NASA Scientists Insert a 500-million-year-old Gene in Modern Bacteria
“Using a process called paleo-experimental evolution, Georgia Tech researchers have resurrected a 500-million-year-old gene from bacteria and inserted it into modern-day Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria. This bacterium has now been growing for more than 1,000 generations, giving the scientists a front row seat to observe evolution in action.” via The Daily Galaxy You may already know how I feel
Radiolarians 1849-1915
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Two for Tuesday – The Potto
There are only 14 pottos in captivity worldwide; 8 of them live in the Cincinnati Zoo!
3D paper sculptures
“Using rare and fine paper from around the world, Julie Wilkinson and Joyanne Horscroft of The Makerie create incredibly intricate 3D paper sculptures, the likes we’ve never seen.” -via My Modern Met
Why do we sleep?
Is the Purpose of Sleep to Let Our Brains “Defragment,” Like a Hard Drive? The images below are examples of synaptic proteins from the brains of Drosophila, the fruit fly: via Discover Magazine “There are still many questions around the function of sleep, but one thing seems certain: we won’t be able to understand the brain if we limit ourselves
BP Oil Spill Aftermath
BP Oil Spill Aftermath: Eyeless Shrimp, Clawless Crabs and Fish with Oozing Sores From the page: How bad is it? The effect that the oil spill and its reckless cleanup has on sea life is frightening, damning and sad. Here’s a list of deformities that Al Jazeera found in its report: *Shrimp with tumors on their heads *Shrimp with defects
Clean Tech Could Disappear
Clean Tech Could Disappear — But It Doesn’t Have to From the page: The end goal is to allow wind and solar to compete with natural gas—or electric cars with gas-powered ones—without the need for any government support. These technologies can’t stand on their own quite yet, which isn’t surprising: Wind and solar are competing against the oil and gas
Blood Falls
Blood Falls From the page: Roughly two million years ago, the Taylor Glacier sealed beneath it a small body of water which contained an ancient community of microbes. Trapped below a thick layer of ice, they have remained there ever since, isolated inside a natural time capsule. Evolving independently of the rest of the living world, these microbes exist in
Murmuration
Murmuration from Sophie Windsor Clive on Vimeo.
Creation Museum an Affront to Intelligence
http://www.creationmuseum.org/ And then people wonder why American’s are so ignorant. GIVE US A SCIENCE MUSEUM! Our kids deserve better than to have this pseudo-science taught to them. So fed up with the lengths the religious zealots will go to in order to defend and propagate their lies. To call this place a museum is not only a joke but an
Tongue Eating Louse
http://strangeanimal.tumblr.com/post/184689542/cymothoa-exigua-or-the-tongue-eating-louse-is-a