Putting snails on meth helps us understand memory and addiction and the brain and behavior changes of locusts. For [...]
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One of the most endearing pop culture images associated with nuclear technology, is that of the omnipresent green glow. We have this mental image that radioactive material should put off an unearthly light. The thing is, if you ever see a chunk of uranium, plutonium, or anything else fun, it’s just a hunk of grey [...] This week I had the pleasure of writing up one of the most impressive scientific achievements in recent memory — the creation of a synthetic genome which controlled a bacterium. I also wrote about supernovae being the cause of calcium, which is [...] I am far too proud of myself for not making a single dick joke while writing this article [...] I write this thing, it gets published! Woop woop! Over [...] Sleepiness and alcohol, how your body might be trying to protect you. Up now, [...] It’s Monday. Nobody wants to work. Let’s just have some awesome and crazy critters instead. Never forget, the world is a wonderful and weird place. Darwin’s Beetle (be sure to watch till the very end) Galapagos Batfish (linked because Flickr doesn’t allow embeds) Have a grand week, to all [...] |
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