(HeLa refers to this, JLo to this) HeLa: Cancer. JLo: Not cancer. Advantage: JLo. HeLa: Supreme longevity. JLo: Not so supreme longevity. Advantage: HeLa. HeLa: Interesting model system. JLo: Interesting model. Advantage: JLo. HeLa: Adherent. JLo: “Clingy” Advantage: HeLa. HeLa: No flim credits to date. JLo: Co-starred in underrated movie with George Clooney. Advantage: JLo. HeLa: $349/vial. JLo: $15 million/film. Advantage: HeLa. HeLa: Doesn’t sing. JLo: Sings (sort of). Advantage: HeLa. HeLa: From Henrietta Lacks (not known by her family until much later). JLo: From the block (still knows where she came from). Advantage: JLo. HeLa: Name sounds kinda like…
The Science Creative Quarterly
From humour
A LIST OF PROMISING SALES SLOGANS THAT THE TOY MANUFACTERER, MATTEL, COULD POTENTIALLY USE IF THEY EVER DECIDE TO MASS-PRODUCE AND MARKET A “STEM CELL BARBIE.”
“Hey kids, this Barbie might get pregnant!” “Comes with refrigerated unit to prevent mold.” “Stem Cell Barbie uses only materials from the 60 cell lines approved by George W. Bush himself.” “See Barbie scab!” “Watch her fall in love with Cadaver Ken!” “Have fun with your religious friends – tell them she’s made from embryos!” “A quality product: only 1 in 4 will get cancer.” “Feels like real skin because it is real skin.”
GEOL 1000: SUBDUCTION CAUSES OROGENY
I’ve always loved geology. I don’t know why I do, but something ’bout the changing earth excites me through and through. Subduction zones, orogeny, the earth’s great heaving powers, and cleavage, groins, and hot spots. I could study this for hours. I love to learn of hardness, swells, and continental rise; of columns, stacks, and mountain peaks, all pointing to the skies. Of caverns and crevasses, valleys, fissures, rifts, and trenches. I like to know what’s going on in beds, on floors, on benches. I like to learn near all things geological. And yet, I’m not so keen on permafrost,…
BISPHENOL-A: THE ONE-ACT PLAY
Our evening began in Peter Seychelles comfortable study in his New York townhouse, where the candlelight was just right, the hi-fi was in the background, and the Bisphenol-A was causing a stir. – – – Narrator: A worried friend rushes in worried about recent plastics news. She is worried. The scene is set. Worried Friend, rushing into the study (appears worried, gnawing fingernails, shifty, unsteady eyes, a mauve t-shirt that says “concerned” right across the chest): What do I do? What do I do? Other friend, not worried (puffing a pipe, which he is quick to note is not a…
A REVIEW OF “MOLECULAR REGULATION OF 23A2 SKELETAL MYOBLAST DIFFERENTIATION AND APOPTOSIS” BY DR. MARGOT FREER
(In the interest of full disclosure, it is worth saying that Justin has known the author for several years. Further, the author has often provided Justin with home cooked meals and emotional support following his frequent, painful breakups and other various frequent personal tragedies. Finally, it is the present reviewer’s opinion that as he received an “A” in biology his superior scientific mind will not be influenced by his relationship with the author.) This is the greatest book ever. Now, I should say that I’m not a real big reader of scientific literature, but I could not put this thing…
HAYPENNY EMAIL SUBMISSIONS GUIDE
It is the opinion of the editors that Haypenny is nothing without its readers, and it is here on the Email page that readers have the opportunity to speak up about whatever is on their collective mind. So please, feel free to submit your comment to the editors by using the link below. comments@haypenny.com It has been suggested (and we agree with this) that there is always a need for additional email addresses to deal with specific concerns that the readers might have. If you have a suggestion send it to the address below. Please do not suggest more email…
A PROCRASTINATOR’S GUIDE TO THE UNIVERSE (OR IN DEFENSE OF DELAYING THE INEVITABLE)
Empirical research would suggest that almost 90% of people are chronic procrastinators, with acute exacerbations occurring most frequently in student populations[1]. Given the incidence of this condition in the general population, it appears possible – even likely – that this behavior confers selective advantage, and since this trait enjoys continued popularity and prevalence in our society, one could suggest – as I will – that there is an evolutionary basis to its existence. Furthermore, as a procrastinator first and scientist second, I feel I can speak to some of the overlooked benefits of this type of behavior. To procrastinate is…
THE HMS BEAGLE PROJECT – A SCIENCE CREATIVE QUARTERLY PIN UP (NO. 3)
(CLICK HERE FOR PIN-UP POSTER – pdf file ~200k) – We suggest photocopying at 129% – LTR to 11×17 – My wish was to be buried in the Churchyard at Downe. Now I find Mr Huxley, thumbing his nose at the Queen for refusing me a knighthood, arranged to have me planted in that mausoleum Westminster Abbey. He knows I hated London. And burying an agnostic in such a place is carrying whimsy just a little too far. So I was delighted when a mob of angry biologists and historians broke into the Abbey one night and removed my remains…
A NON-COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF 10 WAYS PHYSICAL CHEMISTS MAKE YOUR LIFE MORE COMPLICATED
10. This list is in octal for theoretical reasons that are currently un-testable by any known technique. 7. You always feel “dirty” when you use an approximation, or round to three significant figures. 6. For a while you believed that there really were practical applications for the Schrödinger equation. That’s four months of your life you’ll never get back. 5. Entropy. 4. Unexplained headaches can be induced by any field with over six ways to define an apparently simple concept, like the radius of a molecule. And don’t even ask about viscosity, unless you’ve pre-dosed yourself with ibuprofen. 3. Statistical…