Jared Jacobs

Grab your cameras! Not all black holes are black. - Jared Jacobs

Turns out many intestinal worms make mice and people healthier. Uh... I think I'll just take your word for it. - Jared Jacobs

This is fascinating. Lately I've been thinking that our society is paying the "price of anarchy" in many areas other than traffic congestion. For example, the food industry markets and sells us processed, nutrient-deficient foods that costs our society billions in health care and lost productivity. Those billions are much more than it would cost us to locally grow and sell whole, natural, nutritious foods. The mortgage crisis, of course, is another example. And then there was GM's decision to kill the extremely successful EV1. These are all examples of huge costs imposed by a selfish few. It seems the Invisible Hand lifts only so far; it can also push and keep us down. - Jared Jacobs

Type magic: a small taste of what's going on at kaChing. - Jared Jacobs

Speak up! - Jared Jacobs

Nuclear power is too often given a bad wrap based on out-of-date information, myths, or sleight of hand. Also check out http://radar.oreilly.com/2007... and http://www.wholeearthfilms.com/cravens.... - Jared Jacobs

Rad. I like their graphics, but Ian Malcolm had more flair. - Jared Jacobs

Apparently a large atmospheric oxygen surplus can make all different kinds of life forms grow much larger very quickly (on an evolutionary time scale). Life on this planet is like a fire. We're the flames. - Jared Jacobs

"Why do the size leaps seem to hinge on the amount of oxygen in the air? "There are a few things that could be going on," Payne said. "The first thing is that eukaryotic cells require oxygen for metabolism. So if they want to take organic matter and burn it up to have energy in their cell, they need oxygen. That sets the first and probably most important limitation."" - j1m

"Negative memory erasing not only could help people forget painful experiences, but might be useful in treating depression, general anxiety, phobias, post-traumatic stress, and addictions." Something tells me this has been tried before, but nobody remembers. - Jared Jacobs

Computation solves another difficult biology problem. - Jared Jacobs

Wow. - Jared Jacobs

Alright, time for bed... - Jared Jacobs

Running, biking, and swimming: the fountain of youth. - Jared Jacobs