Random Interest

[idonealuv]

Things I want to learn more about:

Evolution of yeast varieties in history, both natural and cultured (I think curtorama can certainly help me with this)

Non-Newtonian fluids (besides cornstarch in water)

Carbon nanotubes (ryeth gave some to deerslayer for Christmas last year. How COOL is that?!?)

String theory

Stem cells and their medical uses (my nephew is

Comments

[deerslayer]

I may be mis-remembering things, but I seem to recall that someone was complaining loudly about string theory because it's one of only a few scientific theories for which there will never be an ability to put the theory to test. As such, they were saying it's basically the religious dogma of the astrophysical science.

[baronalejandro]

Stem cells and their medical uses

I can tell you about growing native veins for them. I worked for hte doctor who designed that process.

[baronalejandro]

Er, that should be 'growing native veins FROM them.'