Jaw dropping. Guaranteed.
Oh, no! Another "original" perspective of biological sciences. ...but, yes! It is a completely odd one.
Jul 28, 2010
Jul 27, 2010
Kick ass 15th century mistress.
Jul 26, 2010
Don't forget that all branches of an extant evolutionary tree end at the same level. Today.
"The number of species represented is approximately the square-root of the number of species thought to exist on Earth (i.e., three thousand out of an estimated nine million species), or about 0.18% of the 1.7 million species that have been formally described and named." - David M. Hillis, Derrick Zwickl and Robin Gutell, University of Texas.
Jul 25, 2010
Jul 24, 2010
Jul 23, 2010
Jul 22, 2010
From a sexist point of view this could be a win-win situation:
Higher BMI was associated with poorer cognitive function in women with smaller WHR. Higher WHR, estimating central fat mass, was associated with higher cognitive function in this cross-sectional study (Kerwin et al, 2010).
Translation for the mass media: Big hips "impair" women's memory.
Jul 21, 2010
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.
Jul 20, 2010
The math within.
"Even now the zoologist has scarce begun to dream of defining in mathematical language even the simplest organic forms. (...)When he sees in snail, or nautilus, or tiny foraminiferal or radiolarian shell a close approach to sphere or spiral, he is prone of old habit to believe that after all it is something more than a spiral or a sphere, and that in this 'something more' there lies what neither mathematics nor physics can explain." - D'Arcy Wentworth Thomas.
Jul 19, 2010
Douglas Adams: The greatest craftsman in neuronal jewelery.
Just give yourself 1h 30m and enjoy an amazing talk.
Jul 16, 2010
Jul 15, 2010
According to the rules I have to state that I lost The Game:
You can't beat ironic processing, so you have lost too.
White bears will eat our brains inside out.
Jul 14, 2010
Jul 13, 2010
Jul 12, 2010
The decerebrator: H. P. Lovecraft meets Neuroscience.
"... participants were exposed to low frequency sound waves by means of electrodes attached to the temporal lobes. During winter nights the spastic screams of the victims could be heard piercing the arctic air as the decerebrator ratcheted into place (...). It quickly became apparent that the procedure had gone terribly awry when gaunt and emaciated survivors were seen bumbling about in broad daylight, addled beyond repair." - Gilbert Alter-Gilbert.
Jul 9, 2010
Jul 7, 2010
A true story:
The photo you are seeing came from a set of pictures provided by the owner of a house to some people who were looking to rent it for the weekend. They saw this picture and thought it was a lake, so were all excited and looking forward to boating and jet skiing and stuff. When they asked the owner about it, the lady emailed them back and said: “unfortunately that is not a lake, it is a wall“.
Jul 6, 2010
So how come scientists say they're older than that? and died way before Jesus?
Jul 5, 2010
Killing mosquitoes with laser.
The malaria part is just to justify funding for an incredible crazy cool geek toy.
Jul 3, 2010
Trophy wife 2.0.
Jul 2, 2010
Jul 1, 2010
Oceanic cleaning stations:
Manta Rays arrive there, wait in for their turn, then open their mouths and let the little fish in to eat any bacteria or parasites.
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