On a somewhat larger – but still microscopic – scale, biologists can peer into the nucleus of a living cell and spy on the interaction of proteins, the basic building blocks of every organism. “We’re watching the dance of the proteins in action,” molecular biologist David Piwnica-Worms, also at Washington University, said.
For example, Douglass Forbes, a biologist at the University of California, San Diego, has made movies of proteins shuttling cargo in and out of the nucleus of a cell through miniature, doughnut-shaped pores. “They’re like small spaceships for nuclear transport,” Forbes said.
Tom Ridge has lowered the terror alert level, from orange to yellow (whatever that means).
I think that this color scheme business has as much to do with the desire of the government to manage the public mood as it does to any actual perception of the threat. In a sense, it’s a signal that the war is over.
Anyone in the DC area interested in space policy might want to attend this event tomorrow. There’s also streaming audio and video available for those of us who can’t attend in person.
With the war almost over, we’re starting to discover where the media have hidden their WMD. Iowahawk, a correspondent embedded with the 113th Mobile Pundit Reconnaissance Squadron, has the scoop.
Sidney (the weasel) Blumenthal is about to come out with an 800-page tome detailing his life as a Clinton keester smoocher. Unfortunately for him, in the wake of Mike Kelly’s death, it apparently contains some uncomplimentary passages about him. They were long-time adversaries.
I liked this 1998 quote of Kelly’s about Slimy Sid:
“…formerly a journalist cum amateur Clinton knife artist.”
I’ll be curious to see what ex-Blumenthal-buddy Christopher Hitchens has to say.
Hopefully this will speed the book on its journey to the remainder table. It’s just a shame that this tripe yielded him a $650,000 advance. I hope the publisher loses its shirt on the deal.