Misc-osity
May. 7th, 2003 03:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
magidNature notes from the office
Not only is there a mating pair of cardinals flying around, there's also a raccoon exploring the little bit of fenced green space outside. I wonder where he came from. Having an orker come by announcing "Raccoon alert!" is always a good thing (as long as I didn't leave my raccoon with its lights on, or something :-)
Write what you mean
One of the ancillary activities uses tiles to model two-step equations (2x + 5 = 12, –4r + 3 = –7, that kind of thing). Somehow "Two-Step Equation Tiling" makes me unsure whether to think of dancing or home improvement, however.
A use for the common cold
Apparently there is one: researchers are using a modified version of the virus to treat a form of brain cancer. Trials have been done only in mice, so far, but apparently it looks good enough that they're speeding up the cycle of testing.
Similarly, there are researchers working on using the Ebola virus (also rendered inert, of course) as a way to deliver normal DNA to people with cystic fibrosis.
Amazing, really. I wonder how anyone came up with the idea in the first place...
Next thing you know, there's going to be a good use for mosquitoes, too. *snerk*
Not only is there a mating pair of cardinals flying around, there's also a raccoon exploring the little bit of fenced green space outside. I wonder where he came from. Having an orker come by announcing "Raccoon alert!" is always a good thing (as long as I didn't leave my raccoon with its lights on, or something :-)
Write what you mean
One of the ancillary activities uses tiles to model two-step equations (2x + 5 = 12, –4r + 3 = –7, that kind of thing). Somehow "Two-Step Equation Tiling" makes me unsure whether to think of dancing or home improvement, however.
A use for the common cold
Apparently there is one: researchers are using a modified version of the virus to treat a form of brain cancer. Trials have been done only in mice, so far, but apparently it looks good enough that they're speeding up the cycle of testing.
Similarly, there are researchers working on using the Ebola virus (also rendered inert, of course) as a way to deliver normal DNA to people with cystic fibrosis.
Amazing, really. I wonder how anyone came up with the idea in the first place...
Next thing you know, there's going to be a good use for mosquitoes, too. *snerk*