A while back I posted a list of 'interesting' protein and gene names. I missed one that is getting a few scientists into trouble: POK erythroid myeloid ontogenic gene, also known as Pokemon gene. Seeing as it has role in cancer, a number of blogs etc. came up with the headline 'Pokemon causes cancer'. In other words: Nintendo is suing. (Just google it, the report shows up on a number of places, from Nature (source) to gaming sites).
The second bit of interesting applications of science, links back to the Mona Lisa. Is it smiling? Is it happy? Well, aparently it's 83% happy, 9% disgusted, 6% fearful and 2% angry, or so a computer used for emotion recognition 'thinks'. Reported in New Scientist, and the a spin off by the BBC. And don't go blaming those damn foreigners for that one, it's been done at the University of Amsterdam.
The second bit of interesting applications of science, links back to the Mona Lisa. Is it smiling? Is it happy? Well, aparently it's 83% happy, 9% disgusted, 6% fearful and 2% angry, or so a computer used for emotion recognition 'thinks'. Reported in New Scientist, and the a spin off by the BBC. And don't go blaming those damn foreigners for that one, it's been done at the University of Amsterdam.
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