/sci/ - Science and Mathematics

>>270

Which part of the process are your calibration mechanisms used in?

>>277

Is there any chance of thawing out a bacteria or virus that humans don't have resistance to?

What's the oldest ice you've looked at?

What kind of tests do you run on the ice cores?

Yeast genetic engineering.

>>1593

Sad to hear it, anon. But congrats on getting out of a dead end career! Believe it or not, a bum with a PhD is in a much worse spot than without.

Learn a skill and get a job, and enjoy not being expected to work more than 40 hours per week, and actually getting yearly raises for good work.

>>2538

>Is there any chance of thawing out a bacteria or virus that humans don't have resistance to?

If it existed, I bet there would be a fair chance of thawing one.

However, you have to ask: How did this pathogen gain the ability to infect humans in the first place? Did it exist at the same time as humans? Then why did humans not gain resistance to it in the first place?

Humans have only been around for a few 10ks of generations. Not a lot of time to lose resistance, really.

I do computational research on the evolution of stars in binary systems.

>>2542

Is it not possible for the pathogen to be able to affect humans by its own nature/structure without having been previously exposed to them?

>>1588

>going on io9

it's like reddit trying to be smart

>>2541

> Learn a skill And get a job

Not happening

>>2547

>Is it not possible for the pathogen to be able to affect humans by its own nature/structure without having been previously exposed to them?

Yes, but unlikely.

>>2552

>Not happening

Just give it time, Anon. It's only a matter of going to sleep enough times with an empty stomach. You'll sort yourself out without the PhD hanging like an albatross around your overqualified neck.

>>2541

My research was not a "dead end career" as you put it. It simply wasn't my end goal in life. I have a bachelor's in zoology now and plan on a master's and PhD eventually to continue doing research. Cyanobacteria just wasn't for me.

I'm majoring in psychology with a philosophy minor

I'll be hearing about your 50 year old divorced wife who can't bear the thought of living alone.

>>2557

I meant that, usually, when you have a PhD in biology and no academic research position, finding non-academic jobs becomes very difficult. Without the PhD, the problem is much less serious. Didn't mean to call your research a dead end.