Music made with bees - You can even download the sound file, in case you want to make your own bee music.

Modern-day fallout shelters (a Human Habitrail!) - Doesn't look terribly homey, but you'd be safe, I suppose...  Luckily, in case the end of the world occurs, you probably already know the skills necessary for survival, thanks to movies.

The ( Read more... )

How clothing companies lie to spare your feelings - This is more about men's pants sizes than women's pant sizes, but applicable to both.  The number on the tag is likely much smaller than your actual waist size.

True Earth: The real, bluer marble - Unlike the original picture of earth from space, this one shows Earth for what it mostly is - water ( Read more... )

Chunk of Original Earth Found in Canada, no less.

Amazing nature and animal photography, particularly of rare and endangered plants and animals, with a focus on amphibians.

Ecosystem Engineering - Landscapes to support native animals and plants, even in the middle of the city and suburbs.

Having mostly recovered from the past week, it's time to blog about the Inclusive Science Conference that I worked at and attended last week ( Read more... )

It's day two of the Inclusive Science Conference. If today is anything like yesterday was, it should be amazing ( Read more... )

Someone else posted this, and it is too great not to post again.

Science tattoos.

Like I said, the presentation went well.  Initially I was freaking out.  And by initially, I mean all yesterday and all today up until I got to the seminar room.  My morning class ran long, and I packed up my bag without being sneaky and quiet about it, stood in the aisle putting on my coat as the closing remarks were made, and was out of the room ( Read more... )

Tomorrow in medical history I'm discussion leader, and the topic is Pasteur and his contributions to medicine.  Specifically, anthrax vaccinations, rabies vaccinations, and germ theory.  I was discussing what I'm going to talk about with my prof, and he mentioned a case a couple years ago where a girl was bitten by a rabid bat.  She contracted ( Read more... )

 Waage, J. K. 1979. Dual function of the damselfly penis: sperm removal and transfer. Science. 203:916-918.

I can just imagine how that conversation went...
"So, what's your research on lately?"
"Damselfly penises."
"..."

Dude.  Charles Darwin has a MySpace page, and over 50,000 friends.