January 16, 2004

The One With Science

I still can't frikken believe they've got a camera roaming around on Mars. It's just so damn crazy. One of these days I'm expecting to see some freaky alien all up on the lens (like that birthday party in "Signs"). Oh my lawd, that would be so cool.

This quarter's going to be tedious (I'm taking molecular biology, evolutionary biology, organic chem - my nemesis, and physics), but I can already tell I'm going to learn a LOT! For instance, this week alone, I learned:

- that Jamie Lee Curtis, generally thought of as an "manly woman resembling a horse," is actually a male, based on her genetic makeup. Yes, folks, Miss (er, Mr.?) Curtis posesses a "Y" chromosome and a genetic defect prevents her/his/its body from utilizing the significant levels of testosterone she/he/it produces. :-o

- that my classmates are disgusting. I was sitting in front of a girl who was digging her earwax out of her ears with her pen. No shame.

- how the Tacoma Narrows bridge collapsed (interesting)

- that triplet codon sequences in mRNA templates, as opposed to double or single codons, are advantageous to transcription because the three nucleotides are able to bind to the tRNA anticodon more efficiently via hydrogen bonding. Ahaha. Ok now I'm showing off. I love biology.

Posted by Nancy at January 16, 2004 12:16 AM