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 Sunday, June 30, 2002
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It is sad to see that the same sorts of people are today dictating textbook choice as did when I went to school in Houston 35 years ago. I got no evolution in high school because of the textbook censors. It still goes on, now with anything that might detract from a perfect world, particularly one where the oil 'bidness' is so dominant. I love this quote from one of the people deciding history books. Just remember that history is written by the victors: "I don't mean that we should sweep things under the rug," Ms. Venable said. "But the children should see the hope and the good things about America." 9:33:44 PM 
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Hey, Americans aren't obese. They have just been weighing themselves on carpet;-) I know I am always going to weigh myself on concrete from now on. 9:08:22 PM
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See Spot work. Although the E. coli galactose operon is a staple of most biology textbooks, a new report in the July 1 issue of Genes & Development shows that our understanding of this common example of bacterial gene regulation is still evolving. [EurekAlert!]
This is pretty neat. The control of the gal operon has always presented some difficult questions regarding differing levels of gene expression from a polycistronic message. And Spot 42 has been know to be a small RNA since I was in graduate school. But no one knew what it did. Now it appears that they do. It uses an anti-sense RNA scheme to control aspects of the gal operon. Quite neat. 9:02:32 PM
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