Copfer, who is a microbiologist, has created a technique that makes use of genetically modified E. coli bacteria to create photographs.
Nature Girl.
Nature Boy.
A clever way to estimate enormous numbers - Michael Mitchell
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Have you ever tried to guess how many pieces of candy there are in a jar? Or tackled a mindbender like: “How many piano tuners are there in Chicago?” Physicist Enrico Fermi was very good at problems like these — learn how he used the power of 10 to make amazingly fast estimations of big numbers.
She’s this generation’s Meryl Streep.
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Flawless Ladies List ~ Jennifer Shrader Lawrence
I picked up an issue of Cosmopolitan the other day that had tips for job interviews, because I was like, ‘I need to get better at interviews.’ The article was basically about how to get someone not to hate you in 20 minutes. Every single thing they told you not to do, I was like, ‘I do that every day.
Harvard scientists map the inside of the human brain as a magnetic resonance scanner builds the first 3D interior maps of the brain
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Human Body Tissue Types: (from left to right)
Skeletal Muscle - performs voluntary movements of the limbs, is arranged into bundles of fibres that connect to bones via tendons.
Adipose Tissue - a type of connective tissue that acts as an energy store and helps to cushion, protect and insulate the body.
Smooth Muscle - found in sheets on the walls of blood vessels, stomach, intestines and bladder. vital for maintaining blood pressure and for pushing food through the digestive system.
Spongy Bone - found in the centre of bones , the lattice-like spaces in spongy bone are filled with bone marrow or conective tissues.
Cartilage - found in the joints between bones and in the ear and nose. It is tough but flexible due to the high water content.
Dense Connective Tissue - occurs in the base layer of skin and forms structures such as ligaments and tendons.
Epithelial Tissue - forms a covering/lining for internal and external body surfaces. some epithelial tissues can secrete digestive enzymes while others can absorb substances such as food or water.
Nerve Tissue - forms the brain,. spinal cord, and the nerves that control movement, transmit sensation and regulate body function. Made up mainly of networks of nerve cells
Reference: Dr Alice Roberts, The Complete Human Body: The Definitive Visual Guide, 2010.
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so I’m trying to study, but I keep getting distracted by this acetylcholinesterase enzyme because it just looks like it’s having so much fun
every time I switch tabs it’s like BAM SURPRISE ENZYME PARTY
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- iron to make a 3 inch nail
- sulfur to kill all fleas on an average dog
- carbon to make 900 pencils
- potassium to fire a toy cannon
- fat to make 7 bars of soap
- phosphorous to make 2,200 match heads
- and water to fill a ten-gallon tank.