Blamo! SCIENCE!: Archive

“In a cosmic perspective, most human concerns seem insignificant, even petty. And...”

– Carl Sagan (via crookedindifference)

Dec 26th

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“The maternal-fetal conflict is also a conflict between males and females: it is...”

– Why do women menstruate? (via cardiganbrigade)

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Personal note

I promised myself I would be posting only science-related thing on here, but this is the only exception. I recently had to delete/remake my personal blog, and I know quite a few of you were following that one, too. If you want the link, just send me a message, link is on the left! -N

Dec 21st

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New posts coming soon!

Unfortunately, I’m in the middle of moving and have limited access to a computer. I’ll be sure to queue up some posts and Blamo! SCIENCE! Will be updated tomorrow! -N

Dec 20th

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Sometimes Nature is just Fucking with Us.

If someone asked you to come up with the most bad-ass hybrid organism, you’d probably think of something along the lines of a grizzly/eagle, or shark/lion, or Clooney/Gosling. Yeah, all of these sound like something I want need to see, but luckily, mother nature has blessed us with a very special hybrid organism to marvel over. Ladies and Gentlemen: The slug/leaf. Wait, what? ...

Dec 17th

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Dec 13th

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Nothing but Reality: Hopping fish suggests walking... →

princedarwin: Transition fossils may be a word forcefully absent from the vocabulary of obstinate creationists, but perhaps it’s harder to ignore living testimony. Lungfish have commonly been offered as a prime example of a “transition species”, displaying characteristic features of a fish while also…

Dec 13th

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Etsy Item of the Day.

This dinosaur terrarium makes the perfect gift for any paleontologist, naturalist, ecologist, and basically anyone else who’s awesome. The seller includes care instructions for the live Kentucky moss inside. The dinosaur requires no care. Because it’s a figure. Only a few are left, and at $12.00 a piece, it’s a steal! Check it out! See wildfireatheart’s store for more...

Dec 12th

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Watch

Head and Neck 3D CT scan. Source.

Dec 12th

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Dec 11th

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Dec 10th

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Blamo! SCIENCE!: The End of the World (As We Know... →

blamoscience: Ah, antibiotics. Without these miracle drugs transplant surgery would be considerably more dangerous, life threatening bacterial infections would run their courses unencumbered, and college campuses would have a much larger Gonorrhea problem. Indeed, antibiotics are considered to be one of…

Dec 10th

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Researchers may have Found Novel New Way to Fight...

Studies have shown that a natural dye isolated from lichens, called orcein, found on the Canary Islands binds to the small mis-folded protein aggregates that characterize Alzheimer’s disease and convert them into large, mature plaques. These larger plaques are widely believed to be non-toxic. This new mechanism was first discovered by Professor Wanker who, along with having the greatest...

Dec 9th

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