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PZ probably already knows about this, but I found this discovery of super-reflective skin cells in squid, cuttlefish and octopus quite amazing!
Hanlon's team discovered that the bottom layer of octopus skin, made up of cells called leucophores, is composed of a translucent, colourless, reflecting…
I sometimes gave my anatomy professors hell for wearing anatomy-themed t-shirts, but this is a whole new level. Check out these anatomy-themed tattoos.
There are many more here.
Hat-tip: Andrew Sullivan
Lame. w00t is the word of the year. Pssh. I can come up with so many better words that w00t.
How about Pecksniffian? Sesquipedalian? Casuistry? All those are way better. Just try using Pecksniffian at the bar, and see how many high fives you get. A bunch, that's how many.
Hat-tip: Andrew…
Dusk in Autumn on the perils of blogs and Wikipedia:
In reality, the greatest threat to the intellectual lives of college graduates -- at least those whose minds have not irreparably rotted from studying literary theory or women's studies -- is internet pseudo-learning, exemplified by an addiction…
I saw this as I was in the middle of re-revising my animal protocol, and I think next time I'll just send this...