The SomaLogic Blog

“Form of rhino! Form of tidal wave!” The Wonder Twins from the TV show, Super Friends, fascinated me as a small child. With a simple uttered phrase the twins could transform into a rhino surfing a tidal wave. The hitch to their power was that...

Gripping a steering wheel sheathed in supple leather and driving down a winding road in a luxury car with ultra-responsive handling and superb performance... What could be more fun or exhilarating? Now, imagine if we swapped out the engine with a hamster...

Mutant spider bites, exposure to radiation, freakish lab accidents, huge sums of wealth or just innate abilities give rise to figures that young and old adore. Super heroes! Their stories can sound just as fantastic as their powers. What if I...

I admit it: The sight of needles gives me the shivers. The moment the doc requests a blood sample, I want to hightail it to the next state over. And I am not alone in this viewpoint. Many people despise needles. This apprehension can be bad enough that...

Have you experienced the following scenario? You are at a rock concert (or a team-building exercise at work) and lean back into a mosh pit (or group of your co-workers) with the expectation that they will catch you. If you have faith in people,...

What thoughts give you a warm fuzzy feeling? A basket of golden retriever puppies or wriggly mewing kittens? Maybe loved ones or friends? We humans evolved to be social creatures. Without a social network, we could potentially face a lonely existence that...

War movies are full of it. Bullets whizzing past the infantry. Supplies dwindling to the last scrap of shoe leather. The enemy advancing ever closer. Morale falling faster than the apple hitting Sir Isaac Newton’s head. Suddenly, a burst of brilliant light...

A newborn fawn laying in a flowering meadow takes its first wobbly steps and soon gleefully frolics. Unbeknownst to the little fawn, a mountain lion intently watches the little morsel. Fortunately, the fawn’s mother knows the world is full of danger and...

Resistance is futile. These words have become the catch phrase of the Borg, an iconic alien race determined to assimilate all life into their collective. With no regard or any compassion, the aliens do what they want to achieve their objective....

The feverish pace of technological evolution during the twentieth century must have been mind-boggling. My grandparents (one born in the nineteenth century and the others born slightly after the start of the twentieth century) had front row...