Hello there! Another round of links I have found interesting:

• Couch potato lifestyle may speed up ageing - Damn! I am so doomed! GAHHHH! DOH!
• Tiny Living Machines - Novel approach to the 'scaffolding' idea.
• Invention: Nanotube X-ray enhancer - I wonder what the side effects of having millions of spear like nanotubes pierce and embed the cells lining arteries? Gathering that nanotubes are quite harmful to cells if not properly treated, probably would be quite disastrous. Also in this article is a patent for a Startling Tinnitus Test. If a person has previously damaged ears, why would it be a good idea to blast other noises at other frequencies to determine if a person has a lowered frequency response at the tinnitus freq range? My father has tinnitus from his time spent in Vietnam next to artillery emplacements, and he has to wear ear plugs because even moderately loud noises are painful to him. I can imagine him trying to sit through one of these Startling Tinnitus Tests for about 3 seconds before punching the clinician administering the test! LOL! "Just sit still sir, we need to see if you can bear more startling noises. Sir, we are just trying to see if you can hear this noise! Sir, please do not pummel the technician!"
• Looking into the Brain with Light - Does anyone else notice that non-invasive real-time medical scanning techniques are doubling in capability every year?
• Study Gives Key Role to Sleep in Helping Brain Learn Anew - Interesting findings. When we re-engineer the brain will we need to simulate these biological processes, or can we devise similar, but more efficient methods of learning process functions? Must we recreate what nature has devised? or can we create our own version that fulfills the requirement?
• New Alzheimer's Treatment Completes First Phase Of Testing - Is it me, or are they just treating the protein marker, not the actual cause of the disease? Does treating this marker reduce the effects of the disease?
• Biologists use computers to study bacterial cell division - Any simulation sufficiently accurate might as well be the real thing. This is a good step in that direction.

Ok kids, I'll see you tomorrow! Peace and Goodwill!