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Epigenetics is a very trippy area of research that is increasingly leading to completely new understanding of how the body works. The human DNA codebase if stretched out horizontally would stretch to 1.8 meters. Yet instead it winds around this material called chromatin and ends up being only tens of microns in width. This and…

Running – putting on running shoes and heading into the great outdoors with fearlessness, courage, and enthusiasm – is a revolution of life like no other. Running is a simple act of communion between the body and the Earth and sky. Running connects to the ancient past of evolving life on Planet Earth. Running connects…

http://www.japanbargain.com/servlet/the-1769/Japanese-Pickle-Maker,-Tsukemono/Detail#itemadded I discovered something really cool today shopping at a Japanese wares store: A small (650 mL), inexpensive pickle press. You can slice a couple persian cucumbers, peppers, cabbage, or possibly other items and place in the containter along with salt and optional vinegar, lemon juice, or other ingredients. When the lid is placed on…

Alaya.net is undergoing some major reorganization over the next couple days.  Some posts may be offline and some may be be missing media. The new design is going to feature posts from all alaya.net sub-blogs on one main page.  Alaya.net started as one site, then split into sub-blogs, and now I want to reintegrate them…

In the past I mentioned a useful app called Orientation Control which provides more fine-grained control over when and how the screen rotates on an Android device (in my case a Galaxy Tab tablet).  But I was still annoyed by the fact that with certain apps that I always want to launch in one particular…

[hana-flv-player video=”http://techne.alaya.net/files/2012/11/NHK-solar-fabric-2012.11.28.mp4″ width=”600″ description=”” player=”5″ autoload=”true” autoplay=”false” loop=”false” autorewind=”true” /]

[hana-flv-player video=”http://techne.alaya.net/files/2012/11/Qiantang-river-tidal-bore.flv” width=”600″ description=”Qiantang river tidal bore” player=”5″ autoload=”true” autoplay=”false” loop=”false” autorewind=”true” /] Tidal bores are when the water from a rising tide causes a current flow upstream against the flow of a river. It only happens with a small number of rivers on Earth and is a wondrous phenomenon.

REDWOOD CITY — A pickup truck hit and killed a 14-year-old girl Monday morning as she rode her bike to school in what officials said appears to be a horrible accident. The girl, whose name was not released, was struck around 8:30 a.m. at the intersection of Jefferson Avenue and Alameda de las Pulgas, Redwood…

Cognitive index b (95%CI) Memory index b (95%CI) Executive index b (95%CI) 1998–2001 2004–05 1998–2001 2004–05 1998–2001 2004–05 Continuous predictors model  SBP (mmHg) −0.22 (−0.43, −0.01) −0.04 (−0.15, 0.07) −0.16 (−0.29, −0.03) −0.04 (−0.12, 0.04) −0.06 (−0.18, 0.06) −0.01 (−0.07, 0.06)  DBP (mmHg) −0.31 (−0.59, −0.03) −0.05 (−0.23, 0.13) −0.20 (−0.38, −0.02) 0.00 (−0.14, 0.09)…

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to health Anand Grover has made public statements criticizing the Japanese government for lack of comprehensive care of all those affected by the Fukushima nuclear disaster. This is really inexcusable on the part of Japan and is somewhat shocking if it was not providing rigorous, consistent, comprehensive,…