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Dominant vs. Recessive Alleles: Bite Sci-zed (by Alex Dainis)
A brilliant way to teach science through storytelling.
Scientists love a good mystery. Nicely done Alex.
This marriage proposal in the form of a physics paper is possibly the best geek love story since the Golden Record and how Carl Sagan fell in love.
A physicist’s proposal.
It basically says ‘do you want to marry me, tick yes/no’, which is adorable.
Join Cartoonist Lynda Barry for a University-Level Course on Doodling and Neuroscience
Can I just stop you for a minute and note how fucking amazing it is that one of our greatest living cartoonists is not only teaching this class, but she’s letting us all follow along? Incredible.
Love it. Exploring complex ideas visually is why Peter Durand draws during PopTech talks.
I have absolutely no talent at drawing but I’d take this class.
I’ll be following along at thenearsightedmonkey.tumblr.com
(via laughterkey)
Which Came First - The Chicken or the Egg?
You know you’ve always wondered. Impress your friends with this scientific proof and maybe settle the debate once and for all! Or maybe not . . ?
(by AsapSCIENCE)
Of course it was the Egg! Duh guys…
Overly Honest Methods: Uncovering the hilarious truth behind how science actually gets done
Earlier this week, in a fit of comedic inspiration, a postdoc named Leigh tweeted a funny lab confession and included the hashtag #overlyhonestmethods. By the end of the day, dozens of scientists had joined in, and the result is nothing short of hilarious.Science is an incredibly painstaking and difficult process, and in addition to being quite funny, these tweets pull back the curtain on just how human a process research really is. Some of them had me raising my eyebrows right after I finished giggling, because please tell me you didn’t actually do that. Others had me nodding sagely in agreement, because sometimes you drop a tube or run out of a chemical and the world has to keep on turning, man.
Check out this collection of 75 of the best, and Robert Gonzalez has picked quite a few gems at io9. What are your favorites? Got any confessions?
Oh so funny…
(via eatgeekstudy)
Obituary: Rita Levi-Montalcini, biologist, died on December 30th, aged 103 http://econ.st/RwLZI5
How a molecular biologist proposes! So cute.
DNA amplified to different sized fragments via the polymerase chain reaction, and then seperated by size on a gel. This isn’t that hard actually. I just got a Valentine’s Day idea for my lady :) Time to design some romantic DNA.
I think more people should get creative with their science, no?
(via a very awesome person who uploaded this to imgur and should be married forever)
Yes. This is perfect. Adorably perfect.
Awwww…
My publisher.
So cute. See, penguins are the best. And Penguin publishes John Green so they win.
Biofilm: A New (Gross) Thing to Worry About
via scishow:
Slime can be great, but when it’s the wrong kind of slime (you know, the kind that can kill you?), it gets added to the list of things Hank wishes he didn’t have to worry about. Scientists call it biofilm, and it’s a type of bacterial colony that produces a sticky organic glue which anchors the organisms to each other and to whatever surface they fancy.
References for this episode can be found in the Google document here: http://dft.ba/-381R
Biofilms! This is one of the topics I’m studying for my Infection and Immunity exam next week. (Last one of the semester, hooray!)
These are a huge problem in patient with Cystic Fibrosis and can make opportinistic bacterial infections like Pseudomonas aeruginosa, which loves to infect medical devices like respirators and catheters, really difficult to treat.
And yes, be glad they didn’t include any pictures…
(Source: youtube.com)
Tim Flach’s extraordinary portraits of animals
Which pokemon is that? Only kidding…
Read more about “More Than Human” on Brainpickings.
The one of the bat is so cute.
SEM of a single red blood cell on the tip of a needle
(Source: rsc.org, via eatgeekstudy)
Natural Histories: Extraordinary Rare Book Selections from the American Museum of Natural History Library
From Brainpickings:
…an extraordinary collection of works from the Rare Book Room and Rare Book Collections of the American Museum of Natural History’s Research Library, spanning five centuries of anthropology, astronomy, earth science, paleontology, and zoology representing all seven continents. Each highlighted work is accompanied by a short essay exploring its significance, what makes it rare — scarcity, uniqueness, age, binding type, size, value, or nature of the illustrations — and its place in natural history.
