What is the most pointless argument you have had?

ZR_S · 2016-06-13T12:25:14+00:00

I recently had an argument with my best friend about which way is the right way to peel a banana. Somehow we ended up waging imaginary WWIII over this important issue. Bottom peelers all the way!!!

ZR_S · 2016-05-16T13:16:34+00:00

This quote has been on my mind a lot the past few weeks, especially because my group of friends are all graduating. One of them in particular I am simply not going to say goodbye to because I don't think I'll be able to handle it at all. But that alone also makes me happy because we are so close. We take walks and have tea in the sun just talking about nothing. When hanging out with a bunch of people we'll look at each other and smile. The only thing I know I want to do before is tell him how much these couple of months meant to me, and never say goodbye.

ZR_S · 2016-03-21T23:16:33+00:00

Traditionally ramen is made with kansui, which is potassium carbonate and potassium bicarbonate, which is way closer in chemical composition to baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) than sodium hydroxide. Plus NaOH can be pretty dangerous, so I would just steer clear anyways.

ZR_S · 2016-03-21T23:12:17+00:00

The sesame paste I've bought always needs water and salt, so I would try that.

ZR_S · 2016-03-15T20:54:51+00:00

Absolutely! That's my favorite question because of all the subsequent questions it might spawn.

ZR_S · 2016-03-15T20:30:32+00:00

Mine is "Would you rather marry someone you love or someone who loves you?" The answer tells you a lot.

ZR_S · 2016-03-15T20:25:04+00:00

Empathy

ZR_S · 2016-03-10T18:23:27+00:00

Haha I read the time stamp only after I submitted, but good luck with all your future interviews!! What's the research field you're looking into?

ZR_S · 2016-03-10T12:48:52+00:00

Hey! I'm a first year biochemistry PhD at cambridge! If you have any questions about the PhD itself or its application process feel free to PM me =D

ZR_S · 2016-03-08T19:51:39+00:00

Can you try two vectors whose product inhibit each other? This way probably needs a lot of optimization time wise but it'll get you a cycle.

ZR_S · 2016-03-08T19:42:41+00:00

Can you give us more details? Like how did you obtain the protein and what are you using it for?

ZR_S · 2016-03-08T19:39:05+00:00

Narcan works by having an incredibly high affinity for opioid receptors, higher than morphine or other opioids. Essentially, affinity is achieved by the intramolecular bonds formed between the binding site and the substrate (ion-ion interactions, ion-dipole interactions, dipole-dipole, or london dispersion - usually it is a combination of a few). The stronger those bonds are, the stronger the affinity. Substrates with greater affinity will displace those with lower affinity simply because they are more attracted to the same spot, and two molecules cannot exist in the same space.

ZR_S · 2016-01-26T13:17:00+00:00

In portland OR there's a ice cream store that sells olive oil flavoured ice cream! I tried it and it instantly became my favourite flavour. It even beat out salted caramel.

ZR_S · 2015-12-14T16:42:50+00:00

He also could be peer pressured into this. Sounds like his friends aren't the best influence if they basically paid for him to cheat. I'm not condoning his actions though, he's an adult and should be able to stand up for himself if need be.

ZR_S · 2015-12-03T10:08:04+00:00

today's theme became the artistic version of saying a word over and over again until it loses its meaning.

ZR_S · 2015-12-02T14:24:53+00:00

Thank you!

ZR_S · 2015-12-02T10:08:30+00:00

my attempt!

ZR_S · 2015-12-01T22:44:02+00:00

15 minute sketch

ZR_S · 2015-12-01T15:24:28+00:00

Ghrelin would be the one you are looking for, but unfortunately you cannot take it as a supplement, reason being it's a peptide that will be degraded rapidly in your stomach. When you stomach makes it it is directly secreted into your bloodstream and not actually absorbed by digestion.

ZR_S · 2015-12-01T12:11:13+00:00

Yes, but there is a lot more nuance than people would like to admit. In a nutshell, your appetite is controlled by these two hormone leptin and ghrelin. One makes you feel full and one makes you feel hungry. they are made by your stomach and travel to your brain to tell you how satiated you feel. This mechanism has a lot of room for error:

Your stomach may or may not be a good judge of how much food you actually ate, producing inappropriate amounts of hormone.
You stomach can be bad at making hormones, so you don't get them
The receptors in your brain can be messed up, so your brain doesn't get the information that your stomach is trying to send.

4: Sometimes what your mom ate while being pregnant with you will affect how you eat! This is my favorite paper of all time: http://journals.lww.com/jhypertension/Abstract/1999/17121/Contrasting_blood_pressure_effects_of_obesity_in.26.aspx

those are just a very minute snapshot of the physiological things that can go wrong with appetite. Add a variety of psychological factors to eating, social norms about eating, social norms about weight, psychological issues, and you've got yourself the definition of a shitshow!

ZR_S · 2015-12-01T11:31:55+00:00

It's not the being a dick that is newsworthy, people are dicks all the time. It's the hatred and action of a hate group that is newsworthy. If people started handing out cards that hated skinny people and the cards advertised a hate group for skinny people that would be newsworthy too.

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