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more about #scientists hippichx sez PEACE PLEASE: i have e. coli produce things for me nearly every day in the lab. i call them my employees. me: "i need three billion copies of this gene" them: "...... more » Scout: too bad they don't poop CASH! who the heck needs spandex? more » sciencerules: So cool! Go E. coli go! I wonder if this method of producing spandex is cheaper than the current one, and if so, whether the price of my sports bras ... more » mysterygirl: So I could pass out after vomiting from food poisoning and wake up in a full spandex outfit? That sounds a lot like what happens when I wake up after... more » maneki neko: This is actually really, really cool. Makes me wonder what other things scientists could make bacteria excrete...? Plastics? Nylon? Scrunchies? more » IBleedGlitter: The High Priestess of Tinsel: I can't wait for them to use this on Project Runway. E coli couture. more » Chamalla,barren crone: I've long thought many spandex items available in my size looked like shit. If wearing the items might give me genetically superior superpowers when m... more » Sandicomm: Whatever. I took a course at FIT last summer and the instructor mentioned something called, I believe, spider's milk. Basically, they insert some spid... more » Beets.Go.On is the Fat Yogini: um, no thanks. That's just so gross, I can't stand it. more » tobaccoflower: "oh god oh god" is my favorite tag ever. more » saintbernadette: The touch, the feel of mutants . . . more » morninggloria: BHB was not lying when she said that she was off to invent Skynet. I guess I just pictured it to be more artificial intelligence and less bacteria poo... more » ceejeemcbeegee is not here: This got me thinking.... Why do we only hear about these awesome women when they die? Can we get a feature like, "kick-ass woman of the day" so we can... more » kithkin: Oh wow. I had been wondering why the flags were at half-mast today at my university, and I think her passing may be the reason. How blessed she was to... more » Benevolent_Dictatrix (patently absurd): 98, huh? I wonder what her real age was? more » hello.kitty: volatile brilliance I am stuck on this phrase. I am picturing her head opening up a la Zeus, and her philosophical arguments springing forth, like l... more » LaComtesse: Oh wow. In my obit, I hope I have such diverse things said about me as "bucking the mainstream of philosophic thought for her entire career" and "he w... more » Kivrin: What a cool lady! I enjoyed that article in the Times. Thanks for sharing it there, too, Jezeditors! more » ihateyourescalade: Read about her in the Times this weekend. What an amazing person! more » krismry: I guess it's mostly by boys, but The Journal of Irreproducible Results is kind of like the Onion for science people. Which may come in handy at the en... more » -
#ohgodohgod
Mutant Bacteria Bio-Fabric To Change Lives, Take Over World
Scientists in San Diego say they have developed a process for making genetically modified E. coli bacteria consume sugar and "excrete" the key ingredient in spandex. This is how it starts! [Technology Review] -
#deaths
R.I.P. Marjorie Grene
Marjorie Grene, a scientist instrumental in creating the study of Philosophy of Biology, has died at 98. Dr. Grene was the first woman to get a volume in the "Library of Living Philosophers" series. [NYT] -
#sheblindedmewithscience
Women + Science + Blogging = Awesome
Check out this list of "The 50 Must-Read Bloggers" on women in science, with titles like See Jane Compute, Dr. Jekyll & Mrs. Hyde, and We Can Sleep Later. [Health Zone Blog, via FairerScience] -
#weirdscience
When Daddy's A Mad Scientist, You'll Wear An Electrode Cap And Like It!
Awesome, awesome article in the Times yesterday about "a new crop of scientists using their children as research subjects." More »
