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• Commented on Apple says no Project Gutenberg for iPhone because some old books are dirty
  Someone should make a website that lists all the companies and products that engage in censorship, DRM use, etc. so we know which companies not to support....
• Commented on Swine Flu Q & A
  Here is an idea that I haven't heard anyone mention. I wonder if some kind of intestinal parasite that is prevalent in mexico is altering the immune response of people so they can't resist the infection. It is known that...
• Commented on Kittens, Inspired by Kittens: Best Internet Video Evar?
  How about "Kittens Inspired by David after Dentist" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bh8UttrmmLc Funniest mashup ever!...
• Commented on Interview with Warren Buffett about ukulele
  Um...why are they giving the money to Warren Buffett. Doesn't he have enough money?...
• Commented on NASA-sponsored Singularity University offers grad courses in accelerating technological change
  It's not like technological advances aren't being made. They are just being made so fast that people aren't even aware of them. For instance in medical school we still learn about drugs that will probably be obsolete in a few...
• Commented on Woman's Eyes Randomly Shut For Days
  Wow. Funny someone mentioned HAE. My mother, brother, and sister have that disease. This sounds very different.... more like Torsion Dystonia of the eye-lids. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torsion_dystonia But I'm only a second year medical student....
• Commented on Drop-dead kick-ass steampunk jewelry
  Really cool stuff! At first I thought the picture was of a belt buckle...alas I was wrong though. I think that would look really cool as a large belt buckle....
• Commented on Crystal-encrusted apartment
  How toxic is copper? Copper is pretty toxic in large amounts. There is a disease called Wilson's disease caused by abnormal copper metabolism. The copper builds up in the nerves and liver causing liver problems and schizophrenia like symptoms....like a...
• Commented on What is on Keith's tongue?
  #137. Actually its the opposite. If something is present in the son but not in the mother it is most probably X linked recessive because the sons do not have another x chromosome to counter the recessive gene. Y genes...
• Commented on What is on Keith's tongue?
  Woo. I'm only a first year med student, well 2nd year as of today, but I think those fimbriae. They are extensions of the plica finbriata. I've seen pictures but yours are actually bigger than any I've seen before. Here...
• Commented on Terror in NYC after toad venom love drug kills man
  It's a really bad idea to take that stuff if you have a heart problem. It messes with hERG K+ channels in the heart(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HERG ). Most pharmaceuticals are routinely screened to make sure they don't interact with this ion channel...
• Commented on Rikki-tikki on landmine-sniffing duty
  Pouched Rats can do it too. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eAGtAYW6mA...
• Commented on OCZ Neural Impulse Actuator is just another Atari Mindlink
  Reminds me of the biofeedback videogames I read about. Does anyone know if they are any good? Here is one: http://www.wilddivine.com/store_view.php?item_id=4 I think there was an arcade game mentioned on boingboing that did something similar....
• Commented on Alligator blood antibiotics
  Here is a great blog post that clears up a lot of misconceptions about the topic: http://immunoblogging.blogspot.com/2005/08/crocodile-serum-to-cure-hiv.html...
• Commented on Alligator blood antibiotics
  Reptile blood does indeed have antiviral properties. There is some old article from 2005 about crocodile blood fighting HIV in addition to having antibiotic properties: http://www.wired.com/medtech/health/news/2005/08/68553 I'm not sure if alligator blood does the same thing. There is also a...
• Commented on How a neuroanatomist studied her own stroke as it happened
  Sort of related, the neuroscientist Oliver Sacks is going blind because of an ocular melanoma and has been studying his condition: "Eighteen months ago, Sacks noticed a looming shadow in his field of vision. The darkness was ocular melanoma, a...
• Commented on Vatican comes up with a new list of Seven Sins
  I'd like to see the church go through with cleansing themselves of sin #6....
• Commented on Fun auditory illusions
  With the "phantom melodies" illusion I still hear the phantom melody even at slow speed. What in the world does that mean!?...
• Commented on Killing a Pleo robotic dinosaur -- video
  A cat and Pleo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMRuYhWA7QY The cat doesn't seem very interested....
• Commented on State of the transgenic union: Frankenorganisms ahoy!
  I thought this happened a while ago? There is another drug that is produced in transgenic rabbits to treat hereditary angioedema that may be approved soon. http://www.in-pharmatechnologist.com/news/ng.asp?id=78196-pharming-gtc-biotherapeutics-transgenic-animals-rhucin-atryn...