Boston's Children's Hospital announced on Monday that the cause of Type 1 diabetes is fantastic news!
For those of you who aren't in the know, Type 1 diabetes can only be treated by doses of insulin, typically once a day. This disease commonly harms newborn infants and toddlers. Some long-term effects of diabetes includes " heart and kidney diseases, nerve problems, skin issues, and problems with vision, among others." As one ages these effects worsen, which are clearly seen with diabetics with *essentially* dead limbs or major cataracts.
On their blog, BCH announced that the root of Type 1 diabetes is a pathway to attacks the pancreas, halting all production of insulin. Now that they have the root, any and all cure research can be finely tuned. This is great news for medicinal science and humanity as a whole!
Article: http://www.bostonmagazine.com/health/blog/2013/06/13/boston-childrens-hospital-found-the-root-cause-of-diabetes/
Blog Post: http://vectorblog.org/2013/06/silencing-immune-attacks-in-type-1-diabetes-without/#more-8597
Ta ta!
Saturday, June 15, 2013
Friday, June 14, 2013
Why Most MMORPG Games Irritate Me
As most people on the internet know, there is a group of games that are referred to as MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game). They typically involve a free range environment, with levels, classes, a large accessible area and complete control of one or more characters. Examples like World of Warcraft and Diablo III may arise. This blog post is not about those games.
This blog post is about the boring, generic new generation of RPG's that have the same continual pattern of bad graphics and a poor plot.
Over the past few months, I've been bored of the usual queue of games: Minecraft, Black Ops, Team Fortress etc. I've been checking out many RPG's, trying to find a good game that I could carry on playing for months. So far, I've played three. They were so bad that I can only remember one: Rift. I couldn't even carry on playing for more than a day. It's the same story everytime.
A new hero awakens with a tingling in his spine, a feeling of supreme power. He also discovers that he's in the middle of the battle. After a few minutes of training with a supreme commander, the hero ventures onto the battlefield It is here that he does many chores for the battlefield "masters". Finally, as he finished his last service, a large monster comes onto the stage. The hero begins fighting him, but to no avail. Suddenly, a mystical legend arises out of the horizon and wreaks havoc on either one or both sides of the conflict.
Sound familiar?
Ta ta!
This blog post is about the boring, generic new generation of RPG's that have the same continual pattern of bad graphics and a poor plot.
Over the past few months, I've been bored of the usual queue of games: Minecraft, Black Ops, Team Fortress etc. I've been checking out many RPG's, trying to find a good game that I could carry on playing for months. So far, I've played three. They were so bad that I can only remember one: Rift. I couldn't even carry on playing for more than a day. It's the same story everytime.
A new hero awakens with a tingling in his spine, a feeling of supreme power. He also discovers that he's in the middle of the battle. After a few minutes of training with a supreme commander, the hero ventures onto the battlefield It is here that he does many chores for the battlefield "masters". Finally, as he finished his last service, a large monster comes onto the stage. The hero begins fighting him, but to no avail. Suddenly, a mystical legend arises out of the horizon and wreaks havoc on either one or both sides of the conflict.
Sound familiar?
Ta ta!
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Why Science Fiction is Important
A couple days ago, I continued reading "Caliban" by Roger Allen. Caliban is part of Isaac Asimov's Foundation universe, and was established as such by Asimov's estate. As I started reading this book, I noticed something I had been missing for a long time.
Science fiction has actual science in it.
Yeah, it may sound like I'm completely out of touch with mainstream science fiction, but I typically don't delve deep into books beyond the text itself. I think this may be the reason why I struggle with reading classical novels.
Anyways, when I realized this, I discovered the true notion behind science fiction. The purpose of science fiction is to introduce basic science to those that have trouble understanding it from actual scientific literature.
For example, say an 11 year old wants to learn more about how robots work. Of course, much isn't established about "sci fi" robots today, but he wants to learn about their futuristic foundation. Of course, reading a scientific treatise of artificial intelligence isn't going to be of much use to him, assuming he has the typical 11 year old vocabulary and attention span. So, instead of reading a long study, he plonks down on the couch and reads "Caves of Steel". From this, he learns about how robots are expected to work in the future.
Again, I'm sure this has been discovered before, but I thought it was quite interesting.
Ta ta!
Science fiction has actual science in it.
Yeah, it may sound like I'm completely out of touch with mainstream science fiction, but I typically don't delve deep into books beyond the text itself. I think this may be the reason why I struggle with reading classical novels.
Anyways, when I realized this, I discovered the true notion behind science fiction. The purpose of science fiction is to introduce basic science to those that have trouble understanding it from actual scientific literature.
For example, say an 11 year old wants to learn more about how robots work. Of course, much isn't established about "sci fi" robots today, but he wants to learn about their futuristic foundation. Of course, reading a scientific treatise of artificial intelligence isn't going to be of much use to him, assuming he has the typical 11 year old vocabulary and attention span. So, instead of reading a long study, he plonks down on the couch and reads "Caves of Steel". From this, he learns about how robots are expected to work in the future.
Again, I'm sure this has been discovered before, but I thought it was quite interesting.
Ta ta!
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