Recent content by J Boogie

I'm germ-free, I guess.

To be honest, no one will remember him in a hundred years because he was a talentless hack and his band's music was utter garbage. However, if one would make a sorting algorithm for people's taste in music on a scale from high- to low, he's indispensable, in the sense that he calibrates at a...

Sewage is being checked all over. Its being found in California and New York. It is no doubt going to spread across the world. Vaccine deniers are the new postmodern plague. We must redouble our efforts to inoculate young minds against superstition, religion, and psuedo-science.

It might clear up some confusion to learn the polymerase, as it is moving along the DNA, is moving from the 5' ("five prime") to the 3' ("three prime") direction, that is, only one strand is translated by the polymerase as it moves along. This is called the "sense" strand, the complimentary...

The fact is phosphates are ubiquitous in organisms, for example, the backbone of DNA is phosphorylated, the major energetic molecule is phosphorylated (ATP). In short, if it can be, it will be, phosphorylated. It is an essential organic chemistry of life. Essentially all phosphorylation means is...

Where did you get that we are "hard-wired to survive at all costs"? this isn't biology

My friend who just got into free diving said the current wisdom is against hyperventilating prior to diving because this increases heart rate and BP as per above data. Best physiological state for prolonged underwater state is relaxed as possible.

"So, first: what is the underlying mechanism by which water removes soap?" Soap creates a polar molecule which creates a cage around nonpolar molecules like fats, which then allow this structure (the micelle) to associate with water, a polar molecule. It is the electromagnetic attraction between...

An "observation" is not necessarily something you "see". It can be something you measure. For example, ethanol is converted to acetaldehyde in the body. How did they determine this was occurring? First, you start with a model organism in a small space, like a bacteria. You add one substance...

Pollution doesn't have any respect for borders. I recall Mitt Romney's campaign promise to end the EPA. Plenty of people foaming at the mouth in this country to pollute, trample, or otherwise despoil natural resources. Why? Because they are going to die someday and our dominant religions all...