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Jun 14 olechka commented on The Full Text of David Guterson's Controversial Commencement Speech.

I think this is a great speech. Very reminiscent of buddhist ideas to me. Lots of truth here.

Jun 6 olechka commented on They Shoot Hookers, Don't They?.

@3 we are working on this problem, promise.

May 9 olechka commented on Charlie Crist Comes Out.

Winning!

May 9 olechka commented on Marriage Equality Scores a Big Win in Minnesota.

Winning!!!

Apr 29 olechka commented on Reddit Community Helps Worried Mom Identify "Heavy Metal Pipe" She Found In Her Son's Bedroom.

@3 snort laugh. Comment win.

Apr 28 olechka commented on The Sunday Morning News.

@13 no one is saying this new GFP sheep will make a delicious dinner (though all research still points to the safety of gmos that's not actually my point). I don't even think this experiment had anything to do with agriculture. It was a cool experiment that will hopefully lead to more discoveries which will better human existence. Making genetic engineering some kind of boogeyman is just silly.

Apr 28 olechka commented on The Sunday Morning News.

Yes, this is science. There is such a thing as "proof of concept experiments" where you do something cool like this as a step towards genuinely useful genetic engineering. And let's try to take the snarky anti-science down a notch if we can.

Apr 27 olechka commented on The Saturday Morning News.

The guys in London planning attacks got very few years in jail in comparison to what would have happened to them here...(between 10 and 20). I am generally quite liberal and believe in rehabilitation of prisoners and such but... does that seen short to anyone else too?

Apr 24 olechka commented on The Science Today: The Future of Surgery Could Be No Bigger Than A Speck Of Dust.

Meh. I get why everyone is excited about biofuels (certainly in my field anyway) but people have been working on this for more than a decade and maybe I am a pessimist, but making the amount of fuel this world needs seems less than likely. Also, the sheer amount of raw material it would take to grow those bacteria (glucose, or even cellulose for specially engineered bugs etc) would require just about all the world's agriculture to be devoted to it.

Apr 22 olechka commented on The Science Today: More Earths Out There.

I know this isn't a scientific journal, but as a protein engineer, I just wanted to correct a couple of glaring mistakes in the Ricin section. 1) small molecules don't have active sites (only enzymes do). Antibodies bind small molecules which are therefore stuck to something large and are unable to bind their target 2) "large and active sites"? I think you are just trying to say that an antibody that can bind tightly enough to block the effect has not yet been found and finally, 3) all antibodies are pretty much the same size, the only difference being the tightness with which they bind their target. Sorry to be picky, but this stuff matters when you write about science.