Do people just magically start liking coffee or do they go through some 6 months long purification ritual to finally like it
it’s called university
reallymadscientistScience.
I can’t tell what my favorite part is, but it’s either
- scientists wasting budget and time to see if ants count their steps
- the idea to put ants on stilts
- there had to be a guy who made ant stilts and put them on the ants
- confused ants
This isn’t ‘wasted budget’. This was a very crucial experiment that furthered our understanding of how this specific ant, unlike other ants that follow chemical trails, use both sunlight and number of steps as a ‘path integrator’ to determine their direction and distance from the colony and a food source. Also, they used pig bristles as stilts, and glued them onto their legs.
made a beautiful point here. No scientific discover is a waste of time or money. The important part is that we’ve advanced the scientific body of knowledge.
“Intellectuals in their self-flattering wish-fulfillment say that knowledge is power, but the truth is that knowledge further empowers only those who have or can acquire the power to use it.”
R.C. Lewontin (via adventuresinchemistry)
Etsy user aliciawatkins creates tiny embroideries of germs and microbes. She has both completed projects and DIY kits for you to stitch your own, so if you’re a nerdy crafter like I am I suggest you give her shop a look!
so turns out the guy who discovered uranus originally wanted to name it “george”
just. imagine a planet called George
mercury venus earth mars jupiter saturn GEORGE
wait so what happened next? someone was so annoyed at the idea that said ‘even your anus would be a better name than george’ or
that’s funny. i’ve never heard of a george in our sülar system.
Gerty Theresa Cori (1896 – 1957) was an American biochemist who became the third woman—and first American woman—to win a Nobel Prize in science, and the first woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Cori was born in Prague. She was admitted to medical school there, where she met her future husband Carl Ferdinand Cori. After graduation, they married and emigrated to America in 1922. Gerty continued her early interest in medical research, collaborating in the laboratory with Carl. She published research findings coauthored with her husband, as well as publishing singly. Unlike her husband, she had difficulty securing research positions, and the ones she obtained provided meager pay. Her husband insisted on continuing their collaboration, though he was discouraged from doing so by institutions that employed him.
Gerty and her husband jointly received the Nobel Prize in 1947 for the discovery of the mechanism by which glycogen—a derivative of glucose—is broken down in muscle tissue into lactic acid and then resynthesized in the body and stored as a source of energy (known as the Cori cycle).
In 1957, Gerty Cori died after a ten-year struggle with myelosclerosis. She remained active in the research laboratory until the end. She received recognition for her achievements through multiple awards and honors. The Cori crater on the Moon and the Cori crater on Venus are named after her.
(Source: Wikipedia)
she wants the d … orbital. she’s a transition metal
I like drinking tea alone, and reading alone.
I like riding the bus alone, and walking home alone.
It gives me time to think, and set my mind free.
I like eating alone, and listening to music alone.
But when I see a mother with her child;
A girl with her lover;
Or a friend laughing with their best friend;
I realize that even though I like being alone
I don’t fancy being lonely.
after 3+ years on tumblr this is still the most relevant accurate thing i’ve ever seen
This
This is how I imagine my college is using my tuition money.
“I never got an explanation.
But I wish I had.”
Unknown (via unlively)
Family and Tumblr
because white people are never comfortable with black people succeeding
it’s their kryptonite
THIS TOOK A FAR DIFFERENT TURN THEN I EXPECTED
Marry him.