Working In A Crowd, Video Gamers Build A Better Protein Than Scientists
“Foldit, a puzzle game designed by scientists to get laypeople involved in solving biology research problems, has been making headlines for years. The game focuses on protein folding, the process by which these essential biochemicals curl up into shapes that let them catalyze life-sustaining chemical reactions inside our cells…
By coding these basic rules into a game, and presenting the proteins as Rubik’s-Cube-like objects to fiddle with, crowdsourced players can find correct solutions faster merely by using their intuitions.
Now Foldit players have achieved a new feat…redesigning a protein to actually work better than it did before!”
Now imagine if we could start crowd-sourcing more ideas out like to this! A lot of problems could be solved using the collective human knowledge.
LEGO Ghostbusters
I ain’t afraid of no ghost.-MBG
Pretty afraid of stepping on ghost lego pieces though.
This definitely helps demonstrate the different densities of New York City and Chicago. The MTA serves over 5 million weekday rides in a city of over 8 million, while the CTA serves over 750,000 weekday rides in a city of over 2.6 million. We have fewer lines and fewer stations, but they reach further away.
CTA lines superimposed over NYC.
MTA lines superimposed over Chicago.
(via titularhumour)
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mcgilldiaries:
McGill’s Arts Building looming off in the distance. Attached are: Molson Hall and Moyse Hall.
Molson Hall is that building to the left that kind of looks like the Redpath Museum.
[Thanks Autters!]
Cricket on lower field anyone?
Updated it for the modern day:](http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lycszvrLmR1qdb2hdo1_500.jpg)
McGill’s Arts Building looming off in the distance. Attached are: Molson Hall and Moyse Hall.
Molson Hall is that building to the left that kind of looks like the Redpath Museum.
Cricket on lower field anyone?
Updated it for the modern day:
Textbook talks about things going on “across the country from Markham to Calgary.”
You might still have a bit of country to go across there.
“An illustrated guide to the Atomic Bombs” contains a number of interesting photographs of the assembly and loading of both “Little Boy” and “Fat Man”, the atomic bombs that were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, respectively. The photos posted above show both devices, as well as “Little Boy” being loaded onto the Enola Gay.
Via @Ptak.
The future: Tatsushi Morimoto, ca. 80s
Love all the parks!
Love how often the future entails stacked cities. And flying.
Told.
- Activist type, in a computer lab: [going on loudly and at length about university politics and referring to conservatives as "neo-fascist pigs" and insisting on his right to be loud and abrasive because it's a public space]
- Girl: It's a quiet study space, and you're being disruptive.
- Activist type: No, it's a democratic space --
- Girl: All right, then we'll have a democratic vote. Raise your hand if you want this conversation taken outside.
- Rest of lab: *raises hands*
(belated) good morning.
John K. Samson - When I Write My Master’s Thesis
Early contender for album of the year right here, folks.
A little early to say that, but it really is amazing.
John K. Samson consistently makes my days better.
