriage was done over Skype ( Read more... )