wiwaxia: racheldawnamber: dimetrodone: dimetrodone: Now here is the real entomology etymology question worth debating. Does “bugs” as a general term refer to only to terrestrial arthropod groups (insects, arachnids, myriapods, woodlice etc.), or is it more of a sunonym for creepy crawly and things like snails and worms also can be described as “bugs” Someone needs to …
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animatedamerican: asocratesgonemad: ghoulishautomaton: asocratesgonemad: explodingbat: aaaaa42: holy fucking shit people simulated the 302 neurons in a worm’s brain with software, put it in a Lego robot and it behaves like a worm http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/weve-put-worms-mind-lego-robot-body-180953399/?no-ist upload the nematode upload the nematode / lock it in a box / keep it there for fifty years / then see …
pizzaback: skirtsuit-angel: pizzaback: pizzaback: i found out recently that the very first trees did not rot when they died because the microbes that decompose trees hadnt evolved yet…which makes sense but it’s weird to think about. this actually caused a huge change in the climate at the time and many of these trees turned into …
zarohk: asapscience: Less variance, more scariance. [Reddit/funny] @derinthemadscientist Source: asapscience
therustyskull: camwyn: Nice! Source: currentsinbiology
ultrafacts: Source: [x] Follow Ultrafacts for more facts! I can’t believe the entire crisis of diminishing amounts of fresh water can’t be easily solved because of a 1% extra salt content. (And presumably other stuff in sea water, like horrendous pollution, but still.) Source: ultrafacts
voiceskele: queenoftherams8: tangzhuang: spacelesbians: bpdsnek: my mitochondria clearly aren’t working because this bitch has NO FUCKING ENERGY Mitochondria machine broke actually the funny thing is that this post is basically describing what researchers now think is the underlying cause in chronic fatigue syndrome (as in there is notable dysfunction in mitochondria that means less ATP …
maditox: superluminalflower: dangeroustoast: Magnetic ball in magnetic putty me trying to get comfortable in my covers at night thats the kind of thing i would love to just have in a little jar on my shelf so that when people came over they would be really unnerved by the mysterious shifting blob i have in …
Theory: Nobody who writes a physics textbook gives any fucks
cheattoe: a-bore-of-a-whore: lady-of-greenwood: sindri42: solwardenclyffe: sindri42: sidereanuncia: ontologicalidiot: an-actual-stone: glumshoe: colonelmagpie: colonelmagpie: colonelmagpie: colonelmagpie: Evidence: Update: Legolas’ pupils are about 3.5 cm wide each. Now drawing kawaii Legolas on physics assignment. And they told you science was no fun. Science! I’m going to do it. I’m going to hand it in. Legolas’s pupil size isn’t the …
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