One thing I've learned in my studies and research, both scientific and non-scientific, is how important it is to understand what the boudaries are. Most people are totally ignorant of these boundaries, and not knowing this makes it very difficult to assimilate information. Thus, one of the things I try to determine when I learn something new is what the current knowledge boundaries are. Here are some of the most recent examples:
"Very little is known about how the lung repairs this lining layer, called the endothelium, said You-Yang Zhao, research assistant professor of pharmacology."
Source: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/09/060914180203.htm
QUOTE: "I happened to hear one of the only talks he gave in like 10 years because he never traveled much," Bassler says. "He was sort of a gentleman scientist." She says she barely understood the talk, since Silverman was a geneticist and she was a chemist. UNQUOTE.
Source: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6061852
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