Why do good ideas come to us when they do? Fantastic article from my favorite magazine (The New Yorker) dissects the physiology of the insight experience. Also sums up why the current academic grind many scientists are experiencing is counter-productive: "if you're in an environment that forces you to produce and produce, and you feel very stressed, then you are not going to have any insights." - Maureen
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This is interesting because it is an example of an endogenous structure that can potentially cause DNA damage if the proteins handling this irregular structures are defective. Another example might be G-quadruplexes (Also known as G-tetrads or G4-DNA). - Maureen
G-q's might be especially interesting in the context of DNA damage, because they are involved in the regulation of MYC, overexpression of which can cause DNA damage. - Bill Hooker
holy crap, that's your garden? where do you find time? (it's very pretty!) - Bill Hooker
HI Bill! It's all perennials, so not that much work once planted. The orange stuff is ginger, and next to it, a giant kniphofia. So obviously, I have Zonal Denial growing these things at the 45 parallel in Portland. That picture was my first test for my iphone... picture to FF. - Maureen
